Method and apparatus for tracking wheel balancer corrective weight usage
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1. A wheel balancing system comprising:
- a scanning device for providing measured dimensions of a wheel rim configuration;
a memory; and
a controller coupled to the scanning device and the memory and configured to identify a corrective weight appropriate for application to the wheel rim and to increment or decrement an inventory database, stored in the memory, in correspondence with the identified corrective weight.
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Abstract
A wheel balancing system determines a type of corrective weight for application to an edge of a rim of a wheel for correcting imbalance of the wheel. One or more corrective weights are identified from a varied inventory of corrective weights. An inventory database is incremented or decremented for each identified corrective weight. Database reports can be generated that specify weight usage and inventory status. One or more wheel balancers may be coupled to a network.
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20 Claims
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1. A wheel balancing system comprising:
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a scanning device for providing measured dimensions of a wheel rim configuration; a memory; and a controller coupled to the scanning device and the memory and configured to identify a corrective weight appropriate for application to the wheel rim and to increment or decrement an inventory database, stored in the memory, in correspondence with the identified corrective weight. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for tracking wheel balance corrective weight usage comprising the steps of:
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identifying, from a variety of corrective weights, one or more corrective weights to be applied to a wheel during each wheel balancing procedure; and generating a cumulative account of types, weight amounts and quantities of weights that have been identified in the identifying step for a plurality of wheel balancing procedures. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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