Wheel balancer in which a sub-housing carrying a main shaft is pivotal from a horizontal to a vertical position for aligning a wheel on the main shaft

US5419193A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Interbalco AG · CH

Inventors

• Willy Borner · Cupertino, US
• Bernard G. Jackson · Atherton, US
• Gordon F. Schmeisser · Santa Cruz, US
• John Rochford · Strokestown, IE
• Duncan William McInnes · Castleconnell, IE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 19, 1993
• Grant date: May 30, 1995
• Expiry date: Feb 19, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01M1/04
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A wheel balancer comprises a main housing which supports a sub-housing. A main shaft to which a wheel to be balanced is coupled is rotatable in the sub-housing. The sub-housing is pivotally connected to the main housing by a pivot shaft which defines a horizontal main pivot axis extending transversely of the rotational axis of the main shaft. The sub-housing is pivotal from a horizontal position to a vertical position with the main shaft extending upwardly of the sub-housing to facilitate coupling of the wheel to the main shaft.