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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Hunter Engineering Company, Bridgeton, MO (US);
Inventors:
Peter N. Liebetreu, St. Louis, MO (US);
Steven K. Molbach, Ballwin, MO (US);
Joel A. Clasquin, Highland, IL (US);
Jeffrey P. Talbott, Florissant, MO (US);
Charles Polster, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Assignee:
HUNTER ENGINEERING COMPANY, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 25/05 (2006.01); G01M 1/04 (2006.01); B60C 25/138 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 25/0515 (2013.01); B60C 25/056 (2013.01); B60C 25/138 (2013.01); G01M 1/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tire changer machine, and method of operation, configured to enable a single operator to carry out tire change procedures for a set of wheel assemblies by interleaving wheel assembly balancing procedures on a wheel balancer machine with an automated tire demount process carried out under direction of a control system of the tire changer without continuous operator input or supervision.