Display device for a rain tire

• US 5,174,760 A
• Filed: 01/30/1992
• Issued: 12/29/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
• Original Assignee: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
• Inventors: Gray, Robert L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Swiatek, Robert P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHERICHETTI, CINDY
• Application Number:
  US07/828,395
• Time in Patent Office: 334 Days
• Field of Search: 434/376, 434/126, 446/166, 446/167, 446/267, 446/217, 446/218, 446/168, 446/183, 40/406
• US Class Current: 434/376
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 17/02 Tyres
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 25/02 of industrial processes; of machinery

Abstract

A display device illustrates the ability of a tire which is designed for rain traction to move through a fluid as compared to a standard tire. The display device comprises a sealed rectangular box having a bottom, two sides, two ends and a lid. Pivoting means is associated with the box which is adapted to alternately rotate one end of the box higher than the other. A fluid contained within the box to provide resistance to the movement of objects through the box and means are provided for observing the movement of objects in the box. In the illustrated embodiment, an object made to resemble a standard radial tire, and an object in the shape of a tire with a deep, wide center groove (a rain tire) are enclosed in the box. In its operation, the box is tilted on the pivot so that one end of the box is raised higher than the other, and the objects are observed as they traverse to the lower end of the box.

Claims

1. A device for illustrating the ability of different objects to move through a fluid comprising

(a) a sealed rectangular box having a bottom, two sides, two ends and a lid,

(b) pivoting means associated with said box adapted to alternately rotate one end of said box higher than the other,

(c) cylindrical objects made to resemble tires disposed side by side in said box, and

(d) a fluid contained within said box to provide resistance to said different objects in their movement through the box,

wherein at least one of said ends, said sides, lid or bottom is adapted to permit viewing of said objects as they move through said box.

2. The device of claim 1 in which said pivoting means comprises a perch and said bottom has a bracket substantially centrally located thereon wherein said bracket is adapted to engage said perch and permit rotation of said box thereon.

3. The device of claim 1 in which said fluid is a mixture of water and ethylene glycol.

4. The device of claim 1 in which the top and sides of said box are clear plastic.

5. The device of claim 1 in which one of said objects is made to resemble a tire having a wide central groove.

6. A device for illustrating the ability of different objects to move through a fluid comprising

(a) a sealed rectangular box having a bottom, two sides, two ends and a lid,

(b) pivoting means associated with said box adapted to alternately rotate one end of said box higher than the other,

(c) a septum dividing said box longitudinally in two vertical sections,

(d) objects having a cylindrical shape placed in each said vertical section, and

(e) a fluid contained within said box to provide resistance to said different objects in their movement through the box,

wherein at least one of said ends, said sides, lid or bottom is adapted to permit viewing of said objects as they move through said box.