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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Bridgestone Bandag, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Eric M. Henriksen, Muscatine, IA (US);
Assignee:
Bridgestone Bandag, LLC, Muscatine, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/26 (2006.01); B29D 30/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/26 (2013.01); B29D 30/54 (2013.01); B29D 2030/541 (2013.01); B29D 2030/549 (2013.01);
Abstract
A machine for retreading tires includes a rotatable hub and an expandable rim disposed around the moveable hub. The expandable rim includes a plurality of shoes, each shoe having a flange segment on either side of a rim segment of the plurality of shoes. An adapter is attached to each of the flange segments such that an expandable rim width is decreased. A method for modifying a width of an expandable rim for use in a tire retreading machine comprising is also disclosed.