IP Library Granted Patent US 9,989,441
Granted Patent B2
US 9,989,441 · App. 14/911,265 · Granted Jun 5, 2018

Tire holding apparatus and tire inspection system provided with said tire holding apparatus

Inventors: Tatsuya Ueda (Hiroshima, JP); Makoto Tachibana (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
G01M17/021B60C19/00B60C25/002G01M1/02
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Patent No.
US 9,989,441
App. No.
14/911,265
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tire holding apparatus is provided with a first support part for supporting a tire, a second support part for supporting the tire, and an air supply and removal part for supplying and removing air from the inside of the tire. The second support part has a protrusion that protrudes toward the first support part. The air supply and removal part has a first flow path for allowing air to flow, a second flow path for allowing air to flow from an opening formed at the leading end of the protrusion to the inside of the tire, and a collection part that is attached to the opening and collects foreign matter that has been mixed into the second flow path from the inside of the tire.

Claims (32)

1. A tire holding apparatus, comprising:

a first support portion to which a first rim supporting one side of a tire is attached;

a second support portion to which a second rim supporting the other side of the tire is attached; and

an air supply and discharging portion which is connected to a supply source for supplying air, supplies air to the inside of the tire supported by the first rim and the second rim, and discharges the air supplied to the inside of the tire outside of the tire,

wherein the second support portion includes a protrusion which protrudes toward the first support portion,

wherein the first support portion includes an insertion portion into which the protrusion is inserted, and

wherein the air supply and discharging portion includes,

a first flow path which is formed so as to penetrate the insertion portion and allows the air to flow,

a second flow path which allows the air flowing through the first flow path to flow from an opening portion formed on a leading end of the protrusion to the inside of the tire, and

a collection portion which is provided in the opening portion and collects foreign matter which is mixed into the second flow path from the inside of the tire, and

wherein the collection portion is provided between the first flow path and the second flow path.

2. The tire holding apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the collection portion is provided to be attachable to and detachable from the opening portion.

3. The tire holding apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the collection portion includes a ring member which is attachable to and detachable from the opening portion, and a filter which is attached to the opening portion by the ring member.

4. The tire holding apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the protrusion protrudes in a tubular shape from the second support portion,

wherein the ring member is formed in a tubular shape and inserted into the opening portion, and

wherein the collection portion includes an elastic member which is attached in a state of being compressed and deformed between an outer peripheral surface of the ring member and an inner peripheral surface of the protrusion.

5. The tire holding apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the protrusion protrudes in a tubular shape from the second support portion,

wherein the ring member is formed in a tubular shape and inserted into the opening portion, and

wherein the collection portion includes engagement portions, which can engage an inner peripheral surface of the protrusion and an outer peripheral surface of the ring member and can release the engagement state by the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface being rotated relative to each other, on the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface.

6. The tire holding apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the protrusion protrudes in a tubular shape from the second support portion,

wherein the ring member is formed in a tubular shape and inserted into the opening portion, and

wherein the collection portion includes a restriction portion which restricts movement of the ring member with respect to the opening portion from the outside of the protrusion.

7. The tire holding apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein an inclined surface, which faces the second flow path and is inclined in a flow direction of the air flowing through the second flow path, is formed on the collection portion.

8. A tire inspection system, comprising:

the tire holding apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

a measurement device which measures characteristics of the tire supported by the first rim and the second rim.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044951/0069 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2016
From: UEDA, TATSUYA; TACHIBANA, MAKOTO
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037692/0775 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-088197 · Apr 22, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160187229A1 · Jun 30, 2016