JP2011031647A - Method and device for demounting upper tire bead - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for easily demounting an upper bead on a flat tire or run-flat tire. <P>SOLUTION: A demount claw 4 forms an outer groove 31 at a higher position and an inner groove 32 at a lower position at the distal end. The demount claw 4 is deformed by pressing near an upper bead part of the tire 21. The upper tire bead 23 is engaged with the outer groove 31. The demount claw 4 is moved upward to engage the inner groove 32 with an end edge 24 of the wheel 20. The upper tire bead 23 is detached by turning the wheel 20 in the above state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is particularly intended for run-flat tires (tires that can run a fixed distance even when punctured) and flat tires, and a method of removing a tire upper bead from a wheel using a demounting claw provided in a tire attaching / detaching device, and The present invention relates to a device for removing an upper bead.

  When a tire is attached to or removed from a wheel, a tire attaching / detaching device is generally used to improve the efficiency of the tire attaching / detaching operation. The method of attaching and detaching the tires also differs depending on the tire size. The tire can be attached and detached.

However, a tire mounted on a small passenger car cannot be attached or detached simply by rotating while being pressed by a bead roller like the above-described large tire. This is because small passenger car tires are softer than large tires, and simply pressing the side of the tire with a bead roller will deform the entire tire, removing the tire bead from the wheel bead, For this purpose, the tire bead is locked to the tire claw and rotated to rotate the wheel.

That is, a tire claw is provided at the lower end of a rod that hangs down from a horizontally swinging arm end, and the wheel and the tire are rotated while the wheel is fixed to the rotary table and the tire claw is locked to the tire bead. Thus, the tire can be attached and detached. Of course, the tire attaching / detaching device having the arm provided with the rotary table and the tire claws is known in the related art and used in various fields, but even if the tire is the same for a small passenger car, it is a flat tire. In this case, it is not possible to easily perform the tire attaching / detaching operation using the conventional tire attaching / detaching device. Similarly, in the case of run-flat tires, the attaching / detaching operation is not easy.

In many cases, flat tires have been installed in recent years, and this type of tire has higher rigidity than ordinary passenger car tires, so it can be mounted on a wheel simply by locking the tire claws to the tire beads and rotating them. Moreover, since it cannot be removed from the wheel, a device is known in which a mounting roller and a demounting roller are mounted in addition to the tire claws. “Flat tire mounting method” according to Japanese Patent No. 2724661 and “Flat tire removal method and apparatus” according to Japanese Patent No. 2668318 are tire mounting / demounting methods that also use a mounting roller and a demounting roller.

("Flat tire mounting method" according to Japanese Patent No. 2724661)
A wheel is fixed to the rotating table, a flat tire is placed on the wheel, and the lower bead is fitted to the wheel while rotating the rotating table while the lower bead is locked to a tire claw disposed at a predetermined position. The top bead of the tire is also locked to the tire claw, and the upper surface of the tire is pressed by a mounting roller disposed in the vicinity of the tire claw and behind the tire rotation direction. The upper bead can be inserted into the wheel by turning the rotary table.

("Method for removing flat tire" according to Japanese Patent No. 2668318)
The wheel is fixed to the rotary table via chuck claws, the upper surface of the tire is pressed by the demount roller, the upper bead of the tire is dropped into the drop part of the wheel, and the lever is put on the opposite upper bead. Insert and lock it on the tire claw, and turn the rotary table to remove the upper bead from the wheel.If the lower bead of the tire has not fallen into the drop part, the Push the mount roller and push it up. With the lower bead dropped into the drop part, insert the lever in the same way as the upper bead and lock it on the tire claw, and turn the rotary table to remove the lower bead from the wheel. I can do it.

By the way, regarding the mounting of the flat tire, there is no major problem in adopting the “flat tire mounting method” according to the above-mentioned Japanese Patent No. 2724661, but the removal is not easy. That is, when locking the tire bead to the tire claw, it must be lifted with a lever, and in particular, it is not easy to lock the hard tire bead to the tire claw in a flat tire, and the wheel or tire bead may be scratched Many.
“Method of wearing flat tire” according to Japanese Patent No. 2724661 "Method and apparatus for removing flat tire" according to Japanese Patent No. 2668318

  As described above, the tire attaching / detaching operation using the conventional tire attaching / detaching device has the above-described problems. The problem to be solved by the present invention is this problem, particularly for an upper bead that is difficult to remove, and a method for removing an on-tire bead that can be removed without special skill without using a lever. And a tire bead removal device.

  The method for removing the bead on the tire according to the present invention uses a tire attaching / detaching device, and this tire attaching / detaching device is provided with a demounting claw that is not conventionally provided. The tip of the demounting claw has an approximately S-shape, and an outer groove and an inner groove are formed at the tip, and the demounting claw can swing so as to change its direction around the axis. And the position can be changed according to the tire size, and it can be moved up and down so that it can be moved up and down by the operation of the air cylinder.

By the way, the wheel is fixed to a rotating rotary table, and in this state, the demounting claw is lowered to press the vicinity of the upper bead portion of the tire. Although the upper bead is pushed down, it does not engage with the demounting claw as it is, so the direction of the demounting claw is changed to approach the wheel. When further lowered, the upper bead engages with the outer groove of the demounting claw.

  As described above, when the upper bead is raised when the upper bead is engaged with the outer groove of the demounting claw, a part of the upper bead is lifted off the wheel. And the inner groove | channel of a demounting nail | claw engages with the ear | edge part of a wheel, and is positioned. That is, when the upper bead is engaged with the outer groove, the demounting claw is pressed inward and can be engaged with the wheel ear as it rises.

  By the way, the height of the outer groove and the inner groove of the demounting claw is different, the outer groove is formed at a high position, and the inner groove is formed at a low position. Therefore, in a state where the inner groove is engaged with the wheel ear, the upper bead is in a position away from the wheel ear, and if the wheel rotates together with the rotary table in this state, the upper bead is removed from the wheel. Of course, the demounting claw is in place without moving.

  If the upper bead is removed, the lower bead is removed. The lower bead can be easily removed by rotating it while being lifted by the bead up roller. The present invention is not directed to the method of removing the lower bead, and other methods are free to use. By the way, an air cylinder is used as means for lowering the demounting claw to engage the bead on the tire with the outer groove and to raise the demounting claw. The tire is raised by engaging the bead on the tire with the outer groove of the demounting claw, and the air pressure in the air cylinder is extracted with the inner groove engaged with the ear of the wheel.

  By using the method for removing the bead on the tire of the present invention, the bead on the tire can be easily and quickly removed using the demounting claw. That is, the demounting claw is lowered along the guide post by the operation of the air cylinder, and the upper bead is engaged with the outer groove of the demounting claw. If the demounting claw is raised in this state, the wheel ear portion engages with the inner groove of the demounting claw, and if the wheel rotates, the entire upper bead is detached from the wheel.

In this case, the demounting claw is positioned by engaging the inner groove of the demounting claw with the wheel ear. However, if the wheel rotates and most of the upper bead is removed from the wheel, the force that pushes down the bead on the tire becomes smaller, and the force that lifts the demounting claw by the air cylinder wins. It will come off the wheel ear. However, in the present invention, by removing the air pressure of the air cylinder, the demounting claw is not detached from the ear portion, and the upper bead can be removed safely.

  By the way, there is no need to engage the upper bead with the claw using a lever as in the prior art, and the upper bead inevitably engages with the outer groove by lowering and changing the direction of the demounting claw. I can do it. Therefore, the operator's skill is not required, and the upper bead of the tire can be easily removed without scratching the wheel and the upper bead only by lifting and lowering the demounting claw and rotating the wheel.

The top view of a tire attaching / detaching apparatus. The front view of a tire attaching / detaching apparatus. A process of attaching tires to wheels. When pressing the demounting claw against the upper bead. The process of swinging the demounting claw and bringing the tip closer to the wheel. The upper bead is engaged with the outer groove of the demounting claw. When the demounting claw is raised and the upper bead is detached from the wheel ear. Air cylinder air circuit that moves the demounting claw up and down.

  1 and 2 are external views showing a tire attaching / detaching device capable of removing a bead on a tire according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a plan view, and FIG. 2 is a front view. In the figure, 1 is a tire claw, 2 is a rotary table, 3 is a bead press roller, 4 is a demount claw, 5 is a presser plate, and 9 is a bead-up roller. .. Are attached to the rotary table 2, and each of the claws 6, 6... Can be operated by an air cylinder 7 attached to the lower side of the rotary table 2. The wheel placed on can be fixed.

  Further, separate air cylinders 8 and 34 are attached to both sides of the main body, and when the air cylinders 8 and 34 are operated, the presser plate 5, bead press roller 3, demounting claw 4, and bead up roller 9 are moved. Can move up and down. The tire pawl 1 is fixed to the lower end of the vertical guide pole 10, and the vertical guide pole 10 is fitted to a vertical axis receiver 12 so as to be movable up and down.

  A column 11 stands vertically at the center of the main body, and a horizontal bearing 13 is provided at the upper end of the column 11. A horizontal guide pole 14 is slidably fitted to the horizontal bearing 13. Therefore, the position of the tire claw 1 can be changed according to any tire size by expanding and contracting the vertical guide pole 10 and the horizontal guide pole 14. That is, it can be locked to tire beads of any size.

By the way, this tire attaching / detaching device can be used to attach a tire to a wheel and to remove the tire from the wheel.
(Tire mounting process)
(1) Fix the wheel to the rotary table.
.. Are attached to the rotary table 2, and each of the claws 6, 6... Is moved by operating the air cylinder 7, and the wheel 20 placed on the rotary table 2. Is fixed.
(2) The tire 21 is disposed on the wheel 20.
(3) Fit the lower bead of the tire 21.
If the under tire bead is locked to the tire claw 1 and the wheel 20 and the tire 21 are rotated together with the rotary table 2 in this state, the under tire bead is fitted to the wheel 20. In this case, since the upper bead is in a free state, even a flat tire or a run flat tire can be fitted relatively easily.
(4) Fit the bead on the tire.
Also in this case, when the upper bead is locked to the tire claw 1 and the wheel 20 and the tire 21 are rotated together with the rotary table 2 in this state, the tire upper bead fits into the wheel 20, but the vicinity of the upper bead portion is bead press roller 3 Press at. This state is shown in FIG. Then, if necessary, the presser plate 5 is rotated against the upper surface of the tire. The tire bead once fitted by the presser plate 5 does not come off from the wheel 20, and the entire circumference can be fitted by one turn of the tire 21. The presser plate 5 is applied to the upper side surface of the tire 21 by connecting three links 17, 18, 19 connected via a joint from a base 15 that moves up and down along the guide post 16. It can rotate with the tire 21 in a state.

The present invention is a method and an apparatus for removing a bead that are not easy to work, especially in the case of flat tires or run-flat tires, without requiring special skills, and will be described in detail below. To do.
(Tire bead removal process)
(1) Wheel fixing.
The wheel 20 on which the tire 21 is mounted is fixed to the rotary table 2 via a plurality of claws 6, 6,.
(2) The vicinity of the upper bead portion of the tire 21 is pressed with the tip of the demounting claw 4.
FIG. 4 shows a case where the vicinity of the bead portion on the tire is pressed at the tip of the demounting claw 4.

By the way, the demounting claw 4 is attached to the tip of the square section shaft 22 and can swing around the shaft 33. A bead press roller 3 is rotatably supported at the tip of the square section shaft 22 in a pair with the demounting claw 4. If the air cylinder 25 and the spring 26 are attached and the air cylinder 25 operates and the piston rod protrudes, the tip of the demounting claw 4 moves away from the wheel 20 and the air cylinder 25 is turned off. The tip of the demounting claw 4 approaches the wheel 20 by the spring force of the spring 26.

  The square cross-section shaft 22 extends toward the center of the wheel 20, and the square cross-section shaft 22 can slide according to the outer diameter of the wheel 20. That is, the square section shaft 22 is slid and locked at a predetermined position so that the tip of the demounting claw 4 presses the vicinity of the bead 23 on the tire. The square section shaft 22 is supported by a bearing 28 and includes a lock plate 30 that is operated by an air cylinder 29 so that it can be locked at a predetermined position.

  As shown in a partially enlarged view in FIG. 4B, the demounting claw 4 is arranged at a position close to the ear portion 24 of the wheel 20, but the base 27 to which the bearing 28 is attached is a guide post. By descending along (not shown), the tip of the demounting claw 4 can be deformed by pressing the vicinity of the upper bead portion. Here, the lowering of the base 27 is performed by the operation of the air cylinder 34. However, even if the demounting claw 4 is lowered at this position and pressed near the upper bead portion, the upper portion of the tire is deformed, but the upper bead 23 cannot be engaged with the demounting claw 4.

(3) Demounting claw swinging.
If the demounting claw 4 is pressed near the upper bead portion of the tire 21, the upper bead 23 is deformed. However, as described above, even if the demounting claw 4 is lowered as it is, the upper bead 23 is not engaged with the outer groove 31, so the direction of the demounting claw 4 is changed when it is lowered to some extent. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, if the tip of the demounting claw 4 approaches the wheel 20 and further descends in this state, the upper bead 23 can be engaged with the outer groove 31. When the direction of the demounting claw 4 is set to a predetermined angle from the beginning, the tip of the demounting claw 4 comes down to the lower side of the ear 24 as shown in FIG. The direction is changed, and the tip approaches the upper bead 23.

Here, the demounting claw 4 is pivotally supported so as to be swingable about the shaft 33 in order to change the direction. If the piston rod of the air cylinder 25 is protruded, the tip of the demounting claw 4 moves away from the wheel. Conversely, if the piston rod is retracted by turning OFF, the spring force acts and the tip of the demounting claw 4 approaches the wheel. I can do it. That is, the tip part of the demounting claw 4 is brought closer to the ear part 24 of the wheel 20 and further pressed and lowered while the tip is brought close to the upper bead 23.

(4) The upper bead engages with the outer groove of the demounting claw.
If the direction of the demounting claw 4 is changed to bring the distal end portion closer to the ear portion 24 and is pressed down in this state, the upper bead 23 engages with the outer groove 31 as shown in FIG.
(5) Disengagement of upper bead.
When the upper bead 23 is engaged with the outer groove 31 of the demounting claw 4, the demounting claw 4 rises. Then, the upper bead 23 is detached from the ear portion 24 of the wheel 20.
In this case, the air cylinder 25 is in an OFF state, and a spring force is applied to the demounting claw 4 so that the tip of the demounting claw 4 swings in a direction approaching the wheel side. Rises while swinging along the outer periphery of the wheel 20.

(6) The inner groove of the demounting claw is engaged with the ear.
If the demounting claw 4 rises with the spring force approaching the tip side toward the wheel side, the inner groove 32 of the demounting claw 4 engages the wheel ear 24 as shown in FIG. . Accordingly, the tip of the demounting claw 4 is positioned by engaging the inner groove 32 with the ear 24 of the wheel 20.

(7) Bleed air cylinder.
The demounting claw 4 rises with the tire bead 23 engaged with the outer groove 31 and engages the inner groove 32 with the wheel ear 24. In this state, the force to be pushed down by the tire bead 23 and the force to be raised by the air cylinder 34 are in a state of being balanced with the ear portion 24. That is, the air pressure that pushes up the piston 36 is acting in the air cylinder. In the present invention, the balance with the ascending force by the air cylinder 34 is lost in the process in which the upper bead 23 is released. Remove the air pressure in the cylinder.

  FIG. 8 shows an air cylinder 34 and a switching valve 35 for moving the demounting claw 4 up and down. (A) has shown the state by which the tire bead 23 is engaged with the outer side groove | channel 31 of the demounting nail | claw 4, and is lifted by the air cylinder 34. FIG. The inner groove 32 of the demounting claw 4 is engaged with the wheel ear 24. In this case, the air pressure to be pushed up acts on the piston 36 of the air cylinder 34.

  If the tire 21 rotates together with the wheel 20 in this state, the upper bead 23 is removed from the wheel 20, but as a result, the area of the upper bead 23 fitted to the wheel 20 is reduced and the demounting claw 4 The force that pushes down gradually decreases, and finally, the air compressed by the piston 36 of the air cylinder 34 expands and the inner groove 32 of the demounting claw 4 is detached from the ear 24. In order to prevent this phenomenon, the switching valve 35 can release the air pressure in the air cylinder 34 by pressing the button 37 when the demounting claw 4 is raised and the inner groove 32 is engaged with the ear 24. I can do it.

  However, since the inner groove 32 is engaged with the ear portion 24, the demounting claw 4 is not lowered. That is, the shape of the inner groove 32 is easily raised but not lowered. FIG. 8B shows a state where the switching valve 35 is switched by pressing the button 37 and the air pressure of the air cylinder 34 is released.

(8) Removing the upper bead.
The outer groove 31 is at a higher position than the inner groove 32, that is, when the inner groove 32 is engaged with the ear portion 24, the upper bead 23 engaged with the outer groove 31 is higher than the ear portion 24. In this state, the wheel 20 is detached. Therefore, if the wheel 20 and the tire 21 rotate in this state, the entire circumference of the upper bead 23 is removed from the wheel 20. Here, since the air pressure of the air cylinder 34 is removed, the tire 21 rotates and the tire bead 23 is removed from the wheel 20, so that the force to push down the demounting claw 4 is reduced. The demounting claw 4 does not come off the wheel ear 24. That is, the upper bead can be removed safely.

(9) Remove the lower bead.
If the tire 21 with the upper bead 23 removed from the wheel 20 rotates the tire 21 by pressing the bead up roller 9 against the lower surface of the tire 21, the lower bead is easily detached from the wheel 20. Of course, in the present invention, the removal of the lower bead is out of scope, and the present invention is not limited to the case where the bead-up roller 9 is used.

  In the above embodiment, when the demounting claw 4 is lowered to some extent (when the bead portion on the tire is pressed and deformed), the direction is changed to bring the tip close to the wheel, but the demounting claw 4 is rotated. Alternatively, the tip end can be brought close to the wheel 20 by sliding the square section shaft 22 at a position where it is lowered to some extent. However, if the demounting claw 4 is fixed so as not to rotate at all, when the upper bead 23 is engaged and lifted, the ear 24 becomes an obstacle, so if the tip contacts the ear 24, the spring It is necessary to oscillate 26 so that it is compressed and pushed back.

1 Tire Claw 2 Rotating Table 3 Bead Press Roller 4 Demount Claw 5 Presser Plate 6 Claw 7 Air Cylinder 8 Air Cylinder 9 Bead Up Roller
10 Vertical guide pole
11 support
12 Vertical axis support
13 Horizontal bearing
14 Horizontal guide pole
15 base
16 Guide post
17 links
18 links
19 links
20 wheels
21 tires
22 Square section axis
23 Upper Bead
24 Ear
25 Air cylinder
26 Spring
27 Base
28 bearings
29 Air cylinder
30 Lock plate
31 Outer groove
32 inner groove
33 axes
34 Air cylinder
35 selector valve
36 piston
37 button

Claims (6)

In the method of fixing the wheel to the rotary table and removing the bead on the tire by rotating the tire together with the wheel, the demounting claw forms an outer groove with a higher position and an inner groove with a lower position at the tip. Depressing and deforming the demounting claw near the top bead portion of the tire, engaging the bead on the tire with the outer groove, then raising the demounting claw to engage the inner groove with the ear of the wheel, and The air pressure of the air cylinder for moving the demounting claw up and down is removed by switching the switching valve, and the tire bead is removed by rotating the tire together with the wheel in this state. . When the demounting claw presses the vicinity of the upper bead part and the tip part descends below the wheel ear part, the demounting claw is swung so that the tip approaches the wheel side, and the demounting claw is The method for removing a bead on a tire according to claim 1, wherein the bead on the tire is further engaged with the outer groove by being deformed by pressing. The demounting pawl is pivotally supported so that the tip moves away from the wheel by the operation of the air cylinder, and the tip is moved closer to the wheel side by the spring force by turning off the air cylinder. The method for removing a bead on a tire according to claim 1 or 2, which is controlled to be possible. In the device for removing the bead on the tire by fixing the wheel to the rotary table and rotating the tire together with the wheel, the bead removal device on the tire has a demounting claw that moves up and down by an air cylinder, and the demounting claw is located at the position. A state where the raised outer groove and the lowered inner groove are formed at the tip, the upper groove of the tire is engaged with the outer groove of the demounting claw and the inner groove is engaged with the wheel ear. An on-tire bead detaching device comprising a switching valve for controlling the air flow so as to extract the air pressure of the air cylinder. 5. The on-tire bead detaching device according to claim 4, wherein the demounting claw is attached to a tip of a non-rotating slide rod, and a bead press roller is rotatably supported in a pair with the demounting claw. The demounting claw is attached so as to be swingable around the axis,
When the upper bead is pressed and deformed in order to engage the upper bead with the outer groove, an air cylinder that swings so that the tip part moves away from the wheel ear is attached, and the wheel ear is attached to the opposite side of the air cylinder. The on-tire bead removing device according to claim 4 or 5, wherein a spring is attached so as to approach the tire.

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