Patent ID: 7337664
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
1. Lifting device for fitting vehicle wheels on wheel balancers, said device comprising: a) a support platform for receiving at least one vertically oriented vehicle wheel to be fitted on/removed from a substantially horizontal balancing shaft of a wheel balancer, b) lifting means for moving said platform perpendicular to said horizontal balancing shaft, c) sliding means for moving said support platform in a direction substantially parallel to said balancing shaft for placing said vehicle wheel on said balancing shaft, d) retention means on said platform for retaining an axis of rotation of the wheel in a plane substantially parallel to said balancing shaft, and e) said retention means comprising at least one first jaw and one second jaw located on said platform, f) said first jaw being translatable relative to said second jaw in a direction substantially parallel to said balancing shaft to engage opposite sides of the vertically oriented vehicle wheel.