摘要 |
TIRE HOLDING FIXTURE FOR TIRE PROCESSING MACHINE A tire holding fixture comprises upper and lower simulated wheel halves disposed about upper and lower wheel half supports, and a guide disposed coaxially with the wheel half supports. The guide centers a tire about the tire holding fixture. The upper wheel half support is designed to be inserted into the lower wheel half support. There are noncontinuous no-lead thread segments disposed about the interior of the lower wheel half support, and the exterior of the upper wheel half support. These thread segments are designed to be interengagable so as to form a multiple stepped bayonet retention system, capable of holding the wheel supports together. Locking pins are translatable within the wheel half supports so as to allow co-rotation of the wheel half supports for processing of a tire.
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