Android Industries LLC

Richard J Standen

Lawrence J Lawson

Robert Reece

Lawrence L Reece

Richard E Hamilton

An apparatus for assembling a tire and a wheel is disclosed. The apparatus includes a single-cell workstation including a device that retains a wheel, and a plurality of sub-stations. The device moves the wheel to each of the plurality of sub-stations, without releasing the wheel, to assemble a tire-wheel assembly. A method is also disclosed.

Method for tire and wheel assembly utilizing a tire inflating sub-station

A system for providing at least a partially mounted tire and wheel assembly is disclosed. The system includes the steps of using a prime mover to bring a tire and wheel together and using the primer mover to work on at least one of the tire or the wheel to mount the tire and the wheel together, wherein the work performed by the prime mover is the only positive work introduced into the tire/wheel system.

Tire and wheel mounting system and method

Workcell for tire and wheel assembly including a tire inflating sub-station that utilizes a flexible flip seal

A device for separating individual tires that have become entwined including a movable head for engaging at least one tire in a stack of tires, an engaging finger coupled to the movable head, and at least one manipulating apparatus for moving the engaging finger and the movable head to dislodge entwined tires.

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Grosse Ile, MI, United States of America

Richard J Standen