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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Larry G Cotton, Clear Lake, IA (US);
Assignee:
Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc., Garner, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
214332 ; 214333 ; 214652 ; 294 88 ; 294D / ;
Abstract
A tire manipulating apparatus has a rotatable head and means for raising and lowering the head. Tire gripping means consists of a pair of spaced, parallel tubular housings which are secured to the head in a common plane, and two L-shaped members, each of which has a first arm telescoped in a housing and a second arm, said second arms being inclined with respect to the first arms so that their free ends are coaxial. Linear motors extend and retract the L-shaped members to grip a tire. Opposed tire gripping elements on the free ends of the arms are rotatable about a common axis by coordinately operable power units to turn a tire gripped by the elements.