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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
May. 01, 2003
Applicant:
Karl Rothamel, Ober-Ramstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Karl Rothamel, Ober-Ramstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Snap-On Equipment GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M001/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method and an apparatus for centeredly clamping a motor vehicle wheel on a shaft of a wheel balancing machine the wheel is first clamped on a centering cone member mounted on the main shaft and then a post-centering operation is effected wherein the wheel is at least partially released, with the wheel being rotated with respect to its initial rotary angle position through about 180°, and then the wheel is clamped on the shaft again.