JPH1159126A - Tire cover for floor traveling - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain the outer peripheral surface of a tire and the floor surface in the non-contact state during traveling of a vehicle by wrapping and mounting a cover on the outer peripheral surface of the vehicular tire. SOLUTION: A tire cover for floor traveling A is constituted by providing a fastening rope 2 along the inner side of a cover main body 1 constituted into an approximately band shape so as to be wrapped on the outer peripheral surface of a tire C, and attaching connecting buckles 3 on both ends of the fastening rope 2. The cover main body 1 is constituted by integrally forming a wire material in which a high-tension core material such as a synthetic fiber, a wire, a glass fiber or the like is brought in contact with the inner part of a rubber material into a mesh-like pattern. In traveling on the floor surface B, the tire cover for floor traveling A is wrapped and mounted on the outer periphery of the outdoor tire C. The tire cover for floor traveling A wrapped and mounted on the outer periphery of the tire C is brought in contact with the floor surface B in place of the outer peripheral surface of the tire C during traveling, and therefore, the outer peripheral surface of the tire C can be prevented from being brought in direct-contact with the floor surface B.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tire cover to be mounted on a tire of a vehicle when the vehicle travels on a floor such as a warehouse or a factory floor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a work vehicle or the like travels on a floor that does not want to be stained, such as a floor in a warehouse or a factory, or a floor of an indoor stadium, the vehicle travels at as low a speed as possible. This avoids tire slip marks and scratches on the floor. However, in practice, at the time of starting, stopping, turning, etc., it is inevitable that the floor surface will have some traces of tire slip or scratches due to pebbles etc. entering the tire groove. .

[0003]

Therefore, a tire dedicated to traveling on a premises has been developed as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 61-234473. The above-described tire for a private vehicle is configured to remove carbon black from a rubber composition constituting the tire, thereby avoiding the occurrence of tire slip marks during traveling. However, if it is a work vehicle used exclusively for the premises, the above-mentioned premises dedicated tires may be left attached, but normally, when a work vehicle working on an outdoor road or the like is used temporarily on the premises, Inevitably, it is necessary to enter the premises with normal tires as it is, or to spread rubber mats etc. on the movement route, change from normal tires to tires exclusively for the premises, etc.
It was very troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to provide a floor traveling tire cover which can be easily mounted and can protect a floor surface from a tire slip mark or a scratch.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a floor running tire cover of the present invention is wound around an outer periphery of a vehicle tire, and the outer peripheral surface of the tire is mounted while the vehicle is running. And a floor surface in a non-contact state.

According to the above means, the tire cover is
The tire is wound around the outer periphery of the tire and can prevent direct contact between the outer peripheral surface of the tire and the floor surface during traveling.

[0007] The above-mentioned floor running tire cover is
The tire cover may be made of a material having a similar color to the floor surface. In this case, even if the material of the tire cover adheres to the floor surface as a slip mark, the material is similar to the color of the floor surface and becomes inconspicuous because of the similar color.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show a floor traveling tire cover. The floor traveling tire cover A described above is
For example, when traveling on a floor B in a warehouse or a factory, the outer surface of the tire C is wound around the tire C to protect the floor B. A fastening rope 2 is attached along the inside of the cover body 1 formed in a shape,
Connection buckles 3 are attached to both ends of the tightening rope 2.

The cover body 1 has a high-tension core material 1 made of synthetic fiber, wire, glass fiber, or the like inside a rubber material.
a is formed as a belt-shaped body to be wound around the outer periphery of the tire C by forming the wire rod into a mesh-like pattern as shown in the figure and integrally forming the same, and substantially along the inner and outer portions thereof. The annular mounting portions 1b and 1c are formed so as to protrude at regular intervals.

The rubber material constituting the cover body 1 is a composition excluding carbon black which causes slip marks, and examples of the composition used in the present embodiment are shown below. Natural rubber 30 (parts by weight) SBR 45 BR 25 Hydrous silicic acid 45 Pigment system 5 In addition, the color of the cover body 1 is preferably similar to the color of the floor B on which the vehicle is running. Not light gray.

The cover body 1 in the above embodiment is
Although the substantially rhombic mesh is formed by a continuous mesh pattern, the cover main body 1 may be formed in any mesh pattern as long as the outer peripheral surface of the tire C and the floor B can be kept in a non-contact state. The shape and size of the mesh and the thickness and thickness of the wire may be arbitrarily changed.

In the cover body 1, a high-tension core 1a is provided inside a rubber material to reinforce the wire. However, traveling with the tire cover attached is only to slowly move on the floor surface B, so that the cover body 1 has sufficient strength. Therefore, the high-tension core material 1
“a” can be reduced or omitted.

[0013] The cover body may be integrally molded in the same manner as described above, using a rubber material having improved tensile strength by mixing short fibers such as aramid fibers. further,
The cover body is made of urethane, PVC, in addition to rubber.
It is also possible to use a material such as a synthetic resin material that does not easily cause slip marks.

Attachment parts 5 are attached to the attachment parts 1b provided at regular intervals along the outer edge of the cover body 1, and a rubber band for fastening is attached along these attachment parts 5. It is configured as follows. Further, the tightening rope 2 attached along each attachment portion 1c on the inner edge portion of the apparatus main body is non-stretchable, is disposed along the inner edge of the cover main body 1, and is attached to each attachment portion 1b. Hardware 4
It is attached and fixed via.

The connection buckle connecting both ends of the above-mentioned tightening rope 2 is composed of 3a attached to one end of the tightening rope 2 and 3b attached to the other end of the rope 2, and is made of a high-strength synthetic resin or metal material. It is formed.

The one connection buckle 3a has a hook 31 with a hook 32 protruding therefrom. The hook 31 is inserted into the insertion hole 35 of the other connection buckle 3b to hook the hook 32. By stopping, both buckles 3a,
Connect with 3b locked. In order to separate the connected buckles 3a and 3b, the connection buckle 3
The distal end of the hook 31 of the connection buckle 3b, which is looked into the opening 36 formed at the position b, is elastically deformed. As a result, the locking of the locking portion 32 is released, and the buckles 3a and 3b can be separated.

When the tire cover A for floor running constructed as described above is mounted on the tire C, the cover body 1 is wound around the outer periphery of the tire C, and the connection buckles 3a, 3b at both ends of the fastening rope 4 are connected. Then, a hook 6 fixed to the mounting portion 1c 'on the outside of one end of the cover body 1
On the mounting portion 1c '' at the other end of the cover main body 1. Thereafter, a rubber band is sequentially hung on each of the hooks 5 provided along the outside of the cover body 1, and the cover body 1 wound around the tire C is pressed against the tire C outer peripheral surface.

As described above, the floor running tire cover A wound around the outer circumference of the tire C comes into contact with the floor B instead of the outer circumference of the tire C during running, and the outer circumference of the tire C is To avoid direct contact (FIG. 4).
In addition, since the cover body 1 is colored in light gray, even when the slip mark adheres to the floor surface B, the cover mark 1 does not stand out black like the slip mark of the tire C, and is hardly recognized. Become.

When the floor running tire cover A mounted on the tire C is removed after the work is completed, the cover body 1
The rubber bands hooked along the outer hooks 5 are sequentially stretched and removed, and the hook 6 and the buckle 3 are removed.
By disconnecting the connection between a and 3b, the tire C can be removed from the outer periphery.

The floor running tire cover of the present invention is wound around the outer periphery of the tire C and provided that the outer peripheral surface of the tire C and the floor surface B can be maintained in a non-contact state. The form may be configured in any manner. The floor traveling tire cover A2 shown in FIG. 5 has the same configuration as the above-described tire cover A, except that the cover main body 1 ′ is configured as a grid-like mesh pattern. It has the same function as the tire cover A.

A3 shown in FIG. 6 is one in which the cover body 1 ″ is formed in a single band shape, and is wound around the tire C in the same manner as described above. In addition, a groove may be formed in the cover body 1 ″ along a largely bent portion (not shown) in order to improve the flexibility at the time of winding and mounting.

[0022]

As described above, the floor running tire cover according to the present invention is wound around the outer periphery of the tire, and the gap between the outer peripheral surface of the tire and the floor is kept during running of the vehicle. Since the contact state is maintained, when traveling on the floor surface, it can be easily wound and mounted on the outer periphery of a tire of a work vehicle or the like in a short time. Because it avoids the direct contact between the outer peripheral surface and the floor surface,
It is also possible to effectively prevent the tire from being left with traces of tire slip due to carbon black on the floor surface and small scratches on the floor surface due to small stones or the like that have entered the tire grooves. Further, after completing the moving operation on the floor, the tire can be easily removed from the outer periphery of the tire to return to a state where normal traveling is possible.

Also, in the case where the tire cover is made of a material having a similar color to the floor surface, as in the case of the floor running tire cover according to the second aspect, the tire cover is inadvertently slipped on the floor surface. Even if the traces adhere, the slip traces have a similar color to the floor surface, so they are assimilated with the color of the floor surface, and are almost inconspicuous.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a floor running tire cover embodying the present invention, partially cut away.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the inside of the tire cover in a state of being wound around the tire.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a tire cover wound around the tire.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a tire cover attached to the tire.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the floor traveling tire cover constituting a grid-like mesh pattern, partially cut away.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a tire cover in which a cover main body is formed in a belt shape with a part cut away.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A to A3: Tire cover for floor traveling B: Floor surface C: Tires 1-1-1 '': Cover body

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A floor running tire cover that is wound around an outer periphery of a vehicle tire and maintains a non-contact state between an outer circumferential surface of the tire and a floor surface during running of the vehicle. 2. The floor running tire cover according to claim 1, wherein the tire cover is made of a material having a similar color to the floor surface.