MACHINE BODY FOR A WHEEL SERVICING APPARATUS WITH DISPLAY SUPPORT UNIT

• US 20180014419A1
• Filed: 07/05/2016
• Published: 01/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap-On Equipment S.r.l. (Snap-On Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Snap-On Equipment S.r.l. (Snap-On Incorporated)
• Inventors: SOTGIU, Paolo
• Granted Patent: US 10,520,129 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 1/045 the body being a vehicle wheel

Abstract

A machine body for a wheel servicing apparatus includes a casing a display support unit configured to support a display unit, such as a touchscreen unit, that is connectable with a processing unit of the wheel servicing apparatus. The display support unit is movably arranged at the casing to provide a first position in which a display front surface of the display unit attachable to the display support unit is visible to a user, and a second position in which a display front surface of the display unit attachable to the display support unit is shielded from the outside such that the display front surface is not visible to the user.

Claims

1. A machine body for a wheel servicing apparatus comprising:

a casing;

a display support unit configured to support a display unit attachable to the display support unit and connectable with a processing unit of the wheel servicing apparatus,

wherein the display support unit is movably arranged at the casing to provide

(i) a first position in which a display front surface of the display unit is visible to a user, and

(ii) a second position in which the display front surface of the display unit (31) is shielded from the outside such that the display front surface is not visible to the user.

2. The machine body according to claim 1, wherein the casing comprises a recess portion and wherein in the second position the display support unit is slidably retracted in the recess portion of the casing.

3. The machine body according to claim 1, wherein the casing comprises a slot and wherein in the second position the display support unit is slidably recessed in the slot of the casing.

4. The machine body according to claim 1, wherein in the second position the display support unit can be transferred from the first to the second position via folding.

5. The machine body according to claim 1, wherein the display support unit comprises connection plugs for the display unit for connecting the display unit with the processing unit and/or a power unit.

6. The machine body according to claim 1, wherein the display support unit only comprises power plugs or is adapted to provide only mechanical support for the display unit.

7. The machine body according to claim 1, wherein the display support unit in the first position is inclinable in an upward, downward, left or right direction.

8. The machine body according to claim 1, wherein the machine body is a weight tray removably attachable to the wheel servicing apparatus.

9. The machine body according to claim 1, wherein the display support unit (330) in the first position (350) is adapted to be flexibly aligned to the user'"'"'s point of view.

10. The machine body according to claim 1, wherein the display support unit comprises a display support frame adaptable to a size of the display unit.

11. The machine body according to claim 1, wherein the display support unit comprises a retaining ledge into which the display unit is positionable.

12. The machine body according to claim 1, further comprising a locking mechanism to fix the display support unit in at least one of the first and second position.

13. The machine body according to claim 1, further comprising control means to automatically adapt the position of the display support unit, preferably in dependence of an observed user position.

14. The machine body according to claim 1, further comprising an actuator unit configured to bring the display support unit into the first position upon activation of the wheel servicing apparatus and/or configured to bring the display support unit into the second position upon shut down of the wheel servicing apparatus.

15. The machine body according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit permanently fixed to the display support unit.