US 12,216,023 B2
Testing machine for tires
Yau Dong Chang, Changhua County (TW)
Assigned to EKTRON TEK CO., LTD., Changhua County (TW)
Filed by EKTRON TEK CO.,LTD., Changhua County (TW)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/942,826.
Prior Publication US 2024/0085275 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G01M 17/02 (2006.01); B60C 25/00 (2006.01); G01N 3/02 (2006.01); G01N 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 17/02 (2013.01) [B60C 25/002 (2013.01); G01M 17/021 (2013.01); G01N 3/02 (2013.01); G01N 19/00 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A testing machine for tires comprising:
a base having a horizontal track, a first driving member, and a second driving member, a testing device installed at an end of the horizontal track; the testing device supported by a plurality of support columns above the horizontal track, a testing space defined between the testing device and the horizontal track; the testing device comprising a longitudinal cylinder and a telescopic rod driven by the longitudinal cylinder, a sensor mounted on an end of the telescopic rod and having a probe needle or a probe base;
a first slider slibably mounted on the horizontal track of the base and driven in the testing space by the first driving member, the first slider having an L-shaped swing arm and a first driving motor capable of making the L-shaped swing arm to swing through 90°; an end of the L-shaped swing arm having a tire securing axis, and a second driving motor driving the tire securing axis, the second driving motor capable of driving the L-shaped swing arm to rotate the tire securing axis to a horizontal or a vertical position;
a second slider slibably mounted on the horizontal track opposite the testing space and driven by the second driving member, the second slider having a standing column with a vertical track, the second slider further having a screw at an end parallel with the vertical track, the screw having a third driving motor at an end; and
a brake arm having a counterweight end, an operating end and a lift slider between the counterweight end and the operating end; the counterweight end having a first rail, a third driving member, and a counterweight connected to the third driving member and moveable along the first rail; the operating end having a second rail, a fourth driving member and a bead unseating seat connected to the fourth driving member and moveable along the second rail, the bead unseating seat having a clamp; the lift slider mounted onto the brake arm via an axis, such that the counterweight end arm and the operating end of the brake are capable of swinging around the axis, the lift slider connected to the screw and driven by the third driving motor to move along the vertical track of the standing column to control movement of the brake arm.