Tire inspection apparatus

摘要

Apparatus for exposing the interior of tires including a rotary disc for receiving and positioning a tire on its side thereon and members engage the bead of a tire for positioning the tire and holding one bead and sidewall portion against the rotary disc to cause the tire to rotate with the disc and permit inspection of at least a portion of the interior wall of a tire being inspected, and a second rotary disc is positioned spaced from the first named means to receive the tire thereon and other members engage a bead and sidewall portion of the tire to expose a different inner sidewall area of the tire for inspection purposes. Other members are present to transfer a test tire from one rotary disc to the other and to turn the tire through a 180 DEG arc while being transported from the first disc to the second disc.