Device for gripping tired wheels of a vehicle
AssigneeAuto-Weber GmbH & Co. KG
InventorJoachim Kijewski
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Abstract
A device for gripping tired wheels of a vehicle comprises, for each wheel, a pair of arms articulated at one end and provided with a suspension point, and a gripping device located at their other ends for engagement with the tire tread on each side of its ground engaging part, the gripping device including gripping limbs movable towards and away from each other for engaging or releasing the tire on opposite sides.
Claims10
A device for gripping tired wheels of a vehicle comprising, for each wheel to be gripped, a pair of arms articulated together at one end, a suspension point provided at said articulated ends of said arms, a gripping device located at the other end of each of said arms for engagement with the tread of a tire on each axial side of their ground engagement portions, and each said gripping device including a pair of gripping limbs disposed respectively on opposite sides of the tire and movable towards and away from each other for gripping engagement with opposite sidewalls of the tire and disengagement therefrom.
A device for gripping tired wheels of a vehicle comprising, for each wheel to be gripped, a pair of arms articulated together at one end, a suspension point provided at said articulated ends of said arms, a gripping device located at the other end of each of said arms for engagement with the treads of a tire on each side of their ground engagement portions and including a pair of gripping limbs movable towards and away from each other for engagement with opposite sides of the tire and disengagement therefrom, a pressure storing element against the action of which the gripping limbs are moved towards each other and a manually releasable automatically acting locking device for retaining the gripping limbs in engagement with the tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.