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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:
Jan. 01, 1980
Filed:
May. 25, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph C Price, Nashville, TN (US);
John F Wood, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
The Coats Company, Inc., La Vergne,, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
157-11 ;
Abstract
There is provided in a tire changing apparatus of the type having a base, a table on the base for receiving a wheel and supporting the wheel during a tire servicing operation, and a plurality of jets at spaced locations about the table disposed to direct a fluid stream towards a wheel supported on the table, the improvement including a liquid lubricant reservoir and a system for selectively directing a liquid lubricant from the reservoir to at least some of the jets to impinge upon the wheel. The presence of the lubricant assists in tire demounting operations and the seating of beads on tubeless tires.