Wheel/tire load simulating apparatus
CA 1330266 C · Owner: Dominion Tool & Die Company, Inc. · Inventors: Kozlowski, Chester Patrick; Kinnick, John Frederick
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Abstract of the Disclosure There is disclosed herein load simulating apparatus for use in applying a load to a mounted and inflated wheel/tire assembly in order to insure proper and complete seating of the tire bead on the vehicle rim. The load simulating apparatus of the present invention incorporates a plurality of pivotably mounted driven rollers which are operable to move into engagement with the peripheral tread portion of the tire and to accelerate same while applying a generally radially inwardly directed force thereto so as to simulate the loading on the tire typically encountered after the wheel/tire assembly is mounted on a vehicle. Preferably, the load simulating apparatus of the …
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- Granted June 21, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 21, 2011.
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