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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7509988 | Adjustable clamp with gripping wheels A manual device, for use in tire changing without power equipment, provides a frame with two gripping wheels that engage the rim of a wheel. The frame adjusts in a direction along a radius of a wheel. The adjustable frame allows the present invention to grip wheels ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7201204 | Self-centering unit Self-centering unit for tire removal machines, comprising a plate provided with a series of angularly equidistant radial slots, in each of which a clamping jaw is received and slides to grip the edge of a wheel rim, said clamping jaws being linked together in such a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7159633 | Wheel clamping assembly A wheel clamping assembly provides a frame having three arms, two fixed stops and a turnable cam. The arms are equally spaced and have holes to admit the stops and the cam. The stops have an extension eccentrically located upon the top of the cylinder. Then the cam ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6997656 | Device and assembly for holding an object A device for holding an object, and an assembly for holding and rotating an object. The device includes a base, a series of posts, each of which is equidistant from a center point of reference and further pivotably holds a follower rotationally linked to all other f... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6916026 | Powered turntable with universal, self-adjusting chuck for holding auto wheels and the like for polishing A new and improved powered rotating turntable with a universal, self-adjusting chuck for holding auto wheels and the like for polishing, which includes a pneumatically-adjusted, self-centering metal chuck for gripping and holding specialty wheel rims of motor vehicl... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6324753 | Mounting assistance device A mounting assistance device with which a vibrating device can be efficiently mounted to a tire and wheel assembly. In the mounting assistance device, abutting portions are made to abut against sidewall portions of a tire and then an eccentric disc is pre... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6244105 | Tire uniformity machine In a tire uniformity machine in which a tire is mounted between upper and lower spindles via upper and lower rims, a rim holding apparatus 10 is composed of a parallel spindle 1 which is in parallel with the axis of tire uniformity machine, a taper collet... | 06/12/2001 |
| 4804029 | Tire bead seater A bead seating system which comprises a wheel and tire support having a small diameter central hub, a plurality of widely spaced radial clamp carrying support arms, a single, elongated air nozzle located below and in proximity to the support and a noise r... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4267867 | Device for fixing a wheel to an apparatus for fitting and removing tires The present device is for fixing a wheel upon a turntable which is rotatingly driven below the tools of a device for fitting and removing a vehicle tire from the wheel. Means are provided to move the jaws along radial arms fixed on the turntable and to dr... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4250936 | Radially adjustable support and clamp for motorcycle wheel rim A device for clamping a motorcycle wheel during fitting or removal of a tire has a base plate which can be gripped by the radially movable jaws of a conventional automobile tire fitting device, a number of arms each pivotably mounted at one end on the bas... | 02/17/1981 |