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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9989441-B2
Application number	US-201414911265-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2014
Priority date	Apr 22, 2014
Publication date	Jun 5, 2018
Grant date	Jun 5, 2018

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Mach Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Ueda Tatsuya
• Tachibana Makoto

Classifications

• G01M17/021 Primary

  Tyre supporting devices, e.g. chucks (for balancing G01M1/04) · CPC title

• B60C25/002

  Inspecting tyres · CPC title

• B60C19/00

  Tyre parts or constructions not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• G01M1/02

  Details of balancing machines or devices · CPC title