Patent ID: 7726376

Claim:
A locking device for a tire in a tired-wheel maintenance machine, the machine comprising: a support frame, at least one rotatable support for a wheel rim mounted for rotation on said support frame, a blocking/unblocking element for said wheel rim, a driving element for said at least one rotatable support, and said locking device comprising a holding element anchorable to said support frame and including at least one flexible element suitable for removably at least partly engaging said tire of a tired wheel and imparting a tangential force to said tire, thereby preventing the tired wheel from rotating, and facilitating relative rotation between the tire and the rim, when a wheel rim of the tired wheel is controllably angularly displaced by said drive element, said at least one flexible element arranged to be wound around, and unwound from a reel member mounted for rotation on said support frame, said device further comprising a deformable ring member removably securable around an upright member of said tired-wheel maintenance machine, said ring member comprising: a linking element for anchoring said reel member, said linking element including an L-shaped strap and a C-shaped plate, said L-shaped strap being securable to said C-shaped plate by engaging a screw element into a respective opening in said L-shaped strap and said C-shaped plate.