Tire mounting and inflation apparatus and method
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1. A compressed air delivery apparatus of a tire mounting and inflation system, said air delivery apparatus comprising:
- a nozzle having a main body and an air delivery conduit extending from main body, said main body adapted to couple to a pressurized air supply conduit;
a cable having a threaded adapter attached to a first end of said cable and wherein a portion of said cable extends through at least a portion of said air delivery conduit and wherein a portion of said cable extends out an open end of said air delivery conduit of said nozzle, and wherein said threaded adapter is adaptable to couple to a tire valve stem.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for mounting and inflating tires is described that is suitable for quickly sealing the beads of a tire to the rim of a wheel. The present invention delivers a high volume of pressurized air to an interior of a tire through a nozzle. The apparatus of the invention is particularly well suited for tire changing machines and tire mounting subsystems. The apparatus includes a tire changing station, an air supply controller, and a nozzle capable of delivering a high volume of pressurized fluid into an interior of a tire through a valve stem hole of the wheel rim.
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1. A compressed air delivery apparatus of a tire mounting and inflation system, said air delivery apparatus comprising:
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a nozzle having a main body and an air delivery conduit extending from main body, said main body adapted to couple to a pressurized air supply conduit; a cable having a threaded adapter attached to a first end of said cable and wherein a portion of said cable extends through at least a portion of said air delivery conduit and wherein a portion of said cable extends out an open end of said air delivery conduit of said nozzle, and wherein said threaded adapter is adaptable to couple to a tire valve stem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A tire inflation air pressure hose nozzle apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
an air delivery nozzle having a main body and an air delivery conduit extending from main body, said main body adapted to couple to a pressurized air supply;
said nozzle including a cable having a threaded adapter attached to a first end of said cable and wherein a portion of said cable extends through at least a portion of said air delivery conduit and wherein said threaded adapter is adaptable to couple to a tire valve stem.- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of mounting and rapidly inflating a tire on a wheel rim, said method including the steps of:
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positioning a tire on a wheel rim, wherein inner and outer tire beads of said tire are positioned between respective inner and outer flanges of said wheel rim; positioning a valve stem within an interior of said tire adjacent an aperture formed in said wheel rim; providing a nozzle having a main body and an air delivery conduit extending from main body, said main body adapted to couple to a pressurized air supply conduit; providing a cable having a threaded adapter attached to a first end of said cable and wherein a portion of said cable extends through at least a portion of said air delivery conduit of said nozzle and wherein said threaded adapter is adaptable to couple to the valve stem; extending the adapter through the aperture formed in the wheel rim and coupling the adapter to the valve stem within the interior of the tire; and delivering a high volume of fluid from said air delivery conduit of said nozzle into the interior of the tire through the aperture formed in said wheel rim. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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