Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a tire mounting device for fitting a tire bead onto a rim of a wheel.
Description of Related Art
Hitherto, there has been known a tire mounting device for fitting a tire bead onto a rim of a wheel by pressing a tire along a circumferential direction of the tire under a state in which the tire is temporarily engaged on the wheel in an oblique posture. For example, a tire mounting device proposed in Patent Literature 1 includes a tire bead press roller and a guide roller, which are caused to circle along a circumference of the wheel. Thus, the guide roller guides an end portion of the tire bead to an outer circumferential position of the wheel, while the tire bead press roller following the guide roller presses a side surface of the tire bead (sidewall) from above, thereby fitting the tire bead onto the rim.
Further, a tire mounting device proposed in Patent Literature 2 includes, instead of the above-mentioned guide roller, a bead guide plate formed into an arc shape to guide the tire bead to the outer circumferential position of the wheel while sliding the tire bead on a surface of the bead guide plate.