Manufacturers Index - Burtt Mfg. Co.
Burtt Mfg. Co.
Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class:
Steam and Gas Engines
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632,152
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Aug. 29, 1899
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Tire Tightener
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William Schau |
Sheffield, Colbert County, AL |
Claim:
In a tire-tightener the combination of suitable side pieces with means of clamping them to a wheel; a pair of oppositely-situated levers on each side piece, links connecting the upper ends of each pair of levers together; eccentric connections between said links and levers, operating-levers to actuate said eccentrics; oppositely-situated jaws secured to the pairs of levers with means of clamping them on the tire so that it may be upset and tightened by the levers. |
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679,161
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Jul. 23, 1901
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Tire Tightener
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William Schau |
Sheffield, Colbert County, AL |
This invention relates to improvements and advantageous modifications of the tire tightener patented to me in United States Letters Patent No. 632,152, dated 29 August, 1899. I have found some modifications and improvements in the general design of my improved tire-tightener to be desirable in order to make the same more efficient to the ends sought, and I find that it has been possible to greatly simplify the structure and increase its effectiveness and the speed of. operation.
Claim:
The particular objects of this invention are, then, first, to simplify the entire structure; second, to make the structure completely and quickly adjustable for use, making it what might be called self-adjusting, third,to provide an improved adjusting means for adapting the machine to tires of different widths as well as to wheels of different sizes; fourth, to provide improved engaging jaws for the tire in this relation that avoid any possibility of injury to the felly; fifth, to provide improved retaining and guiding means for the tire to positively prevent the same buckling or being raised into a loop at the point of tightening; sixth, to provide an improved tire-tightener in which the working parts are easily accessible, so that it will be possible by inspection to note the exact adjustment of the machine; seventh, to provide an improved actuating means for the tire-guides, which insures a positive movement of the same in both directions, and, eighth, to provide an improved structure for guiding the tire-tightener into position. |
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948,637
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Feb. 08, 1910
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Tire Setter
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William Schau |
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI |
Claim:
The combination with a frame, having a bed, of a pair of tire supporting-plates mounted on said bed to be adjusted to and from each other; tire clamping jaws carried by said supporting-plates; a screw shaft having oppositely-threaded ends; levers arranged in coacting pairs mounted on said supporting plates; links connecting the upper ends of said pairs of levers; threaded nuts or blocks on said screw shaft; vertically movable bars mounted on said frame; and levers mounted on said bars and connected to said blocks on said screw and to the said levers mounted on said supporting plates. |
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948,638
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Feb. 08, 1910
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Tire Tightener or Tire Setter
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William Schau |
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI |
Claim:
In a structure of the class described, the combination with a pair of supporting plates mounted to be adjusted to and from each other, of tire gripping jaws carried by said plates whereby a tire is secured thereto to be upset by the closing movement of said plates; a clamp for securing a tire upon said supporting plates, comprising a pair of clamping members having upwardly-projecting arms thereon adapted to engage a spoke of a wheel, tire gripping jaws for said clamping members, a clamping yoke for said clamping members, and an adjustable screw for said clamping yoke; and means for actuating said clamp to draw it downward to clamp the tire upon said supporting plates. |
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