Coupling device particularly for vehicle wheels undergoing surface finishing
AssigneeBBS-Riva S.p.A.
InventorHeinrich Georg Baumgartner
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Abstract
A coupling device, particularly for vehicle wheels undergoing surface finishing, comprising means (14) for the releasable fixing of the wheel (11) to a chuck (12), which act in holes (13) for the passage of screws for fixing the wheel (11) to a hub of a vehicle.
Claims25
A coupling device, particularly for vehicle wheels undergoing surface finishing, characterized in that it comprises means for a reversible fixing of the wheel to a chuck, which act in holes for the passage of screws for fixing the wheel to a hub of a vehicle.
The device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said upper flange is provided with a central hole which has a plug for access to said grub screw for fixing said inner flange to the shaft.
The device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said traction element has a body that is provided with a helical surface groove that is suitable to connect said first interspace to the outside.
The device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises first abutment elements for the angular positioning of said upper flange on said central body.
The device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises second abutment elements for the angular positioning of said central body on said chuck.
An apparatus particularly for the surface finishing of vehicle wheels, characterized in that it comprises a device according to one or more of the preceding claims.
A method for the surface finishing of vehicle wheels using a device and/or an apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims, consisting in:
- arranging a semi-finished wheel at a drilling center;
- producing wheel fixing holes;
- producing a valve hole;
- picking up the wheel and arranging the wheel at said coupling device;
- fixing the wheel at said device;
- performing surface finishing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.