US PATENT SUBCLASS 157 / 1.1
RUBBER TIRE MOUNTING AND/OR DEMOUNTING APPARATUS

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157 /   HD   WHEELWRIGHT MACHINES

1.1RUBBER TIRE MOUNTING AND/OR DEMOUNTING APPARATUS {5}
1.11  DF  .~> With carrier
1.13  DF  .~> For divided tire bands {1}
1.17  DF  .~> For collapsing or shifting tire axially {4}
1.33  DF  .~> For tire retaining ring
1.35  DF  .~> For split rims (i.e., rim breakers) {7}

DEFINITION

Classification: 157/1.1

(under the class definition) Devices and methods for setting or removing or for facilitating the setting or removing of a rubber tire from a rim.

(1) Note. A "rim" is defined as the immediate support for a rubber tire and includes such elements whether integral with or detachable from the wheel.

(2) Note. This subclass is the collecting place for devices which cause radial motion only of a rubber tire portion, or devices for squeezzing the rubber tire circumferentially of its cross-section in connection with the operation of setting or removing the same.

(3) Note. This subclass is the collecting place for holding devices designed merely to engage a portion of the tire and/or rim, and to maintain a prescribed position of the tire portions relative to each other or of the tire portion relative to the rim as an aid to tire setting or removing by other means. The position in which the tire is held is generally one in which (1) the casing is deformed from its normal cross section, or (2) the tire and rim occupy positions other than fully assembled or fully separated.

(4) Note. Devices which set or remove a tire supporting rim upon or from the felley of a wheel are excluded and will be found primarily in another subclass. See the Search This Class notes below.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

1, for devices which set or remove a tire supporting rim upon or from the felley of a wheel. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

29, Metal Working,

221.5, for devices for applying or removing air valve stems to or from rims, subclass 235 for devices for placing and removing resilient articles in general.

81, Tools,

15.3, for casing-supported devices for retaining a tire casing in spread condition.

144, Woodworking,

306+, for a device for holding a wheel or wheel portion.

156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,

110+, and 394+ as the generic place for tirebuilding processes and apparatus.