Automatic anti-slipping system and automatic anti-slipping method
First Claim
1. An automatic anti-slipping system for a rotationally fixed attachment of a rim of a wheel in a wheel service machine, comprising:
- a wheel support having a rotary axis, for supporting and rotating a wheel to be serviced, the wheel support including a rim-side plate and a driving shaft-side plate axially slidable relative to the rim-side plate in a direction parallel to the rotary axis between an offset non-operative state and a non-offset operative state, wherein a rim of a wheel to be serviced can be placed onto a rim supporting surface of the rim-side plate,at least two driving pins being supported in the driving shaft-side plate for reversibly generating a rotationally fixed connection during operation between the wheel support and a rim of a wheel to be serviced, wherein at least one of the at least two driving pins is adapted to come in a positive locking engagement with at least one recess of a rim when coinciding with said recess of a rim, and wherein the at least two driving pins are adapted to be reversibly moveable in a direction parallel to the rotary axis of the wheel support,actuators being able to reversibly move the driving shaft-side plate together with the driving pins relative to the rim-side plate between said non-operative state in which an end of each of the driving pins does not substantially protrude out of the rim supporting surface and said operative state in which said ends protrude out of rim supporting surface, andwherein the actuators actuating the driving pins exert an actuating force which is smaller than the weight force of a rim or a wheel or a wheel assembly to be serviced.
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Abstract
An automatic anti-slipping system for a rotationally fixed attachment of a rim of a wheel in a wheel service machine, comprises a wheel supporting and rotating means (20), for supporting and rotating a wheel to be serviced. At least two driving pins (32) are provided at the wheel supporting and rotating means (20) for reversibly generating a rotationally fixed connection between a wheel supporting and rotating means (20) and a rim of a wheel to be serviced, wherein at least one of the at least two driving pins (32) is adapted to come in a positive locking engagement with at least one recess of a rim, and wherein the at least two driving pins (32) are adapted to be reversibly moveable, and actuator means (40) are able to reversibly move the driving pins (32) in an actuated state.
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12 Claims
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1. An automatic anti-slipping system for a rotationally fixed attachment of a rim of a wheel in a wheel service machine, comprising:
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a wheel support having a rotary axis, for supporting and rotating a wheel to be serviced, the wheel support including a rim-side plate and a driving shaft-side plate axially slidable relative to the rim-side plate in a direction parallel to the rotary axis between an offset non-operative state and a non-offset operative state, wherein a rim of a wheel to be serviced can be placed onto a rim supporting surface of the rim-side plate, at least two driving pins being supported in the driving shaft-side plate for reversibly generating a rotationally fixed connection during operation between the wheel support and a rim of a wheel to be serviced, wherein at least one of the at least two driving pins is adapted to come in a positive locking engagement with at least one recess of a rim when coinciding with said recess of a rim, and wherein the at least two driving pins are adapted to be reversibly moveable in a direction parallel to the rotary axis of the wheel support, actuators being able to reversibly move the driving shaft-side plate together with the driving pins relative to the rim-side plate between said non-operative state in which an end of each of the driving pins does not substantially protrude out of the rim supporting surface and said operative state in which said ends protrude out of rim supporting surface, and wherein the actuators actuating the driving pins exert an actuating force which is smaller than the weight force of a rim or a wheel or a wheel assembly to be serviced. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An automatic anti-slipping method for a rotationally fixed attachment of a rim of a wheel in a wheel service machine comprising the steps of:
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arranging a rim of a wheel to be serviced on wheel support having a rotary axis, for supporting and rotating the wheel, the wheel support including a rim-side plate and a driving shaft-side plate axially slidable relative to the rim-side plate in a direction parallel to the rotary axis between an offset non-operative state and a non-offset operative state, wherein a rim of a wheel to be serviced can be placed onto a rim supporting surface of the rim-side plate, providing at least two driving pins supported in the driving shaft-side for reversibly generating a rotationally fixed connection during operation between the wheel support and a rim of a wheel to be serviced, wherein at least one of the at least two driving pins is adapted to come in a positive locking engagement with at least one recess of a rim when coinciding with said recess of a rim, and wherein the at least two driving pins are adapted to be reversibly moveable in a direction parallel to the rotary axis of the wheel support, providing actuators for reversibly moving the at least two driving pins, and actuating the actuators to reversibly move the driving shaft-side plate together with the driving pins relative to the rim-side plate between said non-operative state in which an end of each of the driving pins does not substantially protrude out of the rim supporting surface and said operative state in which said ends protrude out of rim supporting surface, wherein the step of actuating the actuators is carried out by making use of an actuator force which is smaller than the weight force of a rim or a wheel or a wheel assembly to be serviced. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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