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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2007
Martin Rogalla, Darmstadt, DE;
Werner Lehr, Modautal, DE;
Martin Rogalla, Darmstadt, DE;
Werner Lehr, Modautal, DE;
Schenck RoTec GmbH, Darmstadt, DE;
Abstract
A device for mounting a pneumatic tire onto a vehicle wheel rim comprises a handling robot, including a robot hand (), which is movable about a plurality of axes and comprises a rotationally drivable flange () and a gripper () attached thereto, the gripper including a base element () and at least two gripper arms () which are movable radially relative to the centre axis of the gripper (). The gripper arms () are coupled to a synchronization device, which synchronizes the radial movement of the gripper arms () and includes a disc (), mounted on the base element () of the gripper () so as to be rotatable about the centre axis of the gripper and rotationally drivable via a motor, and coupling members () fixed to the disc () and the gripper arms () via hinged joints () in such a way that a rotation of the disc () produces a synchronous radial movement of the gripper arms ().