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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Applicant:
John Story, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
Inventor:
John Story, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
Assignee:
Hennessy Industries, Inc., LaVergne, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 25/132 (2006.01); B60C 25/135 (2006.01); B60C 25/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 25/0593 (2013.01); B60C 25/05 (2013.01); B60C 25/0563 (2013.01); B60C 25/132 (2013.01); B60C 25/0536 (2013.01); B60C 25/0545 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tire changing tool head, or a mount/demount head for a tire changing machine, includes a head body and a tongue member. The tongue member is pivotally attached to the head body at a pivoting joint. The tongue member includes a tongue shoulder and a tongue blade for engaging a tire bead during tire installation. The tongue member includes a non-metal material, such as a polymer, for preventing wheel rim damage in some embodiments. The head body includes a bead lifter tool protruding therefrom. In some embodiments, the head body and bead lifter tool include a metal material.