METHOD FOR COLLECTING SEALING AGENT

Title:

METHOD FOR COLLECTING SEALING AGENT

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP2009090574

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

To easily collect a sealing agent of a tire-rim assembly, without bringing pollution to the environment.

A plastic bag 30 is arranged to cover an upper part of a table 28A of a tire changer 28. A rim 18 of a tire-rim assembly 10 dropped down in a well portion 18B of the rim 18 is transversely arranged in advance, and a bead portion 14 is fixed with a chuck 28B through the plastic bag 30. Using a tire lever 32 or the like, the bead portion 14 on the upper side is removed to the upper side of the rim 18, and a pneumatic tire 12 and the rim 18 are made to be in a free state. The bead portion 14 on the lower side is made to correspond to a drop 18A, a gap 34 is formed between the rim 18 and the bead portion 14, and an internal sealing agent 26 is made to flow into the plastic bag 30 on the lower side through the gap 34. A sealing agent absorbing member 36, such as waste cloth, a water absorbing agent, a wood chip, is arranged on the plastic bag 30 in advance, and the sealing agent 26 is made to be absorbed.

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