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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1991
Gary C Ettinger, Campbell, CA (US);
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A grabber for a wheel clamp of a wheel aligner has a tip including a body shaft with first and second wheel engagement ends. The body shaft includes a circumferential groove formed thereon. A barrel attached to a carrier of the wheel clamp has a bore sized to slidingly receive the body shaft. The bore has a groove formed in its wall. An elastic 'O' ring is fitted within the body shaft groove and, when an engagement end of the shaft is inserted in the bore, the 'O' ring resiliently retains the shaft within the bore. Alternatively the grabber tip includes first and second cross shafts, each with first and second wheel engagement ends. The first and second cross shafts and body shaft have axes which are mutually perpendicular.