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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2014
Hennessy Industries, Inc., LaVergne, TN (US);
Steven Davis, LaVergne, TN (US);
Hennessy Industries, Inc., LaVergne, TN (US);
Abstract
A wheel servicing machine has a bead loosener arm powered by an actuator attached to a machine base. The actuator includes a moveable actuator rod coupled to the bead loosener arm at a pivoting joint. The pivoting joint includes a joint having two or more angular degrees of freedom, such as a ball joint, in some embodiments. The pivoting joint allows the actuator rod end to pivot both in a major plane of rotation substantially parallel to the movement of the bead loosener arm as well as in one or more minor vertical planes. In some embodiments, the pivoting joint includes a socket positioned around a ball, forming a ball joint. The socket is coupled to the actuator rod, and a pin is disposed through a passage in the ball to pivotally secure the ball joint to the bead loosener arm.