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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Lawrence J. Lawson, Troy, MI (US);
Barry A. Clark, Ortonville, MI (US);
Robert Reece, Clarkston, MI (US);
Ramsey R. Niazy, Key Colony Beach, FL (US);
Lawrence J. Lawson, Troy, MI (US);
Barry A. Clark, Ortonville, MI (US);
Robert Reece, Clarkston, MI (US);
Ramsey R. Niazy, Key Colony Beach, FL (US);
Android Industries LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for processing a tire and a wheel for forming a tire-wheel assembly is disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one linear mounter sub-station that couples the tire with the wheel for forming the tire-wheel assembly. The apparatus also includes a transporting device that transports one of the wheel and the tire along a linear path that traverses the at least one linear mounter sub-station. The component of the at least one linear mounter sub-station resists, but does not prevent, movement of one of the tire and the wheel relative the other of the tire and the wheel along the linear path in order to spatially manipulate one of the tire and the wheel relative the other of the tire and the wheel in order to at least partially couple the tire with the wheel for forming the tire-wheel assembly. A method is also disclosed.