Releasable swing arm clamp for a wheel servicing machine

摘要

A wheel servicing machine includes a releasable swing arm clamp apparatus attached to a swing arm. The clamp engages a rod slidably attached to and extending from a slide bar mounted on the swing arm. The clamp includes a closed, or locked, position and an open, or unlocked, position. In the closed position, the apparatus includes a rod clamp that can be rotated about the rod for fine adjustment of the angular position of the swing arm. When the rod clamp is in the open position, the angular position of the swing arm can be coarsely adjusted by manually moving the swing arm about a pivoting arm joint. When the swing arm is moved near a desired position, the rod clamp can be closed and can be rotated about the rod in the closed position in some embodiments for fine adjustment of the swing arm angular position.

主权项

1. A wheel servicing apparatus, comprising:
a base; a rotatable wheel support mounted on the base; a support tower extending from the base; a swing arm pivotally attached to the support tower; a support flange attached to the support tower, the support flange including a flange plate defining a flange plate opening; a rod having a first rod end attached to the swing arm and a second rod end extending through the flange plate opening; and a rod clamp releasably attached to the rod and rotatable relative to the rod; a clamp base defining a clamp opening; a releasable clamp member pivotally attached to the clamp base, the releasable clamp member including a threaded clamp region; a first handle disposed on the clamp base and a second handle disposed on the releasable clamp member, wherein the first and second handles extend radially from the rod clamp and are angularly aligned when the rod clamp is in a closed position; the swing arm defines a longitudinal swing arm axis; and a slide bar attached to the swing arm oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal swing arm axis, the slide bar being offset from the swing arm by a bar gap.