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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ulrich Diez, Reichshof, DE;
Assignee:
Hofmann Werkstatt-Technik GmbH, Pfungstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 2/505 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 2/505 ;
Abstract
A bead depressor for use upon fitting or removal of a tire whereby a tire bead is held in a well base of a wheel comprises a plurality of depressor elements connected together by a cable, and a clamping bar which can be arrested in a centering bore in the wheel. The first depressor element which in use is fixed on the rim flange of the wheel is connected to the clamping bar by a holding rod member and an additional elastic clamping element is operative between the clamping bar and the first depressor element to urge the latter substantially radially against the rim flange and to tilt the clamping bar to arrest it in the centering bore in the wheel.