Patent ID: 8291958

Claim:
A machine for fitting and removing the wheel tires of vehicles, comprising: a base frame including turntable means for gripping and rotation moving at least a rim of wheels for vehicles with at least a retention flange for a bead of a tire to be fitted and/or removed on/from said rim; an operating head which is associable with said base frame and is positionable near said retention flange; wherein said operating head comprises: a guiding nut for said bead; a guiding wing for said bead; a grip tool for gripping said bead which is arranged between said guiding nut and said guiding wing and comprises a shaped active extremity with a substantially oblique profile suitable for cooperating with said guiding nut for guiding said bead; and actuator assembly for moving said grip tool between a first guiding configuration of said bead, in which said active extremity is arranged near said guiding nut and near said guiding wing, and a second grip configuration of said bead, said actuator assembly being suitable for moving said grip tool from said first configuration to said second configuration along a first trajectory and from said second configuration to said first configuration along a second trajectory substantially different from said first trajectory, and said guiding nut, said guiding wing, said grip tool, and said actuator assembly being mounted upon said operating head.