IP Library Granted Patent US 12,017,246
Granted Patent B2
US 12,017,246 · App. 17/384,156 · Granted Jun 25, 2024

Tire dressing machine and application method

Inventors: Peter J. Anderson (Raleigh, NC); Charles Andrew Howard (Charlotte, NC)
Assignee: Howco, Inc.
B05C1/02B05C21/00B60S3/042B60S3/04
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Patent No.
US 12,017,246
App. No.
17/384,156
Granted
Jun 25, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle tire dressing machine comprises a longitudinal linear guide system and a lateral linear guide system. The longitudinal linear guide system is adjacent and parallel to a transport conveyor for a vehicle having a vehicle tire, and the longitudinal linear guide system has a drive motor and is adapted for reciprocal motion thereon.

Claims (11)

1. A system comprising:

a sensor mounted adjacent to a transport conveyor for a vehicle having a vehicle tire, wherein the sensor is operably connected to at least one motor and is movable across a chord of the vehicle tire,

a logic controller in communication with the sensor, wherein the logic controller calculates a measurement of the vehicle tire, and

a vehicle tire dressing machine in communication with the logic controller, wherein the vehicle tire dressing machine has a timing pulley for driving a timing belt.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is mounted in a pathway of the vehicle to detect the presence of the vehicle tire.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the logic controller in communication with the sensor is operable to calculate a diameter of the vehicle tire from the chord.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a metal detecting sensor.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein a tire rim is detectable by the metal detecting sensor.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is in communication with the logic controller in a form of a signal.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle tire dressing machine comprises an applicator head operable to circumferentially sweep the vehicle tire.

8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the applicator head is in an orientation normal to a tire wall of the vehicle tire.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2022
From: ANDERSON, PETER J.; HOWARD, CHARLES ANDREW
To: HOWCO, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Division 15973942 · May 8, 2018
Provisional Application 62504314 · May 10, 2017
Related Publication 20210346907A1 · Nov 11, 2021
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