Vehicle body conveyance in assembly line

Details Vehicle body conveyance in assembly line Vehicle body conveyance in assembly line

1986-03-04

1987-09-15

Arola, Dave W.

Conveyors: power-driven

With means to facilitate working, treating, or inspecting...

198341, 901 7, 29430, 29559, 29824, B21B 3914

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046933581

ABSTRACT:
A conveyor system in an automobile assembly line which comprises a slat conveyor for conveying a vehicle body structure past a door fitting position at which at least one door assembly is fitted to the body structure being conveyed, and having at least one engagement member movable together therewith, a pair of side carriages arranged on respective sides of the slat conveyor for movement between initial and end positions along the slat conveyor, and a cylinder for forcibly returning the carriages, once moved to the end position to the accompaniment of the movement of the slat conveyor, to the initial position. Each of the carriages includes a plurality of lift cylinders operable to lift the body structure a predetermined height above the slat conveyor during the passage of the body structure being conveyed through the door fitting station.

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