CA1038739A - Tyre and wheel assemblies - Google Patents

Tyre and wheel assemblies

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Publication number
CA1038739A
CA1038739A CA230,575A CA230575A CA1038739A CA 1038739 A CA1038739 A CA 1038739A CA 230575 A CA230575 A CA 230575A CA 1038739 A CA1038739 A CA 1038739A
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Prior art keywords
container
loops
assembly according
wheel rim
assembly
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French (fr)
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Michael J. Kenney
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Dunlop Ltd
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Dunlop Ltd
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60CVEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C17/00Tyres characterised by means enabling restricted operation in damaged or deflated condition; Accessories therefor
    • B60C17/10Internal lubrication
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60BVEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
    • B60B21/00Rims
    • B60B21/12Appurtenances, e.g. lining bands

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Moulds For Moulding Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Tires In General (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT
An assembly for inclusion into the inflation chamber of a tyre and rim assembly comprising at least one container having a lip formed thereon, and means for locating and retaining the container is position on a wheel rim, said means comprising two loops formed from at least one length of material, which loops being locatable circumferentially around and substantially in contact with a wheel rim, the container being located between the loops, fastening means being provided to link the loops at each side of the container to maintain said loops substantially in contact with the container whereby the lip on the container can serve to retain the container in position.

Description

This invention relates to tyre and wheel assemblies. In particular, this inven~ion relates to tyre and wheel assemblies in which a lubricating device is to be located in the inflation cham-ber ~o as to lubricate the tyre when running in a dePlated condition.
~ ifficulty has been experienced in attempting to locate a lubricating assembly in the inflation chamber of a tyre and wheel rim assembly. The present invention overcomes these difficulties and ;~ :
provides a simple and efficient assembly for inclusion in the in-flated chamber.
According to the invention, an assembly for inclusion into the inflation chamber of a tyre and wheel rim assembly com- ;
prises at least one container having a lip formed thereon, and means for locating and retaining the container in position on a wheel rim, said means comprising two loops formed from at least ~ ;
one length of material which loops being locatable circumferent~
ially around and substantially in contact with a wheel rim, the container being located between the loops, fastening means being provided to link the loops at each side of the container to maint~
ain said loops substantially in contact with the container whereby .
~ the lip on th~ container can serve to retain the container in position. ;~

According to the invention also, a tyre and wheel rim as ;.
sembly comprises a wheel rim having two bead seats and two bead retaining flanges, a tyre mounted on the rim defining an inflation chamber, and included in said chamber an assembly comprising st least one container having a lip fo~med thereon, and means for . :
locating and retaining the container in position on the wheel rim, ~; :
said means comprising two loops formed from at least one length of ;; ;
material, which loops are located circumferentially around and substantially in contact with the wheel rim, the container being located between the loops, fa~tening means being provided to link ~-.- .
the loops at each side of the container to maintain said loops ~ub~tantially in contact with the container whereby the loopon the container serves to retain the container in position on the wheel rim.

Although the loops may be made ~eparately, it i8 ,.,,,, ~.L~

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preferred that a single length of material is used, the ende thereof being fastened toge~her. Alternatively, the loops may be formed by continuously fastening two continuous lengths of material toge~her at appropriately spaced-apart positions and then cutting therefrom paired lengths of the material sufficient to form the loops. The ends of the cut lengths may be joined together to form the loops ox alternatively the ends of the cut lengths may be arranged such that bo~h ends have a single container located therebetween.
The material from which the loops are formed has to be of a sufficiently high modulus to withstand the centrifugal ~orces to which it will be subjected during use in the tyre and wheel assembly when the containers are full of fluid.
Additionally the material preferably has a good elasticity when it is intended to assemble the assembly prior to inclusion in the inflation chamber to allow the loops to accommodate the normal engineering tolerances in the circumference of the wheel rims~ Therefore the material from which the loops are formed is preferably high extensibllity, i.e. 4 to 6% flexible steel wire cord.
Alternatively, if it is desired to assemble the assembly directly onto the wheel rim the cord ca~ be of lower extensibility. The wire may be ~rass plated or galvanised.
Pre~erably the container i9 made from aluminium and of -~
substantially cylindrical shape, one end ~eing provided with an aperture into which a sealing/release member for a fluid i9 located. The lip on the container is preferably located around the end thereof which is locatable adjacent -3~ ~-, . , , ~ .

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The invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying informal drawings, of which:-Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the assembly ~;
in accordance with the invention;
Figure 2 shows a partial plan view of the assembly shown in Figure l; ~^
Figure 3 shows a perqpective and eectional partview of a tyre and wheel assembly with the assembly shown in Figures 1 and 2 in ;~
operating position; and ~ Figure 4 shows a perspecbive sketch of a~part of-the assembly of an alternative construction.
Referring to Flgurec~l and~2, the aesembly 10 comprlses ~
a length 11 of flexible,~high extensibility bras~-plated steal i ;
wlre cord formed into two loops, the two ends o~ the cord belng ~oined t~ogether at 12; and sIx equally spaaed-apart containers 13~shown without a sealing/release member 29 in the orifice 14 (see Figure 2) located in one end thereof.
~ The containers 13 are each provided with a lip 15 around the end 16 which is positioned adjacent a wheel rim when in use.
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The containers 13 are preferably substantially cylindrical and made from aluminium and have a length greater than the radial h~ight of the bead retaining flanges of a wheel rim , " ,': ' . ::' . . .. .

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with which they are to be usedO E~asteners 17 are attached to the two loops, one on each side of each container 13 whereby the cord locate~ on the lip 15 of the containers 13 and locates and retains the containers 13 in position.
The steel wire cords can be clipped or astened together to form the loop portions by any convenient means.
A method which has proved to be very satisfactory from both production and product considerations is to bridge the wires with a metal staple 17 and form the legs of the ~taple one round each wire (as shown in Figure 4). Mechanically this operation is quick and simple, involving only a staple feed device, a suitably shaped anvil and a small automatic press or hammer to force the staple onto the anvil and xound the wires. This produces an extremely effective connecting or bridging piece which is very strong since it encircles each wire and is swaged thereon. In practice it has been found necessary to feed the staples alternately from the top and ;;
the bottom of the pairs of wires since the action of swaging the staples round the wires twists the wires and it is necessary to reverse this twist if an unstrained and undistorted product is to be produced. A suitable material or the staple when using galvanised steel wire is galvanised mild steel sheet.
Referring to Figure 3, a tyre and wheel assembly 18 -comprises a split wheel rim 19 having two bead seats 20 and two bead retaining flanges 21 and a tyre 22 mounted thereon to form an inflation chamber 23. The tyre has a radial ply carca3s 24 turned around bead cores 25 and a breaker layer , .. . . . .. . . .

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26. The tread 27 o~ the tyre is shown ~lth thre~ oircum-~ere~tially~extetlditlg ~roo~es ~8 but a~ ds~lred tread -~
pattern may be ~pplied thereto. ~he a~sernbly 10 ig po~itionsd circ~ ere~tlallg aroun~ th~ whe~l rim 19~ the ~o~tainer 13 ~how~ with a sealing/relea~ mber 2~ located in the ori~i~e 14 ~nd in operation~ d with a iluid. ~;
The container~ 13 relea~e the ~luid into th~ ¢hamber 2~ on d~latio~ o~ the tyre and whe~l a~e~abl~r 18 by ths ~ealin~
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relsase member 29 ~ei~g oo~t~cbed by the interior ~ aoe of the tgr8 22.
P~*e~ring to ~igure 4, th~ t~o loop~ oî the as~:abl~
~nay be rormed by oo~ti~uou~ly ~a~teni~g two eonti~uous leng~ha OI material 30, 31 together at spaoad-apar~ i~terv~l~, and the~
, Gutting pa~Lred length~ thereirom. ~he o~d~ 32, 33 o~ the c~
length~ ~ay bs then ~o~ed to~ether, or9 alter~atiYal~, a~
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show~ igure 4 arra~ged such t.hat both end~ 3~2~ 33 ~e a ~i~gle ¢o~talner 13 lo~ated the~ebetween"
!l~he illvention 1~ pa~leul~rly u~e~ or t~re and wh6~1 a~emblie~ in the i~latio~ chamber o~ whi~h lt i~
d~s3 rea to locate a lubricsnt to ona~le the a~sembly ko ~ - ~
: o~erate in ~ d~lated oo~ditioa. . .

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Claims (15)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. An assembly for inclusion into the inflation chamber of a tyre and rim assembly comprising at least one container having a lip formed thereon, and means for locating and retaining the container in position on a wheel rim, said means comprising two loops formed from at least one length of material, which loops being locatable circumferentially around and substantially in contact with a wheel rim, the container being located between the loops, fastening means being provided to link the loops at each side of the container to maintain said loops substantially in contact with the container whereby the lip on the container can serve to retain the container in position.
2. A tyre and rim assembly comprising a wheel rim having two bead seats and two bead retaining flanges, a tyre mounted on the rim defining an inflation chamber, and included in said chamber an assembly comprising at least one container having a lip formed thereon and means for locating and retaining the container in position on the wheel rim, said means comprising two loops formed from at least one length of material, which loops are located circumferentially around and substantially in contact with the wheel rim, the container being located between the loops, fastening means being provided to link the loops at each side of the container to maintain said loops sub-stantially in contact with the container whereby the lip on the container serves to retain the container in position on the wheel rim.
3. An assembly according to either claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the loops are provided by a single length of material, the ends thereof being fastened together.
4. An assembly according to claim 1 wherein the loops are formed by fastening two continuous lengths of material together at appropriately spaced-apart posi-tions and subsequently cutting therefrom paired lengths of material sufficient of form the loops.
5. An assembly according to claim 4 wherein the ends of the cut lengths are joined together to form the loops.
6. An assembly according to claim 4 wherein the ends of the out lengths are arranged so that both ends have a single container located therebetween.
7. An assembly according to claim 1 wherein the loops are constructed of flexible steel wire having a flexibility of between 4 and 6%.
8. An assembly according to claim 7 wherein the wire is bass plated.
9. An assembly according to claim 7 wherein the wire is galvanised.
10. An assembly according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the container is cylindrical and is provided with an aperture in one end into which a sealing/release member for fluid is located.
11. A assembly according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the lip on the container is located around the end thereof which is locatable against the wheel rim.
12. A assembly according to claim 1 or 2 8.

wherein a plurality of containers are equally spaced around the circumference of the rim.
13. An assembly according to claim 1 wherein the fastening means comprise strips of steel which are arranged to be deformed to be wrapped around said wires.
14. An assembly according to claim 13 wherein the longitudinal edges of each steel strip are arranged to be deformed to be wrapped around each of the lengths of wire respectively.
15. An assembly according to claim 13 wherein the strip of steel is in the form of a split cylinder, the wires being locatable therein, the cylinder being subsequently compressed to deform radially to grip the wires.
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