Patent ID: 7201203

Claim:
A device for clamping the rim of a vehicle wheel, having a shelf, on which the rim may be deposited by one side, and having at least two clamping jaws, which are movable radially relative to the rim for clamping the rim bead adjacent to the shelf, wherein the clamping jaws are mounted on a carrier by means of slides guided with minimal friction and are arranged on supports extending from the slides to the shelf located above the carrier, said clamping laws comprising contact faces, which cooperate with the axial outer side of the rim bead, and clamping claws, which may be pressed onto the rim bead radially from the exterior, and wherein a free space extends in the axial and radial direction leading away from the rim, on the back, turned away from the rim bead, of at least one clamping claw.