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Automatic unit for setting the dimensional data of a wheel on a wheel balancing machine
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-07-18
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-07-18
Abstract
Abstract An automatic unit for setting the dimensional data of a wheel on a wheel balancing machine which comprises a wheel supporting flange which is supported by a shaft which protrudes from a reference plane of the balancing machine. The peculiarity of the invention resides in that it includes a gauge (10) which protrudes from the reference plane and can engage the inner edge of the wheel. Means (20-21-22) for measuring the translatory motion of the gauge, which determines the distance between the reference plane and the inner edge of the wheel, and means (30,32,33,34,35) for measuring the rotation of the gauge, which determines the diameter of the wheel, are operatively associated with the gauge.
Inventors
- 👤 Carlo Buzzi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 15:06
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01M; G01M1/00; G01M1/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
16 words
Automatic unit for setting the dimensional data of a wheel (3) on a wheel balancing machine
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
16 words
Automatic unit for setting the dimensional data of a wheel (3) on a wheel balancing machine
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
96 words
(6), comprising a wheel supporting flange (1) which is supported by a shaft (4) which protrudes from a reference plane (5) of the balancing machine, characterized in that it comprises a gauge (10) which protrudes from said reference plane and can engage the inner edge of the wheel, means (20,21,22) for measuring the translatory motion of said gauge, which determines the distance between the reference plane and the inner edge of the wheel, and means (30,32,33,34,35) for measuring the rotation of said gauge, which determines the diameter of said wheel, being operatively associated with said gauge.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
96 words
(6), comprising a wheel supporting flange (1) which is supported by a shaft (4) which protrudes from a reference plane (5) of the balancing machine, characterized in that it comprises a gauge (10) which protrudes from said reference plane and can engage the inner edge of the wheel, means (20,21,22) for measuring the translatory motion of said gauge, which determines the distance between the reference plane and the inner edge of the wheel, and means (30,32,33,34,35) for measuring the rotation of said gauge, which determines the diameter of said wheel, being operatively associated with said gauge.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
Automatic unit according to claim 1, characterized in that said gauge comprises a stem (11) which is slidably and rotatably supported with respect to said reference plane (5), said stem having, at its free end, a radial arm (12) which ends with a probe (13) which engages said inner edge of the wheel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
76 words
Automatic unit, according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said means for measuring the translatory motion of said gauge are constituted by a first flexible cable (20) which is associated with the end of said stem (11) and winds on a first pulley (21) which is connected to a translatory motion detection potentiometer, said flexible cable being connected to a fixed point with the interposition of a first return spring (22).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
99 words
Automatic unit according to the preceding claims, characterized in that said means for measuring the rotation of said gauge are constituted by a key (30) which is rigidly rotationally associated with said stem and slidingly engages therewith, a second flexible cable (32) being associated with said key and being connected to a second pulley (33) which is associated with a second potentiometer (34) which is adapted to detect the rotation of the pulley correlated to the rotation of said stem, said second flexible cable being associated with a fixed point with the interposition of a second return spring (35).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
56 words
Automatic unit, according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the width of the wheel is determined as twice the difference between the distance of said supporting flange and the reference plane, from which the camber of the rim and the distance between said reference plane and the wheel edge are subtracted.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
Automatic unit, according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the camber data are set in a table which can be accessed by the computer unit of the balancing machine, which correlates the camber with the diameter of the wheel.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
Automatic unit, according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a table which correlates the camber with the diameter of the rim and the distance of the rim from the balancing machine.
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