GB778227A - Gauge for checking the camber, castor and king-pin angles of vehicle steering road wheels - Google Patents

Gauge for checking the camber, castor and king-pin angles of vehicle steering road wheels

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GB778227A
GB778227A GB2345054A GB2345054A GB778227A GB 778227 A GB778227 A GB 778227A GB 2345054 A GB2345054 A GB 2345054A GB 2345054 A GB2345054 A GB 2345054A GB 778227 A GB778227 A GB 778227A
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spirit level
camber
marks
aligned
axis
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GEORGE ASKEW
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C9/00—Measuring inclination, e.g. by clinometers, by levels
    • G01C9/18—Measuring inclination, e.g. by clinometers, by levels by using liquids
    • G01C9/24—Measuring inclination, e.g. by clinometers, by levels by using liquids in closed containers partially filled with liquid so as to leave a gas bubble
    • G01C9/26—Details

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  • A Measuring Device Byusing Mechanical Method (AREA)
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Abstract

778.227. Measuring the inclinations of vehicle road wheels. TURNER, W.. and ASKEW. G. July 20. 1955 [Aug. 12, 1954], No. 23450/54. Class 97(2) A gauge for measuring, for example, the camber castor and king pin angles of vehicle road wheels comprises a dial 10 rotatably mounted, and capable of being set in two mutually perpendicular directions, in a platform 17 which can be attached to a vehicle wheel spindle by a clamp 30 about which it can be angularly adjusted by wing nuts 32 and 36. Dial 10 carries a spirit level 11 in a calibrated casing 12. A spring-loaded ball-catch may locate the dial 10 with the spirit level aligned with either marks 26 or marks 27. Preferably, the casing 12 is of U-shaped cross-section and the callibrations 13, 14, provided on the top edges and outside faces thereof, define segments of a circle concentric with the circular arc formation of the spirit level. The reading on scale 13 gives the deviation of the platform from the horizontal in degrees of arc thus giving the camber of a vehicle wheel with the axis of which the spirit level is aligned or parallel. The castor angle is measured on the scale 14 by adjusting the spirit level to zero about the axis of pivot 33, the vehicle wheels being turned, and taking the reading with the wheels turned in the opposite direction. The king-pin angle is measured in an exactly similar way, the spirit level being aligned with marks 27 and adjusted to zero about the axis of pivot 31. The camber may alternatively be measured by placing the edge 41 of the platform 17 in contact with two vertically spaced points on the rim of the vehicle wheel, the spirit level being aligned with marks 27 and turned about its axis, by means of trunnions 15 rotating in bearing blocks 16, so that it can be read from above. The calibrations 13 and 14 may be differently coloured.
GB2345054A 1954-08-12 1954-08-12 Gauge for checking the camber, castor and king-pin angles of vehicle steering road wheels Expired GB778227A (en)

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3164910A (en) * 1962-05-01 1965-01-12 Maxwell B Manlove Wheel alignment indicating apparatus
US3234656A (en) * 1962-10-30 1966-02-15 Bear Mfg Co Process of and apparatus for determining the steering axis inclination of automobile wheels
GB2226405A (en) * 1988-12-20 1990-06-27 Ronald Morris A device for indicating angles
CN108709530A (en) * 2018-04-18 2018-10-26 北京博科测试系统股份有限公司 Automobile front wheel kingpin caster angle measuring device and method

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3164910A (en) * 1962-05-01 1965-01-12 Maxwell B Manlove Wheel alignment indicating apparatus
US3234656A (en) * 1962-10-30 1966-02-15 Bear Mfg Co Process of and apparatus for determining the steering axis inclination of automobile wheels
GB2226405A (en) * 1988-12-20 1990-06-27 Ronald Morris A device for indicating angles
GB2226405B (en) * 1988-12-20 1993-01-13 Ronald Morris A device for indicating angles
CN108709530A (en) * 2018-04-18 2018-10-26 北京博科测试系统股份有限公司 Automobile front wheel kingpin caster angle measuring device and method
CN108709530B (en) * 2018-04-18 2023-05-23 北京博科测试系统股份有限公司 Device and method for measuring caster angle of front wheel kingpin of automobile

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