Device for handling a vehicle wheel
AssigneeAuto-Jure Oy
InventorReijo Laaksonen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for handling a vehicle wheel, especially for removing a wheel of a lorry from a shaft (24) or for installing it in position, comprising a vertically movable frame portion (2), and gripping elements (11, 12, 13) connected to the frame portion for gripping the vehicle wheel (14) and lifting or otherwise displacing the wheel (14) from the shaft (24) or back onto the shaft (24), the gripping elements (11, 12, 13) comprising two or more support members (21, 22, 23) arranged to be fitted into a groove in the disc of the wheel (16) to be handled. The support members (21, 22, 23) are of such shape that the vehicle wheel is rotatable on the support members (21, 22, 23) fitted into the disc wheel groove (20).
Claims15
A device for handling a wheel of a vehicle for selectively installing or removing the wheel relative to a shaft of the vehicle, said device comprising:
- a vertically movable frame,
- gripping means connected to said frame for movement therewith for engaging a wheel of a vehicle to displace the wheel relative to the shaft of the vehicle during removal and installation of the wheel, said wheel having a disc with a groove into which said gripping means is engageable,
- said gripping means being shaped and arranged to engage said wheel and permit rotation of the wheel on the gripping means,
- said gripping means comprising three support members,
- said wheel having vertical and horizontal center lines,
- two of said support members being engageable in the groove of said disc of the wheel above said horizontal center line on opposite sides of said vertical center line, the third support member being engageable in the groove of said disc of the wheel below the horizontal center line, at least one of said support members including a shaft rotatably supported by said frame and handle means on the latter said shaft for rotating said at least one of said support members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.