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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2002
Takahiro Gotou, Kodaira, JP;
Hiroki Kunitake, Kodaira, JP;
Yuuichi Waragai, Kodaira, JP;
Kenji Kouyama, Kodaira, JP;
Takahiro Gotou, Kodaira, JP;
Hiroki Kunitake, Kodaira, JP;
Yuuichi Waragai, Kodaira, JP;
Kenji Kouyama, Kodaira, JP;
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and a device for inspecting a tire, the method comprising the steps of, in a rim assembly station (G) separated from an inspection station (K) having a tire inspector () installed thereon, forming a rim/tire assembly () in a setup by assembling one side and the other side rims () and () with an inspected tire () and, when an inspection is performed, transforming the rim/tire assembly () from the rim assembly station (G) to the tire inspector () on the inspection station (K), whereby a preparatory operation time in the tire inspector () can be shortened to shorten a cycle time.