| 摘要 |
An improved apparatus and method for cutting wheel mounted tires so as to facilitate removal of the tires from the wheels of junked vehicles, such as automobiles, trucks and the like, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pair of parallel, fixed blade members that are separated to form a slot and a movable blade member that is pivotally connected with the fixed blade members and that rotates about an axis of rotation. The movable blade member is guided and supported in the slot between the two fixed blade members during movement of the movable blade member toward and away from the fixed blade members. The cutting or shearing surfaces of the blade members are arranged so that the tire is urged toward the axis of rotation as the movable blade member is moved toward the fixed blade members. A spring-biased grip is mounted on the blade members to grip the tire so as to permit a cut tire to be separated from the wheel on which it had been mounted by moving the wheel with respect to the apparatus. |
