DEVICE FOR CONVEYING VEHICLE BODY IN TILTED POSITION

• Main Authors: KUME, YASUHIRO, TAKAHASHI, MASAKI, HAGIHARA, YUSUKE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Japanese
• Published: 14.08.2008
• Subjects: CLEANING; CLEANING IN GENERAL; CONVEYING; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL; RAILWAY SYSTEMS; RAILWAYS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRAILERS; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

A device for conveying a vehicle body in a tilted position. The device includes an overhead conveyor (20) for conveying a vehicle body. Either of a front suspending member (26) and a rear suspending member (27) forming the overhead conveyor is adapted to be bendable or extensible. The construction allows the overhead conveyor to deform, and the vehicle body is conveyed in a tilted position. Dispositif de transport de carrosserie de véhicule en position inclinée. Le dispositif comprend un convoyeur aérien (20) adapté pour transporter une carrosserie de véhicule. Un élément de suspension avant (26) et/ou un élément de suspension arrière (27) constituant le convoyeur aérien est adapté de façon à être cintrable ou extensible. La construction permet au convoyeur aérien de se déformer et la carrosserie de véhicule est transportée en position inclinée.