B - Operations – Transporting – 23 – P
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
23
P
157/1, 26/190
B23P 11/02 (2006.01) G01M 1/32 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1328349
Abstract of the Disclosure A machine for automatically applying a balance correcting weight (44)-and-clip (46) assembly to vehicle wheel-and-tire assembly (12). The machine includes a conveyor (20) portion for conveying the wheel-and-tire assembly (12) to a weight (44) application station, orienting the wheel-and-tire assembly (12) properly to receive at the correct location the balance-correcting weight (44), and conveying the wheel-and-tire assembly (12) to which the balance-correcting weight (44) has been applied away from the weight (44) application station. The machine includes a hammer (22, 24) having a storage orientation out of operating position permitting conveying of the wheel-and-tire assembly (12) to and from the weight (44) application station and a use orientation in operating position adjacent the wheel-and-tire assembly (12) to which balance correcting weight (44) is to be applied, and means for moving the PCT/US 88/00936 hammer (22, 24) selectively between its storage and use orientations. The hammer (22, 24) includes a jaw (40) with a contour conforming to the shape of the clip (46) and a shank (50) portion of ferromagnetic material, said shank (50) being surrounded by an electrically conductive coil (94).
596745
Ransburg Corporation
Smart & Biggar
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