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US 8,991,038 B2Granted
Robotic indexing station
AssigneeAndroid Industries LLC
InventorLawrence J. Lawson
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Abstract
A single-cell workstation for processing a tire-wheel assembly including a tire and a wheel is disclosed. The single-cell workstation includes a mounting and indexing sub-station including a first plurality of tire engaging portions including one or more first tire-engaging surfaces, and a second plurality of tire engaging portions including one or more second tire-engaging surfaces.
Claims16
A single-cell workstation for processing a tire-wheel assembly including a tire and a wheel, comprising:
- a mounting and indexing sub-station including:
- a platform including a plurality of tire-sidewall-surface-engaging members that are non-movably-fixed to and extend away from a top surface of the platform, wherein each tire-sidewall-surface-engaging member of the plurality of tire-sidewall-surface-engaging members is spaced at a distance from an axis extending through the platform, wherein the distance is greater than that of a radius of the wheel;
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- means for identifying a spatial relationship of the heavy balance point of the tire and the heavy balance point of the wheel in order to identify when the heavy balance point of the tire and the heavy balance point of the wheel are offset from one another by approximately 180°.
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A single-cell workstation for processing a tire-wheel assembly including a tire and a wheel, comprising:
- a mounting and indexing sub-station including
- a platform including
- a plurality of tire engaging portions, wherein the plurality of tire-engaging portions extend axially away from a surface of the platform, wherein the tire-engaging portions are defined by
- a plurality of dimples having a top surface having a coefficient of friction greater than zero, and
- means for identifying a spatial relationship of the heavy balance point of the tire and the heavy balance point of the wheel in order to identify when the heavy balance point of the tire and the heavy balance point of the wheel are offset from one another by approximately 180°.
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