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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6210099 | Moving-weight, dynamic balancing apparatus for a rotary machine, in particular for industrial fans A moving-weight, dynamic balancing apparatus for a rotary machine, in particular an industrial fan, having a rotary shaft, and at least one rotor carried by the rotary shaft and provided with main rotor bearings to allow rotary movement thereof. The balan... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5615574 | Method and assembly for clamping and releasing a rotary member on a motor-driven shaft of an unbalance measuring arrangement An unbalance measuring machine has an arrangement for clamping and release a motor vehicle wheel or other rotary member on a motor-driven shaft. The machine has a bar which is guided movably in the shaft in its axial direction. The bar is engaged at one e... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5423217 | Measuring apparatus for measuring forces which occur when a rotary body is clamped on a testing machine drive shaft A measuring apparatus for measuring forces which occur when a rotary body is clamped on a testing machine drive shaft include a face clamping force measuring means for measuring face clamping forces acting between said rotary body and a clamping element c... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5033303 | Tire unbalance audit apparatus A tire balance audit apparatus with an improved tire support tool is disclosed. The tire support tool utilizes a plurality of jaw members, each driven radially by a ball screw, to engage, center and level an unbalanced tire about the centerline of an unba... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4530239 | Universal balance plate A universal balancing plate is presented for balance of rotational parts. The plate is an aluminum plate which is webbed for strength and hard coated for wear. There are five slots in radial locations in which five steel details slide on rotary screws. Th... | 07/23/1985 |
| 3935748 | Universally tiltable balancing machine for inflated pneumatic tires A carrier for inflatable pneumatic tires is supported for tilting travel about a substantially vertical axis upon an arcuately spherical universal pivot resting upon a seat having a corresponding sphericity. The seat surmounts a pedestal, and the pedestal... | 02/03/1976 |
