Allan F Robinson

US Patent:

44624506, Jul 31, 1984

Filed:

Dec 1, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/557373

Inventors:

Allan J. Robinson - Kent OH
William T. Smith - Uniontown OH

Assignee:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH

International Classification:

B60C 2500

US Classification:

157 1

Abstract:

An adapter, to facilitate the use of a bead-loosening tool for demounting a tire mounted on a wheel-rim, has a base plate with a slot therethrough through which the force-transmitting and flange-engaging means of a bead-loosening tool may extend. One surface of the adapter presents a configuration that is complementary to the configuration presented by an axially outer end of a wheel-rim. The foregoing abstract is not to be taken as limiting the invention of this application, and in order to understand the full nature and extent of the technical disclosure of this application, reference must be made to the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description.