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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz Kupka, Sulzbach, DE;
Heinz Ronge, Muhltal, DE;
Assignee:
Hofmann Maschinenbau GmbH, Pfungstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318434 ; 318362 ; 318433 ; 157-11 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for fitting a motor vehicle tire on a disc wheel comprises a tire fitting tool mounted rotatably about an axis, an electric drive motor to drive the tire fitting tool about the axis, a current supply means for the drive motor, and a torque limiting means to terminate the rotary drive to the motor when a predetermined torque transmitted to the tire fitting tool is exceeded, thereby to protect the tire from overloading in the fitting operation.