Lifting unit for tire vehicle wheels

Details Lifting unit for tire vehicle wheels Lifting unit for tire vehicle wheels

2005-08-16

2005-08-16

Lillis, Eileen D. (Department: 3652)

Material or article handling

Wheel and wheel-type article handler and transporter

Reexamination Certificate

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06929442

ABSTRACT:
A lifting unit for a vehicle wheel designed to cooperate with a tire changing machine and a balancing machine arranged on opposite sides thereof and located at a respective operating level, said lifting unit comprising at least one support frame, guide means vertically extending from said support frame, a cross-member guide slidingly mounted on said guide means and arranged to be moved up and down thereon, driving means carried by said support frame and arranged to move said cross-member guide on said guide means, a bracket means slidingly supported on said cross-member guide and designed to carry a vehicle wheel to be processed, a limiting means slidably carried on a vertical guide means, supported by said support frame, and arranged to engage with said guide means to act upon said driving means, wheel detecting means carried by said support frame and arranged to detect the diameter of a wheel standing on said bracket means, and control means arranged to position said limiting means depending upon the diameter of a vehicle wheel as detected by said wheel detecting means.

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