Apparatus for the introduction of pressurized air and/or sealant into a tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9873232-B2
Application number	US-201415036094-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2014
Priority date	Dec 6, 2013
Publication date	Jan 23, 2018
Grant date	Jan 23, 2018

Abstract

An apparatus ( 10 ) for the introduction of pressurized air and/or sealant into a tire comprising a source of pressurized air having an outlet ( 26 ), a container ( 14 ) containing the sealant which can be secured relative to a housing ( 12 ) of the source of pressurized air and which can be connected to the outlet of the source of pressurized air via an inlet ( 22 ), a hose ( 16 ) which is connected at a first end to an outlet of the container that is facing in an outlet direction and which has a second end that can be connected to the tire, wherein the housing of the source of pressurized air comprises a first vertical wall ( 30 ), with respect to which at least the outlet of the container is arranged laterally in a secured position and further comprises a second vertical wall ( 34 ) having means for guiding the hose and which is adjacent at least substantially at a right angle to the first housing wall, wherein, in its position in which the container is secured at the housing, the outlet direction of the container extends in parallel to the first vertical wall and, in a storage state, the hose is guided in parallel to the first housing wall at least for a certain distance starting from the outlet of the container and in the direction toward the second vertical housing wall and then along the second vertical housing wall.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for the introduction of pressurized air and/or sealant into a tire comprising:
a source of pressurized air having an outlet,
a container containing the sealant which can be secured relative to an outside a housing of the source of pressurized air and which can be connected to the outlet of the source of pressurized air via an inlet,
a hose which is connected at a first end to an outlet of the container that is facing in an outlet direction and which has a second end that can be connected to the tire,
wherein the housing of the source of pressurized air comprises a first vertical housing wall, with respect to which at least the outlet of the container is laterally arranged in a secured position and further comprises a second vertical housing wall having a hose guide, the second vertical housing wall being adjacent at least substantially at a right angle to the first vertical housing wall,
wherein in its position in which the container is secured at the housing, the outlet direction of the container extends in parallel to the first vertical housing wall and in that, in a storage state, the hose is positioned in parallel to the first vertical housing wall at least for a certain distance starting from the outlet of the container and in the direction toward the second vertical housing wall and then along the second vertical housing wall, and
the housing comprises a base and an upper part that together define a seat for the container, the seat being exposed to the outside of the housing and disposed on a part of a top surface of the base on which the upper part is not provided.

2. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the hose guide comprises a curvature that is oriented in parallel to the second vertical housing wall.

3. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the hose guide opens into a hose compartment for receiving the hose.

4. An apparatus in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the hose compartment is arranged at a third vertical housing wall of the housing, the third vertical housing wall adjoining the second vertical housing wall at least substantially at a right angle and lying opposite the first vertical housing wall.

5. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the hose guide comprises a hose attachment.

6. An apparatus in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the hose attachment comprises a clamping mechanism for clamping the hose.

7. An apparatus in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the hose attachment comprises a passage extending along at least one of the first vertical housing wall, the second vertical housing wall and the third vertical housing wall.

8. An apparatus in accordance with claim 7 , wherein the passage comprises two passage walls that are arranged in parallel to one another, with a distance between the passage walls being smaller than an outer diameter of the hose.

9. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the inlet and the outlet of the container are arranged at least substantially at a right angle with respect to one another.

10. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the container comprises an extraction unit in which the inlet and the outlet of the container are formed.

11. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the inlet of the container can be directly connected to the outlet of the source of pressurized air.

12. An apparatus in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the connection between the container inlet and the outlet of the source of pressurized air comprises a plug connection.

13. An apparatus in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the connection between the inlet of the container and the outlet of the source of pressurized air comprises a locking device that is formed at an extraction unit, which is connected to the container.

14. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a cable compartment for receiving a supply cable at a third vertical housing wall that is adjacent to the second vertical housing wall at least substantially at a right angle and that lies opposite the first vertical housing wall.

15. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a switch for switching the apparatus on and off at a fourth vertical housing wall that lies opposite the second vertical housing wall.

16. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a top side at which a manometer is arranged.

17. An apparatus for the introduction of pressurized air and/or sealant into a tire having
a source of pressurized air having an outlet,
a container containing the sealant which can be secured relative to a housing of the source of pressurized air and which can be connected to the outlet of the source of pressurized air via an inlet,
a hose which is connected at a first end to an outlet of the container and which has a second end that can be connected to the tire, and
a housing of the source of pressurized air comprising a base and an upper part disposed on a part of a top surface of the base,
wherein the connection between the outlet of the source of pressurized air and the container can be established by means of a plug connection between the outlet of the source of pressurized air and the inlet of the container, the plug connection being plugged along a horizontal connection axis, and
wherein a holder is disposed on a part of the top surface of the base on which the upper part is not provided and provided by which the container is supported outside the housing from below at a lower end.

18. An apparatus in accordance with claim 17 , wherein the holder vertically supports the container at a vertically rounded lower end of the container, wherein the lower end is a tube socket defining the outlet of the container.

19. An apparatus in accordance with claim 17 , wherein the holder is provided with a recess on a top surface thereof and positively locks the lower end of the container in the recess securely relative to the housing.

20. An apparatus in accordance with claim 17 , wherein the holder at least partly consists of an elastic material or is displaceable against an elastic element.

21. An apparatus in accordance with claim 17 , wherein the holder comprises rubber at least on its surface, which faces the lower end of the container.

22. An apparatus in accordance with claim 17 , wherein the holder provides a snap-fit connection between the holder and the lower end of the container, such that the lower end of the container is arranged in a recess when the snap-fit connection is engaged and when the container is secured relative to the housing.

23. An apparatus in accordance with claim 17 , wherein the holder comprises at least one protrusion to engage with the lower end of the container such that the protrusion is elastically displaced by the lower end of the container when the inlet of the container is plugged to the outlet of the source of pressurized air.

24. An apparatus in accordance with claim 17 , wherein the holder is arranged in a depression depressed downward on a top side of a base defining a seat for the container together with an upper part of the housing.

25. An apparatus in accordance with claim 10 , wherein a holder is provided on the seat by which the container is supported from below at a lower end.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Rubber Ind

Inventors

• Eckhardt Arnold
• Lowitz Klaus

Classifications

• B60S5/04

  Supplying air for tyre inflation (arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles B60C23/00; tyre pressure gauges G01L17/00 {; pumps actuated by muscle power F04B33/00}) · CPC title

• B29L2030/00

  Pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof {(conveyor belts B29L2031/7092; drive belts B29L2031/7094; fourdrinier belts B29L2031/733)} · CPC title

• B29C73/166 Primary

  Devices or methods for introducing sealing compositions into articles · CPC title