Abstract: Vibration of a rotating disc is dampened by means of a pair of weights which respectively lie in inclined tracks and are held against the opposite faces of the disc by the force of gravity.
Abstract: This invention relates generally to wheel alignment devices, and specifically to such a device in which accurate toe can be established even if the angular relationship of the device to a reference line, such as the horizontal, changes during the toeing procedure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 27, 1977
Date of Patent:
September 26, 1978
Assignee:
Ammco Tools, Inc.
Inventors:
Robert S. Hampton, Jr., Leonard A. Morrison, John W. Murphy, Craig E. Mountz
Abstract: A caster-camber gauge includes an automatic interlock for presetting the caster and camber wheels, and a spirit level which is laterally mounted for calibration of the gauge.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 3, 1977
Date of Patent:
September 19, 1978
Assignee:
Ammco Tools, Inc.
Inventors:
Phillip A. Spainhour, Robert S. Hampton, Jr., Leonard A. Morrison
Abstract: A single hand tool for removing and applying the springs on automotive brake shoe assemblies includes at one end a member for removing and attaching retainer discs on the hold-down springs and also for removing the shoe-to-anchor springs, and at the other end a spring operated mechanism for attaching the shoe-to-anchor springs to the anchor pin of the brake assembly.
Abstract: A self-contained grinder attachment employs a rigid housing having an electric motor mounted thereon for driving both a grinding wheel and a blower which sucks air and loose particles entrained therein from the grinding area, the shaft on which the grinding wheel is mounted being connected to the housing by flexible and resilient connections thereby to isolate the grinding wheel from vibrations originating in the motor and in the lathe itself.
Abstract: A rotor is suspended from a body member which is mounted by two sets of bearings for substantially free pivotable movement about two orthogonally disposed intersecting axes, the axis of rotation of the rotor intersects the point of intersection of the two bearing axes, and a level indicating device is mounted to the body member.
Abstract: A pivot head for a bubble balancer has a socket which receives a spherical support member, the socket having a concave top wall which rests on the spherical member and a circular side wall in close proximity to the equator of the spherical member.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 24, 1976
Date of Patent:
April 5, 1977
Assignee:
Ammco Tools, Inc.
Inventors:
Arthur Kamin, Clifford A. Evans, Lehner C. Freborg
Abstract: A portable bubble balancer incorporates a wheel support and pivot assembly which is spring biased in an upward direction into an interlocked position with the base of the balancer to prevent pivoting of the wheel support in the absence of a wheel thereon.
Abstract: A wheel clamp incorporates a pair of leg members each having a pair of spaced apart rim grippers, the leg members being simultaneously adjustable toward and away from a center mount assembly having a mounting surface supported for limited universal movement.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 25, 1975
Date of Patent:
November 9, 1976
Assignee:
Ammco Tools, Inc.
Inventors:
Leonard A. Morrison, Robert S. Hampton, Jr., John Murphy, Leo C. Bogaerts
Abstract: An optical wheel alignment instrument employs a pair of light weight units each housing a light source and optics including an adjustable mirror for directing a reticle image on a target screen of the other unit, and magnetic devices extend from the approximate centers of gravity of the units for mounting thereof to the hubs of the wheels to be aligned.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 1974
Date of Patent:
April 27, 1976
Assignee:
Ammco Tools, Inc.
Inventors:
Arthur V. Appel, Robert S. Hampton, Leonard A. Morrison