Device for installing a tire-wheel assembly onto a wheel balancer
US5656775A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 1995 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60Y2200/11
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for installing a tire-wheel assembly onto a wheel balancer comprises a rotating shaft of the wheel balancer for rotating the tire-wheel assembly, a wheel receiving member comprised of a disc-contacting portion and a cup-shaped base portion, a taper cone of a frustoconical shape, a spring disposed between a bottom of the cup-shaped base portion and a bottom of the taper cone, a wheel pushing member, and a female screw member, in which the disc-contacting portion of the wheel receiving member is provided at a side facing the disc portion with an elastic member embedded in the disc-contacting portion in a peripheral direction thereof and a protruding member contacting with the elastic member and retractably moving from an outer surface of the disc-contacting portion in an axial direction thereof.
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