TIRE STUD FITTING MACHINE (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: automotive industry; tire industry. SUBSTANCE: invention is designed for stud fitting in large size tires. Proposed machine contains support platform adjustable in height to accommodate tire, stud-driving gun, drill, device for fastening tire on frame in form of disk members pointed to each other and installed for rotation and movement to each other contact with tire side strips stud-driving gun is coupled with frame by articulated parallelogram with axles of rotation of hinge joints in vertical plane for moving the gun horizontally. Drill unit is coupled with frame by articulated parallelogram with axles of rotation of hinge joints in horizontal planes to move drill vertically. According to other design version, drill unit and gun are coupled with frame by articulated parallelograms with axles of rotation of hinge joints in vertical planes for traveling in horizontal direction, and axles of hinge joints in places of coupling of articulated parallelograms and frame are located in vertical plane passing through axis of rotation of disk members and tire. EFFECT: simplified stud driving in large-size tires. 8 cl, 8 dwg