TIRE UNIFORMITY TESTING DEVICE

摘要

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily convert and maintain a tire size. Ž<P>SOLUTION: A tire uniformity testing device includes a testing station (12) attached to a gantry shaped frame structure and an inlet conveyor (10) provided closely to the testing station. The inlet conveyor receives a tire (102) and centers the tire (102) so that an axis (154) of rotation of the tire (102) is located at a position a prescribed distance spaced from a rotational axis (156) of the testing station (12). A conveyor (100a) conveys the tire to the testing station (12). The testing station (12) includes a chuck assembly rotatable and attached to the frame and a main shaft assembly and they have an upper rim and a lower rim rotated so as to be engaged with a tread of the tire (20) and rotate the tire (20). The rotating tire (20)is engaged with a loadwheel (42) for generating an electric signal indicative of a uniformity of the tire (20). Ž<P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT Ž