摘要 |
<p>TIRE BALANCING APPARATUS A tire balancing machine for balancing a tire assembly having an inflated pneumatic tire mounted on a vehicular wheel rim to reduce vibrations transmitted to a vehicle thereby including a drive spindle rotatable about a balancer spindle axis with drive key means fixedly mounted on and rotatable with said drive spindle and a tire assembly mounting adapter for fixedly yet removably mounting the tire assembly thereon so that the effective axis of rotation of the tire assembly coincides with the adapter central axis. The mounting adapter is removably mounted on the drive spindle while the tire assembly is mounted thereon and engages the drive key means to rotationally fix the adapter and tire assembly with respect to the drive spindle. An adapter locking means is provided to hold the adapter on the drive spindle while the tire assembly is being balanced.</p> |