Patent ID: 7726376
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. A locking device for a tire in a tired-wheel maintenance machine, the machine comprising: a support frame, at least one rotatable support for a wheel rim mounted for rotation on said support frame, a blocking/unblocking element for said wheel rim, a driving element for said at least one rotatable support, and said locking device comprising a holding element anchorable to said support frame and including at least one flexible element suitable for removably at least partly engaging said tire of a tired wheel and imparting a tangential force to said tire, thereby preventing the tired wheel from rotating, and facilitating relative rotation between the tire and the rim, when a wheel rim of the tired wheel is controllably angularly displaced by said drive element, said at least one flexible element arranged to be wound around, and unwound from a reel member mounted for rotation on said support frame, said device further comprising a deformable ring member removably securable around an upright member of said tired-wheel maintenance machine, said ring member comprising: