Balancing apparatus

摘要

This disclosure relates to an improved balancing apparatus and method which is especially useful for balancing tires for cars, trucks, etc. The improved balancing apparatus of this disclosure comprises a lifting mechanism including object holding elements for lifting and holding the object or tire that is to be balanced, balance indicating elements for indicating the extent that the object or tire to be balanced is out of balance, and X-Y adjusting elements which are connected to the lifting elements and provides a free-floating arrangement for the balancing of the object or tire. In the disclosed embodiment of balancing a tire, the improved balancing apparatus is coupled or connected to the hub of a tire by means of bolts which releasably connect a plate located at the bottom of the lifting elements and the hub of the tire to be balanced. The balancing is completed by the use of weights attached to the rim around the hub portion of the tire in accordance with the degree of unbalance shown by the balance indicating elements which displays the unbalance of the tire in two orthogonal directions.