POST-CURE INFLATOR, RIM EXCHANGE METHOD OF THE SAME AND RIM

• Main Author: FUJIEDA YASUHIKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.06.2009
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A post-cure inflator, a rim exchange method of the post-cure inflator, and the rim are provided to arrange a tire having a diameter of a bead corresponding to a step portion of a surface of the other rim by arranging a pair of rims and the surface of the other rim to be faced. A post-cure inflator(100) includes a pair of disc-shaped rims(A,B) having rim surface(s1,s2) arranging a bead part of a tire, and a rim supporting unit supporting a pair of rims separably. A plurality of step portions corresponding to the bead part(t1,t2) of the other diameter are formed on one rim surface and the other rim surface. The supporting unit supports a pair of rims switchably between facing alignments of the rim surfaces.