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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2006
Applicant:
Charles L. Cunningham, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Charles L. Cunningham, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Hennessy Industries, Inc., LaVergne, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 25/135 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tire changing machine comprises a chassis and a rotatable turntable configured to retain a wheel rim. The machine further includes a tower carrying a mount/demount head movable toward and away from the wheel rim. A saddle for retaining a tire in a generally upright configuration is also provided. In addition, the machines includes an ovalation mechanism operative to press on a tread portion of a tire mounted in the saddle so as to ovalate the tire.