Patent ID: 8632291
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for positioning a tyred wheel onto an upright rotary wheel holder unit of a tyre changer machine, comprising: a first frame for supporting the wheel and adapted to move the wheel between a first lower position and an upper position above the rotary wheel holder unit where the wheel is aligned with a rotation axis of the rotary wheel holder unit, and from which the wheel can be lowered onto the rotary wheel holder unit, first actuator means for driving the first frame between the first lower position and the upper position, a second frame adapted to move between a second lower position through the upper position to an end position above said upper position, and second actuator means for driving the second frame between the second lower position and the end position; wherein the second frame is adapted to remove the wheel from the first frame when the first frame is in the upper position, by movement of the second frame from said upper position to said end position; is adapted to support the wheel with the wheel axis in alignment with the rotation axis of the rotary wheel holder unit and is adapted to be lowered by the action of the second actuator means for positioning the tyred wheel onto the rotary wheel holder unit.