Truck Tire Abstract An acoustically absorbent truck tire splash guard is mounted behind the tire for absorbing noise generated by the tire. The splash guard includes a face panel which is impervious to damage by particulate matter thrown thereagainst...
Truck Tire Abstract A safety clamp to be locked onto a rim while a tire is being mounted and inflated thereon using a retaining ring, the safety clamp having a rigid frame with peripheral portions overlying the rim and ring assembly and the tire, and...
Truck Tire Abstract The reflector attaches to the rim of a wheeled vehicle and revolves about the center of the wheel, thus following an eccentric path when the vehicle travels in a straight path. The reflector has one surface which is substantially...
Truck Tire Abstract The hook unit of the present invention is adapted to receive truck tire chains when not in use, but which at times must be carried on the truck so as to be available in case of need therefor. The hook units are preferably employed...
Truck Tire Abstract An assembly intended to reduce the water splash and throw from operating highway transport trucks in wet weather conditions by the installation of replaceable sectionalized wheel skirts that modify vacuum/suction/pressure conditio...
Truck Tire Abstract A wheel mounting device of fork-like design, adapted to lift and position a wheel by means of two horizontal parallel rollers, two vertical parallel rollers, a main-frame plate with caster assemblies mounted thereunder, and extens...
Truck Tire Abstract An in-the-ground truck tire washing appartaus having steel grates on which the truck rides. The grates are mounted above the bottom of a concrete trough and are hinged so that the trough can be opened to remove accumulated sedimen...
Truck Tire Abstract A portable tire washing apparatus is mounted on a towable trailer bed or on a platform and has drivable rollers for rotating truck tires while they are sprayed by jets of water. Additional roller assemblies or bumpers are provided...
Truck Tire Abstract Significant improvements in heavy and medium duty truck tire wear and endurance are a result of this drive axle tire tread design. The traction and center tread blocks are shaped to give a uni-directional sculpture where the block...
Truck Tire Abstract An apparatus for washing tires mounted on a vehicle includes a vehicle supporting frame to support a vehicle as it passes over the frame. Right and left frame portions support right-side and left-side tires on the vehicle. A plura...
Truck Tire Abstract A medium pneumatic truck tire (10), has a belt package (18) comprising a plurality of belt plies (20, 22, 24, 26). The tread (16) of the tire is 200 to 380 mm wide (8 inches to 15 inches). In the shoulder area (31) of the tire, an...
Truck Tire Abstract A die changer truck for use with a tire vulcanizer, including a self-propelled chassis adapted to halt in front of the tire vulcanizer, a swiveling table rotatably mounted on the self-propelled chassis, two mounting sections for r...
Truck Tire Abstract A truck tire/wheel assembly detection system in which the moving thermal dynamics of a truck are measured before cooling off, by passing over and around contact or non-contact thermometers directed toward the tire/wheel assembly a...
Truck Tire Abstract An improved pneumatic radial ply truck tire 10 having an aspect ratio below 0.70 is designed to replace two conventional truck tires on the trailer axle of semi-trailers. These tires 10 are commonly referred to as Super Single Tir...
Truck Tire Abstract An improved mineral feeder for cattle utilizing three used truck tires and a metal roof. The mineral feeder design uses the durability and weight of truck tires to resist the abuse from cattle and ill effects of corrosion on the f...
Truck Tire Abstract A radial pneumatic light truck or automobile tire 10 having a tread 12 which has a plurality of traction elements 20,30 aligned in rows and separated by wide circumferential grooves 24 and a plurality of narrow laterally inclined...
Truck Tire Abstract A new pneumatic radial ply truck tire 10 for use on steering axles is disclosed. The tire 10 has a 20 tread having a plurality of circumferentially continuous grooves 22, a pair of narrow circumferential decoupling grooves 24, a p...