Patent ID: 8079580

Claim:
A holding device for a rim of a vehicle wheel, comprising: a base plate which has a central recess for being pushed onto the shaft of a balancing machine, a plurality of rotatably mounted holding elements, each holding element having a holding means for the rim, and at least one coupling element which is arranged coaxially with respect to the central recess and is mounted rotatably on the base plate, wherein the holding elements and the coupling element having interacting coupling means for the positive coupling of rotational movement of the holding elements, wherein in addition to the coupling means which bring about said positive connection, the holding elements and the coupling element have a frictional coupling means for frictionally coupling of the rotational movement of the holding elements, wherein at least one fixing device is provided which is arranged so as to enable selective fixing of the position of the holding elements in a manner preventing rotational movement of the holding elements, and wherein the fixing device has a fixing element that is arranged so as to be adjustable coaxially with respect to the coupling element, and wherein the fixing device is configured in such a way that, by the adjustment of the fixing means, the coupling element is directly loaded via the fixing element with a holding force which is sufficient for said fixing of the position of the holding elements.