Patent ID: 7377165

Claim:
A balancing station for positioning and holding a vehicle wheel for the attachment of a balance weight comprising: (a) clamping device designed for clamping the vehicle wheel at a radial outer wheel periphery, said clamping device comprising: (i) at least two mutually opposing first and second jaws designed for pressing against the radial outer wheel periphery and defining a clamping space there-between, said jaws having in common a clamping axis extending through said clamping space and being rotatably mounted around said clamping axis, (ii) a drive wherein at least one of said jaws is rotatably drivable around the clamping axis and movable back and forth in a direction of the clamping axis by means of said drive; (b) a conveyor device by means of which the vehicle wheel can be conveyed prone between the jaws of the clamping device, wherein the clamping device can be moved into a tilted position wherein the clamping axis is inclined at an angle of at least 30° from a horizontal out of a basic position wherein the clamping axis of the jaws is aligned substantially horizontally.