摘要 |
There is provided in a tire changing apparatus of the type having a base, a table on the base for receiving a wheel and supporting the wheel during a tire servicing operation, and a plurality of jets at spaced locations about the table disposed to direct a fluid stream towards a wheel supported on the table, the improvement including a liquid lubricant reservoir and a system for selectively directing a liquid lubricant from the reservoir to at least some of the jets to impinge upon the wheel. The presence of the lubricant assists in tire demounting operations and the seating of beads on tubeless tires.
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