Akron Special Machinery, Inc.

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Dave Krause

Richard L Delmoro

David Poling, Sr

A grinder for use with a tire uniformity machine and being selectially moved into and out of contact with a tire mounted in the tire uniformity machine and including a pair of rotatable grindstones for grinding the tire carried by a grinding head. The grindstones are moved radially toward and away from the tire and are driven by one or more motors mounted on the grinding bead for rotating the grindstones in opposite directions relative to each other.

Dual grindstone

A tire uniformity machine having a processor and a load wheel rotatably mounted within a frame, the tire uniformity machine including non-visible indicia adjacent the load wheel; and a sensor operatively located with respect to the indicia and in communication with the processor, wherein the sensor detects the presence of the indicia during the rotation of the load wheel.

Road wheel reader

A tire uniformity machine for analyzing a tire having a process controller in communication with a plurality of sensors for determining the physical characteristics of the tire, the marking assembly comprising a positioning assembly near the tire uniformity machine and in communication with the process controller; a marker operatively attached to the positioning assembly such that upon receiving a signal from the process controller the positioning assembly locates the marker in operative relation to the tire.

Marker positioner

A grinder in a tire uniformity machine that receives a tire for testing, the grinder including an arm received in bearings; a grinding head supported on the arm, the grinding head having a rotatable grinding stone and a motor causing the rotation of the grinding stone; and a linear actuator operatively engaging the arm to selectively cause axial movement thereof causing the grindstone to selectively contact the tire.

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Hartville, OH, United States of America

Dave Krause