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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2011
Applicant:
Yohei Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yohei Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01); B60C 25/00 (2006.01); B60C 25/132 (2006.01); B07C 5/34 (2006.01); B60C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/3412 (2013.01); B60C 13/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tire sorting apparatus for reliably reading information from a tire identifier, such as a barcode, formed on the surface of a tire without damaging the tire. Placed under a tire mounting table is a tire grip means which has three grip arms arranged circularly in a plane perpendicular to the tire center axis and link mechanisms for spreading the grip arms. Placed above the mounting table is a barcode reader rotating means for rotating a barcode reader held by a barcode reader holding means. The rotation axis of the barcode reader is aligned with the center of the circle formed by the grip arms of the tire grip means.