Scissor lift wheel lifter reinstalling wheels on automobiles
OwnerGeorge Steinerinventor
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Abstract
An automobile wheel lifting device for the installation of wheels when automobile is on a hydraulic lift. A motorized scissor lift table holds the wheel in a stable vertical position while lifting. Vertically stable position is ensured by a stabilizing arm placed on the wheel by the mechanic with one hand only, before lifting begins. Rate of lifting is such that when the wheel mounting holes are aligned with the studs the lifting can be stopped, the wheel rotated and installed. Lifting device avoids contact with the automobile body by lifting as if the mechanic lifted by hand. Stabilizing arm does not obstruct the view of the mechanic during lifting.
Claims6
I claim a scissor lift lifting and lowering a wheel, said wheel is supported on two rollers on top of the scissor lift table and said wheel held in a stable vertical position on top of the two rollers by an adjustable height stabilizing arm, the head of said arm contacting the top of said wheel with two spaced small diameter rollers, said scissor lift is actuated by a DC gear-motor turning a horizontally oriented threaded screw, said screw threaded into a push/pull bar transversely oriented to the threaded screw and said push/pull bar having ends connected to the two movable scissor lift legs and allowing said push/pull bar free movement in rotating.
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