Methods of inflating a tire on a wheel assembly having a rim, an inflation port in the rim, a bead seat band over the inflation port, an O-ring between the rim and the bead seat band, at least one radial port in the bead seat band and the tire over the bead seat band may include obtaining at least one bead band clamp including a main clamp portion, a band portion extending from the main clamp portion, a rim portion extending from the main clamp portion in spaced-apart relationship to the band portion, a first rim engaging assembly carried by the rim portion and a second rim engaging assembly carried by the main clamp portion; aligning the at least one radial port in the bead seat band with the O-ring; deploying the at least one bead band clamp in place on the wheel assembly by engagement of the band portion with the bead seat band and engagement of the first rim engaging assembly and the second rim engaging assembly with the rim; inflating the tire; and removing the at least one bead band clamp from the wheel assembly. A bead band clamp which facilitates inflation of a tire on a wheel assembly is also disclosed.


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    Title :

    Bead band clamp


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2020-09-01


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B23P Sonstige Metallbearbeitung , OTHER WORKING OF METAL / B60C VEHICLE TYRES , Fahrzeugreifen



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