An improved adhesive-type weight system for use with vehicle wheels includes one weight or a series of weights arranged as a tape. Each weight is formed of a flexible thin iron plate material having a perimeter with opposing lateral ends and opposing lateral sides. The series of weights can be oriented end-to-end or side-to-side, and each weight includes two planar sections separated by a center raised section. The center section can be a peak, an arch, a step, or some other raised configuration. Additionally, it can be tapered from one side to another. On the underside of each weight is adhesive and a release paper, which can be continuous across a series of weights or separated and applied under each individual weight. Where weights are attached to adjacent weights in series, preferably a notch or cut extends along the connection to encourage easy separation.

A method for balancing a shaft assembly having a shaft member. The method can include providing a balance weight having a body portion that is formed of a material that permits transmission of ultra-violet (UV) light therethrough, the body portion having a perimeter; applying an UV light-curable adhesive to at least one of the balance weight and the shaft member; positioning the balance weight to the shaft member such that the UV light-curable adhesive is abutted to the balance weight and the shaft member; and transmitting UV light through the balance weight to cure at least a portion of the UV light-curable adhesive that is disposed inwardly of the perimeter of the body portion.

A device for delivery of balancing weights for wheels, comprises a material storage, a feeder and a partitioning unit. In some embodiments, the feeder has a cylinder segment shaped feeder head, linearly moveable between a loading position and a delivery position. In some embodiments, the partitioning unit comprises a transport means for transport of a belt of balancing weight segments and a belt cutter for making a balancing weight by cutting at least one or multiple sections from the belt. In some embodiments, the partitioning unit further comprises two loaders for each holding a balancing weight when the feeder is not in a loading position and loading it on the feeder when the feeder is in the loading position.

A device for delivery of balancing weights for wheels, comprises a material storage, a feeder and a partitioning unit.

In some embodiments, the feeder has a cylinder segment shaped feeder head, linearly moveable between a loading position and a delivery position.

In some embodiments, the partitioning unit comprises a transport means for transport of a belt of balancing weight segments and a belt cutter for making a balancing weight by cutting at least one or multiple sections from the belt. In some embodiments, the partitioning unit further comprises two loaders for each holding a balancing weight when the feeder is not in a loading position and loading it on the feeder when the feeder is in the loading position.

A balancing weight for vehicle wheels includes a plurality of balancing weight segments held by an adhesive tape. The balancing weight has a center mark formed by a partial cut between adjacent balancing weight segments at a position closest to the center of the balancing weight.

A balancing weight dispenser has a balancing weight storage space for storing a belt of balancing weights on a reel, a belt guide, and a cutter at one end of and/or along a length of the belt guide. The cutter comprises a knife, which is fixedly attached to the balancing weight dispenser. For delivery of a required amount of balancing weight mass, the belt of balancing weights is pulled from the reel until the desired number of balancing weights has been obtained. In the next step, the belt of balancing weights is cut, preferably between two adjacent balancing weights, to separate the selected portion of balancing weights from the remaining belt of balancing weights. The remaining belt falls back to the guide and remains in a desired position for receiving the next portion of balancing weights. This manually operated balancing weight dispenser can be provided at significantly lower costs compared to the automated high performance balancing weight dispensers as known from the prior art. It is very robust and has no serviceable parts.

An automatic dispenser for balancing weights including a transport section and a cutting section. The transport section contains a transport roller with a plurality of teeth at its circumferential outer surface generating friction to a belt of balancing weights to transport this belt to the cutting section. Such belt contains a plurality of individual balancing weight segments. The cutting section has an arc shaped belt guide for forming the belt of balancing weights to a curve thus opening at least one gap between neighboring balancing weight segments. The cutting section has a knife movable from a first side of the belt of balancing weights to its second side, to separate the belt of balancing weights at a gap between two individual balancing weight segments.

A self-adhesive balancing weight for a vehicle wheel has a top surface and a bottom surface with a self-adhesive tape. The bottom surface has a first curved section with a first radius and a second curved section with a second radius. The first radius is smaller than the second radius. This allows to hold the balancing weight by the adhesive tape to almost every rim, as there are always at least two holding points (-lines) by which the balancing weight contacts the rim via the adhesive tape.

An automatic dispenser for balancing weights comprises a transport section and a cutting section. The transport section comprises a transport roller having a plurality of teeth at its circumferential outer surface generating friction to a belt of balancing weights comprising a plurality of individual balancing weight segments for transporting the belt of balancing weights to the cutting section. The cutting section has an arc shaped belt guide for forming the belt of balancing weights to a curve thus opening at least one gap between neighboring balancing weight segments. The cutting section further has a knife movable from a first side of the belt of balancing weights to a second side, to separate the belt of balancing weights between two individual balancing weight segments at a gap.

A weight applicator system includes a shaft, an applicator assembly, and a weight feed assembly. The shaft defines a length between a proximal end and a distal end configured to support a wheel-tire assembly for common rotation about a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The applicator assembly is supported by the shaft and includes a base portion disposed upon the shaft and operable to translate axially along the length of the shaft, a radial portion connected to the base portion and operable to radially move relative to the base portion between a retracted position and an extended position; and a pressure roller rotatably supported by the radial portion about an axis of rotation. The weight feed assembly is operable to feed a prescribed length of weighted material to the pressure roller.