Semi-hollow pneumatic tire and associated wheel rim, notably for agricultural machinery
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1. A pneumatic tire for a wheel rim formed by a hub surrounded by a peripheral seat having an outer wall provided with a peripheral slot, the tire comprising:
- a casing having an uninflated inner volume, the casing includingan inner wall which is adapted to surround the outer wall of the peripheral seat and which is provided with a retaining bead adapted to be received in the peripheral slot in the peripheral seat, anda convex outer wall forming a tread of the tire,wherein the inner wall of the casing is concave, so as to surmount the outer wall of the peripheral seat, the inner wall and the convex outer wall of the casing being connected by two annular borders adapted to cover the outer wall of the peripheral seat towards the hub,wherein the casing has a substantially crescent-shaped radial cross-section,wherein the inner wall of the casing has a substantially semi-circular cross-section, andwherein the inner wall has a radial depth (P) defined as a radial distance between the annular borders and a bottom of the inner wall, and the inner volume extends towards the annular borders into the radial depth portion of the inner wall.
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire of the semi-hollow type includes a casing having an uninflated inner volume and including an inner wall provided with a retaining bead and a convex outer wall forming the tread of the tire, the inner wall and the outer wall of the tire being connected by two annular borders. The inner wall of the tire is concave so as to surmount a convex outer wall of the peripheral seat of a rim of a wheel, this outer wall being provided with a peripheral slot adapted to accommodate the retaining bead of the tire.
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1. A pneumatic tire for a wheel rim formed by a hub surrounded by a peripheral seat having an outer wall provided with a peripheral slot, the tire comprising:
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a casing having an uninflated inner volume, the casing including an inner wall which is adapted to surround the outer wall of the peripheral seat and which is provided with a retaining bead adapted to be received in the peripheral slot in the peripheral seat, and a convex outer wall forming a tread of the tire, wherein the inner wall of the casing is concave, so as to surmount the outer wall of the peripheral seat, the inner wall and the convex outer wall of the casing being connected by two annular borders adapted to cover the outer wall of the peripheral seat towards the hub, wherein the casing has a substantially crescent-shaped radial cross-section, wherein the inner wall of the casing has a substantially semi-circular cross-section, and wherein the inner wall has a radial depth (P) defined as a radial distance between the annular borders and a bottom of the inner wall, and the inner volume extends towards the annular borders into the radial depth portion of the inner wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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