Patents by Inventor Tullio Gonzaga

Tullio Gonzaga has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8322007
    Abstract: A handling device for a resistant load includes a guide track (2) or a plurality of parallel guide tracks, a pair of slides or carriages (10a, 10b) slidingly mounted on a guide track (2) or a respective guide track, removable locking means (6a, 6b) associated with each slide or carriage (10a, 10b) and designed to keep in position its respective slide or carriage along the respective guide track (2), a linear actuator means (3) associated with each slide or carriage (10a, 10b) and having at least one first component (4) and at least one second component (5a) which can be displaced, upon control, one with respect to the other parallely to the guide track (2) or plurality of parallel guide tracks, the at least one first component (4) being displaceable together with a slide or carriage (10a) of the pair, and the at least one second component (5a) being displaceable together with the other slide or carriage (10b) of the pair, engagement means (7a, 7b) for a resistant load displaceable together with the linear act
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Butler Engineering & Marketing S.p.A.
    Inventors: Tullio Gonzaga, Silvano Santi
  • Publication number: 20120291959
    Abstract: A device for automatic demounting of a tire from a rim having: a support arm (4); a demounting tool (10) articulated to the support arm (4); an attachment member (12) having one end articulated to the demounting tool (10) by a first articulation pin (13) and the other end thereof pivoted to the support arm (4) around a second articulation pin (14) extending substantially parallel to the first articulation pin (13); at least one extension appendage of the support arm (4) or a section (17) of the support arm (4), which extends beyond the second articulation pin (14); and at least one tie rod member (18) that is articulated on one side to the tool, and on the other side to the extension appendage or section (17) of the support arm (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Tullio GONZAGA, Silvano SANTI
  • Publication number: 20120160425
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a demounting device comprising a support member translatable along a movement axis (y-y), drive means for the support member, a tool-holder arm (3) borne by the support member (2), an abutment element (4) and a hook-like extraction member (5) both supported by the tool-holder arm (3), the abutment element (4) having a substantially flat work surface (4a), whereas the hook-like extraction member (5) is suitable for being moved in a substantially transverse direction with respect to the rotation axis (x-x) of a rim (W).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Tullio GONZAGA, Silvano Santi
  • Publication number: 20120145333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for demounting a tire (T) from a rim (W), comprising: at least one support element (3, 5); an articulation pin element (9; 29) borne by the at least one support element (5); a spring shackle element (7; 70) having a first end (7a) and a second end (7b) articulated on the articulation pin (9; 29); a demounting lever (2); an actuator (4) borne by the at least one support element (3) and set to act on the demounting lever (2) in order to make the demounting lever (2) angularly move during use; and friction or elastic loading means designed to slow the angular movement of the spring shackle element (7, 70) around the articulation pin (9, 29) with respect to its angular movement around the first axis (x-x).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Tullio GONZAGA, Silvano Santi
  • Publication number: 20100294436
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bead breaker group for a tire mounting-demounting machine, which includes a support arm displaceable, in use, in two bead breaking directions along one bead breaking axis, and includes a pair of bead breaker tools supported on substantially opposite sides with respect to the support arm, thereby defining opposite work fronts directed away from the support arm, the work front of a first bead breaker tool of the pair of bead breaker tools being directed towards one bead breaking direction of the two bead breaking directions, whereas the work front of a second bead breaker tool of the pair of bead breaker tools is directed towards the other bead breaking direction of the two bead breaking directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Tullio Gonzaga, Silvano Santi
  • Patent number: 7798196
    Abstract: A tire mounting-demounting machine having a bead breaking arm with a work head having a head-holder support (10), bracket member (6) pivoted at one end thereof to the head-holder support (10), a bead breaker tool (2) supported at the other end of the at least one bracket member (6) and configured to engage a bead of a tire (P), a lever element (7) pivoted to the head-holder support (10) and bearing a feeler pin arm portion (9) configured to control the lever element (7) and a biasing member configured to yieldably keep the lever element (7) in the work position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Butler Engineering & Marketing S.p.A.
    Inventors: Tullio Gonzaga, Silvano Santi
  • Patent number: 7726376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking device design to act between a tire and its respective wheel rim for dynamically balancing a tired wheel. The locking device is arranged to be installed on a tired-wheel maintenance machine having a support frame and a rotatable support for a wheel rim of a deflated tired wheel and locking-unlocking means for locking-unlocking the wheel rim to and from the rotatable support. The locking device comprises holding belt anchorable to the support frame and an engaging group designed removably to engage the tire of the deflated tired wheel, while its respective wheel rim is controllably angularly shifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Butler Engineering & Marketing S.p.A.
    Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga
  • Publication number: 20090266493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bead breaker group for bead breaking a tire of a tired wheel equipped with rim with bead-engagement flanges, the bead breaker group comprising a support (2, 5) and at least one bead breaker tool (3) mounted for rotation around a pin (4) borne by the support (2, 5), the bead breaker tool being substantially flat and comprising: at least one portion configured as an abutment front (3b, 3d, 3f) against a flange of a rim of a tired wheel to be bead broken; and at least one portion having curved peripheral edge substantially coaxial with the pin (4) and intended to act as an engagement-penetration zone (3a, 3c, 3e) between the flange of a rim and the bead of a tire to be bead broken, the distance between the abutment front (3b, 3d, 3f) and the pin (4) being less than the distance between the pin (4) and the at least one engagement-penetration zone (3a, 3c, 3e).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Butler Engineering & Marketing S.P.A
    Inventors: Tullio GONZAGA, Silvano Santi
  • Publication number: 20090101287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a work head with bead breaker roller for a tire mounting-demounting machine, suitable for bead breaking of a tire (P) from the edge (B1) of a rim (C) of a tired wheel, the work head comprising: a head-holder support (10) fixable to a bead breaker arm of a tire mounting-demounting machine; at least one bracket member (6) pivoted at one end thereof to the head-holder support (10) around a pivoting axis (x-x); a bead breaker tool (2) supported at the other end of the at least one bracket member (6) and designed to engage a bead of a tire to be bead broken (P); a lever element (7), which is pivoted to the head-holder support (10) and bears a feeler pin arm portion (9) designed to control, in use, the lever element (7), whereby it is angularly moved between a work position, in which it thrusts against the bead breaker tool, and at least one rest position, it which it is angularly arranged at a distance from the bead breaker tool (2); and return means (10) designed to yieldably k
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Tullio GONZAGA, Silvano SANTI
  • Patent number: 7497761
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tire assembling-disassembling tool for use in a tire assembling-disassembling machine arranged to rotatable support a tired wheel or wheel rim, said tool being cantilever supported on a respective guide member of the tire assembling-disassembling machine, said tool extending parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheel and comprising a tool-carrying arm slidable mounted on said guide member, and at least one nail-shaped member having a first end thereof constrained to said supporting arm so to be able to made roto-translational movements with respect thereto, and the other free end hook-shaped with back facing said wheel rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Butler Engineering & Marketing SpA
    Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga
  • Patent number: 7341090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembling-disassembling machine provided with a base, a rotating support device (4) for a wheel rim or tyred wheel, an upright or column element (2) extending upwards from the base, and at least one mounting/dismounting tool (6) supported by the upright or column element (2) and mounted on one end of a tool carrying arm (5) in order to transversely extend from the upright element (2). The assembling-disassembling machine also comprises rotating and shifting support means located between the upright or column element (2) and the tool-carrying arm (5) at an upper level with respect to the rotating support device (4), whereby said tool-carrying arm (5) can be rotated and shifted with respect to the upright or column element (2) between a working position, in which the tool (6) is close to the rotating support device (4) and at least one rest position far from the rotating support device (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Butler Engineering & Marketing SpA
    Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga
  • Patent number: 7306023
    Abstract: A protection device for tool in a tire assembling-disassembling machine, which tool (2) has at least one working slot or groove (3) designed to slidingly engage, in use, with a peripheral edge of a wheel rim (C) located on the tire assembling-disassembling machine. The protection device comprises a laminar body (1) designed to be seated in the working groove (3), and retaining means (8a, 8b) between the laminar body (1) and the tool (2) provided removably to keep in position the laminar body (1) in the working groove (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Butler Engineering & Marketing S.p.A.
    Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga
  • Patent number: 7296351
    Abstract: A tired-wheel having a wheel-rim and a tire thereon is automatically serviced. The method includes loading the tired-wheel onto a motor-driven support mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation, centering the tired-wheel with respect to the axis of rotation, and holding it by use of the motor-driven rotatable support, urging the wheel-rim against the rotatable support by use of an urging device so as to make the tired-wheel rigid in rotation with the rotatable support, disassembling the tire from the wheel-rim by use of a pair of working arms, moving away the urging device and removing the disassembled tire, loading a new tire onto the wheel-rim, repositioning the urging device and urging the wheel-rim against the rotatable support, and mounting the new tire onto the wheel-rim by use of the pair of working arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Butler Engineering & Marketing SPA
    Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga
  • Patent number: 7293595
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotatable wheel rim support group designed to be mounted on an assembling-disassembling machine. The support group includes at least one pair of annular plate-shaped members designed to abut against the wheel rim on a side opposite to that of a removable locking device, the plate-shaped members being arranged facing and approachable to and retractable from one another about a control shaft, a plurality of friction engagement members disposed angularly displaced and partly formed in one of the annular plate-shaped members and partly in the other, and support and rotational motion transmission members between the control shaft and one of the annular plate-shaped members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Butler Engineering & Marketing, S.p.A.
    Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga
  • Patent number: 7188518
    Abstract: A rapid inflation device having a supply of pressurised pressurized fluid, a nozzle holder assembly, that can be manually moved an located by an operator between a rest position and a working position and is provided with one or more blowing-in nozzle, a flexible conduit designed to put the supply source of pressurized fluid in communication with the nozzle holder assembly, a manual control provided at the nozzle holder assembly and designed to activate and deactivate the pressurized fluid feeding on the operator's control, sensors at the nozzle holder assembly designed to detect if the nozzle holder assembly is in working position, and slave valve means adapted to control the pressurized fluid feeing from the supply source to the blowing-in nozzle, on the control of the safety sensor means and manual control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga
  • Patent number: 7188656
    Abstract: An automatic detector device for a tire assembling-disassembling machine having at least one support group (G) mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation of a tired wheel (9) whose bead is to be released, and at least one bead-releasing roll-carrying extending-retracting arm (T1, T2). Each arm (T1, T2) can be extended and retracted and suppports a respective bead-releasing roll (R1, R2). The arm (T1, T2) are located, in use, on opposite sides with respect to the tired wheel (9). The detector device further comprises a sensor member (3) movably supported at a respective bead-releasing roll (R1, R2), driving means (5) for each sensor member (3), so that it can be moved between a backward rest position and an extended working position, and control means (34) arranged to act in response to control signals generated by sensor member (3) in its working position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Butler Engineering & Marketing S.p.A.
    Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga
  • Publication number: 20070006976
    Abstract: A tired-wheel having a wheel-rim and a tire thereon is automatically serviced. The method includes loading the tired-wheel onto a motor-driven support mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation, centering the tired-wheel with respect to the axis of rotation, and holding it by means of the motor-driven rotatable support, urging the wheel-rim against the rotatable support by means of an urging device so as to make the tired-wheel rigid in rotation with the rotatable support, disassembling the tire from the wheel-rim by means of a pair of working arms, moving away the urging device and removing the disassembled tire, loading a new tire onto the wheel-rim, repositioning the urging device and urging the wheel-rim against the rotatable support, and mounting the new tire onto the wheel-rim by means of the pair of working arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga
  • Publication number: 20070000617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembling-disassembling machine provided with a base, a rotating support device (4) for a wheel rim or tyred wheel, an upright or column element (2) extending upwards from the base, and at least one mounting/dismounting tool (6) supported by the upright or column element (2) and mounted on one end of a tool carrying arm (5) in order to transversely extend from the upright element (2). The assembling-disassembling machine also comprises rotating and shifting support means located between the upright or column element (2) and the tool-carrying arm (5) at an upper level with respect to the rotating support device (4), whereby said tool-carrying arm (5) can be rotated and shifted with respect to the upright or column element (2) between a working position, in which the tool (6) is close to the rotating support device (4) and at least one rest position far from the rotating support device (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga
  • Publication number: 20060266481
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotatable wheel rim support group designed to be mounted on an assembling-disassembling machine (MT) having a base (10), a control shaft (9) extending upwards from the base (10), removable locking means (11) for the wheel rim (C) which is engageable, in use, on the control shaft (9) and with a side of the wheel rim (C), and actuating means (M) for the control shaft (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: BUTLER SPA
    Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga
  • Patent number: RE40335
    Abstract: Method of, and apparatus for, fitting a resilient ring substantially circular in shape into a tire, and removing it therefrom, the method comprising the following steps in sequence: initial deforming of the resilient ring by slightly stretching it along one diameter thereof so as to cause it to change from a circular to an elliptical shape; fitting of the thus deformed ring lengthwise into the light of a tire in which the ring is to be assembled; first releasing of the ring whereby it tends to regain its initial circular shape while remaining engaged in the tire light; final deforming of the resilient ring by stretching it in a radial direction within the tire, and final releasing of the deformable ring whereby it regains its initial circular shape within the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Butler Engineering & Marketing SRL
    Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga