Claims
- 1. The method of forming a solid fill tire and wheel assembly, said wheel having bead receiving rims and said tire including a casing having beads to be received by the wheel rims, said method comprising the steps of
- mounting the tire casing upon the wheel with the casing beads seated upon the wheel rims, thereby to define a casing chamber between the wheel and the casing,
- injecting into said casing chamber a liquid solidifiable fill material,
- maintaining a portion of said casing chamber between said beads and rims substantially free of said fill material to thereby define a fluid chamber within said casing between said beads and rim,
- solidifying said fill material within said casing chamber,
- pressurizing said fluid chamber to urge said beads against said rims, and
- limiting radially outward expansion of said fluid chamber by positioning an expansion limiting belt circumferentially around the periphery of said fluid chamber.
- 2. The method of forming a tire and wheel assembly comprising the steps of
- mounting a tire casing upon a wheel,
- injecting a liquid solidifiable fill material into said casing,
- solidifying said fill material,
- retaining said liquid fill material within a predetermined partial volume of said casing at least as it begins to solidify, by inserting an inflatable pneumatic tube in said casing and inflating said tube to urge said liquid fill material outwardly of said wheel toward said casing, and
- limiting radially outward expansion of said pneumatic tube by positioning an expansion limiting belt circumferentially around said tube.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 514,656 filed Oct. 15, 1974, now abandoned, and a continuation-in-part of my prior application for Hybrid Solid Filled Pneumatic Tire, Ser. No. 397,940, filed Sept. 17, 1973, also abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (11)
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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672,372 |
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Divisions (1)
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514656 |
Oct 1974 |
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