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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry G Baer, Edelstein, IL (US);
Wayne A Klopfenstein, Princeville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
157-137 ;
Abstract
A tire and center support assembling apparatus has a tire supporting frame, a powered actuator having a movable element, and a shoe assembly connected to the movable element and being of a construction sufficient for moving a plurality of shoes into engagement with a split rim to expand it into a preselected interference fit position within a tire.