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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Klaus Rühl, Wenigumstadt, DE;
Andreas Ries, Darmstadt, DE;
Eberhard Klett, Darmstadt, DE;
Dieter Fornoff, Darmstadt, DE;
Snap-on Equipment GmbH, Pfungstadt, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for balancing vehicle wheels, comprising a machine frame , a main shaft which is mounted rotatably in the machine frame and on which a vehicle wheel to be balanced can be clamped, and a guard hood which at least partially engages over the vehicle wheel to be balanced and which has a stationary guard hood element and a movable guard hood element which is movable reversibly from an operative position into an inoperative position, wherein an operating and display unit is arranged in the region of the end of the stationary guard hood element , which faces into the operative position of the movable guard hood element