LOCKING INSERT DEVICE FOR A TIRE CHAMBER

摘要

A locking insert device for a tire chamber adapted to be fitted to a vehicle wheel provided with a tubeless tire mounted on a well or drop center rim, the device being designed to oppose the coming off of the beads of the tire from the rim in the event of a puncture Of the tire, the device comprising a strip of rigid material shaped as a ring that is split parallel to the axis of the rim equipped therewith with an abutment means for a bead on one at least of its circumferential borders, the ring having a cross-section that correspond at least in part to the shape of the rim against which it is pressed and held stationary by fastening means rendered operative after the ring has been placed on the rim.