US Patent: 33,767 - Improved device for shrinking tires


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US Patent: 33,767

Improved device for shrinking tires

Patentee:

Christian Weitman (exact or similar names) - Independence, IA

USPTO Classifications:

157/1.21, 72/292

Tool Categories:

specialty machines : metal tire apparatus : tire setters

specialty tools : metal tire repair tools : tire setters

Assignees:

A. Hageman - Independence, IA

H. W. Glynn - Independence, IA

Christian Weitman - Independence, IA

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Solomon Rufe

James Jamison

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Nov. 19, 1861

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Description:

This device is a hot setter, that is, the tire must be removed from the wheel, heated, put back on the wheel and then this tire setter is used to compress and thicken a portion of the rim, thus reducing the circumference of the tire.