Handling device for facilitating the changing of vehicle wheels, notably of agricultural tractors and trucks
AssigneeSociete Anonyme d'Attelages Lemoine
InventorPierre M. Ealet
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Abstract
A device is provided for dismounting and remounting wheels. The device includes two frames articulated to each other at their upper portions in pendulum fashion and are connected by a jack. The first frame is connected to a three point hitch of a tractor or other handling vehicle. The second frame is provided with wheel gripping structure. By swinging the frame having the wheel gripping structure relative to the other frame by operating the jack and manipulating the hitch of the tractor an operator can position the wheel relative to its mount.
Claims15
A handling device for dismounting and remounting wheels, said device comprising:
- first and second frame members pivotally interconnected along an axis, said second frame member having means for carrying a wheel such that the wheel axis and the pivot axis interconnecting said frames extend in the same direction and are in substantially vertical alignment;
- means for pivoting said second frame member back and forth about the pivot axis interconnecting said frames to move the axis of the wheel into and out of vertical alignment with said pivot axis;
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- means for holding said first frame member to permit said second frame member to pivot relative thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.