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I am the inventor of a patent pending two tire lift, this lift carries one tire in front and one in back, but the back becomes the front with the rotation of the top portion of the lift, this makes it easy to do a tire rotation on a hoist, my two tire lift can be used any time tires are removed from a vehicle, for brake jobs, front end work, and so on.
Nice idea and probably a good market concept - good luck with your patent!
IMHO it looks like two 200 W worm drives (of which I have quite a few, and use for workshop tables and hoists),
working thru toothed belt drives, where the batteries and control boxes are under the side support covers?
Back in 1977-78 I worked extra at a truck, equipment & auto tire shop/ retreading facility, where we used in-house built,
rugged, hand-wound Truck wheel "forklifts" for the same purpose, albeit not with your 2-tire, revolving capacity.
Just stickwelded hot rolled RHS and U-beams, some sealed ball bearings for the moving platform,
cast pulleys, 8" 500lbs SWL castors and a locking hand winch.
All covered in the company's hideous, undescribable blue-green bile enamel.
These were self-explanatory, easy to use, lo-maintenance, easily hosed off friday afternoon and dirt cheap.
The following is not intended as criticism, though I realize it could be perceived so:
Two (totally uncalled for) cents regarding your device:
-What'll happen when dust, grit, grime, salt and sleek from the wheels & shop enters the mechanism:
especially between the bottom drive pulleys and belts,
and what do the slide's bearings consisting of? Sheets/ rollers of acetal?
Feel free to give further info on materials, battery/ motor capacity, max SWL etc.
Cheers
Johan, (who isn't "into rubber" any longer.)
Hi Steven - welcome to HomemadeTools.net :welcome:
What's your patent application number? We love checking out patent documents.
Can we see it working?Quote:
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Thanks steven Sauer! We've added your Revolving Two-Tire Lift to our Wheel and Tire category,
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That is an interesting tool. It could be useful in a busy tire shop.
Now I would be really impressed if a guy could invent a machine that would shake a tire while the car is on a lift to simulate road conditions. That would be great for finding difficult to locate rattles.
My Father and I have already invented a shaker we call it the Rattle Tracker it will shake a parked car or truck to find rates and squeaks.
Can we get more details on this? Photo or video maybe?Quote:
Originally Posted by steven Sauer