High volume air valve for a tire bead tool

摘要

A valve assembly includes a body structure having a proximal inlet tube and a distal outlet tube separated by a valve cylinder portion, a flow control valve situated in the valve cylinder portion, the flow control valve including a valve plug and an actuator shaft, and an actuation control pivotally mounted to the body structure, wherein rotational movement of the actuation control exerts an axial force against the actuator shaft to move the valve plug through the valve cylinder portion and open fluid communication between the proximal inlet tube and the distal outlet tube. A bead seating system includes means for establishing fluid communication between a container of pressurized fluid and a valve assembly, means for transferring rotational movement of a actuation control pivotally mounted on the valve assembly into an axial force, means for establishing fluid communication between the container and a bead seating tool via the valve assembly.

主权项

1. A valve assembly comprising:
a body structure including a proximal inlet tube and a distal outlet tube separated by a valve cylinder portion; a flow control valve situated in the valve cylinder portion, the flow control valve including a valve plug and an actuator shaft; and an actuation control pivotally mounted to the body structure, wherein rotational movement of the actuation control exerts an axial force against the actuator shaft to move the valve plug through the valve cylinder portion and open fluid communication between the proximal inlet tube and the distal outlet tube, wherein the flow control valve is positioned so that an angle formed between a central longitudinal axis of the flow control valve and a central longitudinal axis defined by the proximal inlet tube is less than 90 degrees; and wherein the distal outlet tube defines a second central axis, the central longitudinal axis and the second central axis being parallel and offset from each other in a longitudinal direction.