JP2007245800A - Floor carpet module mounting device and floor carpet module mounting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mounting device capable of easily carrying out working in a few working man-days in mounting a carpet module indoor by manual work on the assumption of joint using of an assistant device. <P>SOLUTION: A carrier dolly suspends and supports the carpet module 2 in a vertically two folded state to halve it in the vehicle width direction with retainers 11 provided on four corners of the carpet module 2 as its supporting parts. The assistant device 3 is furnished with a hand 5 to suspend and support the carpet module 2. The hand 5 has a guide projection 26 to take charge of relative positioning by being engaged with a supporting arm on the side of the carrier dolly and a hook 24 to be autonomously engaged with holes 13 of the retainers 11 by raising the hand 5 after lowering it immediately under the retainers 11 of the four corners of the carpet module 2 in a relatively positioned state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a floor carpet module mounting apparatus and a floor carpet module mounting method for mounting a floor carpet module in a vehicle interior in a vehicle assembly process, which is an automobile production line.

As this type of floor carpet mounting device, for example, as described in JP-A-3-264224 and JP-A-7-52847, the floor carpet is mounted in the vehicle interior from the door opening in a so-called quadruple state. In addition to the above, as described in Patent Document 1, a floor carpet that is folded in a so-called vertical direction is mounted in a vehicle compartment from a windshield opening.
JP-A-9-99879

  In the technique described in Patent Document 1, a floor carpet in a folded state is gripped by a so-called overhead type gripping device, and then the floor carpet is moved while the gripping device is traveling synchronously with the vehicle body flowing on the vehicle body conveyance line. Since the vehicle is automatically inserted into the passenger compartment through the opening of the windshield, the construction of the equipment is complicated and large even though the operation itself is relatively simple, and the equipment cost is inevitably increased.

  In addition, in the above-described automated equipment, even if the floor carpet can be automatically put into the vehicle interior, an operator is required to deploy and position the floor carpet in the vehicle interior, and to fix the floor carpet. Since it is the actual situation that it is inevitable to be involved, it is assumed that there is a minimum amount of operator involvement in the floor carpet loading work, and the assist device is used to move the vehicle from the vehicle body door opening to the vehicle interior. It is desirable to introduce a floor carpet in terms of simplifying the equipment. In particular, when an accessory such as an air-conditioning system duct is attached in advance to the floor carpet and is modularized as a so-called floor carpet module, it is better to carry in from the door opening to avoid interference with the vehicle body. desirable.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems, and it is easy to work with less work man-hours when manually mounting the floor carpet module from the door opening to the passenger compartment on the premise of using the assisting device together. It is intended to provide a floor carpet module mounting apparatus and a floor carpet module mounting method that can perform the above.

  The invention according to claim 1 is an apparatus for lifting a floor carpet module housed in an alignment jig by an assisting device and mounting the floor carpet module in a vehicle interior from a door opening of a vehicle body in a vehicle assembly process. While the floor carpet module is suspended and supported in a vertically folded state of valley folds that bisect it in the vehicle width direction, with the retainers provided at the four corners of the floor carpet module as support parts, the assist device lifts the floor carpet module It has a supporting hand.

  Prior to lifting the floor carpet module, the hand is engaged with a part of the alignment jig to perform relative positioning between the alignment jig and the hand, and the relative alignment between the alignment jig and the hand. It is characterized by having engaging means that can be engaged with the retainer autonomously by lowering and raising the hand to just below the retainers at the four corners of the floor carpet module in the positioning state.

  The invention according to claim 8 and the technique according to claim 1 are grasped as a method for mounting a floor carpet module, and the floor carpet module accommodated in the alignment jig is lifted by an assisting device. As a method of mounting in the vehicle interior from the door opening of the vehicle body in the vehicle assembly process, the valley fold is vertically folded in half with the retainers provided at the four corners of the floor carpet module serving as support portions. In this case, the floor carpet module is transferred from the alignment jig to the hand and then lifted while being engaged with the retainers at the four corners of the floor carpet module. It is mounted on.

  Here, the assisting device is a multi-joint type robot or Cartesian coordinate type robot, each of which has a degree of freedom of rotation, linear motion, etc., depending on the operator's operating force. The floor carpet module can be lifted and moved lightly in a state where the load reaction force is generated and is substantially near zero gravity at all times.

  Therefore, according to the first and eighth aspects of the present invention, the operator causes the hand of the assisting device to approach the floor carpet module in the vertically folded state accommodated in the alignment jig, and the alignment jig and the hand are provided with positioning means. Relative positioning. In this state, the hand-side engaging means autonomously engages with the retainer by lowering the hand to the position immediately below the retainers at the four corners of the floor carpet module and immediately raising the hand. The floor carpet module is transferred from the alignment jig to the hand side. And if an operator raises the hand of an assistance apparatus, according to it, a floor carpet module will be lifted with a vertically folded state.

  Subsequently, the operator makes the hand holding the floor carpet module suspended and approach the vehicle body side, for example, while avoiding interference with the front door opening, it is folded vertically and vertically from the front door opening. The floor carpet module is installed in the passenger compartment together with the hands. Then, when the floor carpet module is placed on the floor panel, the engagement between the hand side engaging means and the retainer on the floor carpet module side is released, and the hand is carried out of the passenger compartment, leaving only the floor carpet module. This completes a series of floor carpet module mounting operations.

  The retainers attached in advance to the four corners of the floor carpet module are used as they are, for example, as mounting brackets for the floor carpet module to the side sill portion of the vehicle body.

  According to the first and eighth aspects of the present invention, the floor carpet module is suspended and supported by the alignment jig in a vertically folded state in advance, and the hand is approached from above with respect to the floor carpet module. The floor carpet module can be transferred to the hand side with a single touch, and there is no need for the operator to transfer the floor carpet module to the hand side. Work can be done very easily.

  1 to 7 are views showing more specific embodiments of the present invention. In particular, FIG. 1 shows a vehicle body 1 of a car and a floor carpet module (hereinafter referred to as “carpet module”) to the vehicle body 1. 2 shows the relative positional relationship between the assisting device 3 that manages the mounting operation 2 and the carpet module 2 that is to be supported by being suspended by the hand 5 of the assisting device 3.

  The vehicle body 1 is mounted on a vehicle body conveyer (not shown) and travels at a predetermined speed in a vehicle assembly process which is an automobile production line. On the line side of the vehicle assembly process, an assisting device 3 that allows the worker to mount the carpet module 2 on the vehicle body 1 is arranged, and a transport cart 6 as an alignment jig shown in FIG. 2 is on standby. In addition, a plurality of so-called bi-folded carpet modules 2 are aligned and accommodated in the transport carriage 6.

  Then, as will be described later, the operator first approaches the hand 5 of the assisting device 3 to the transport cart 6 side, and transfers any one of the carpet modules 2 in the transport cart 6 to the hand 5 side to support the suspension. . In this state, using the degree of freedom of the assisting device 3, this time the hand 5 is approached to the vehicle body 1 side, and the carpet module 2 suspended and supported by the hand 5 is, for example, slanted from the front door opening 7 into the vehicle interior. Will be mounted on.

  The conveying cart 6 shown in FIG. 2 has arched frames 9 standing on both sides of the cart body 8, and a plurality of carpet modules 2 are suspended in a bridging manner so as to straddle the frames 9, 9. It is supported. As is well known, the carpet module 2 is preliminarily formed into a three-dimensional solid shape. For example, auxiliary parts such as an air duct 10 of an air conditioning system are pre-mounted and modularized, and side sills are provided at the four corners. For example, a retainer 11 having an L-shaped cross section that functions as a mounting bracket is mounted in advance. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the carpet module 2 is divided into two in the vehicle width direction so that the so-called tunnel portion is folded in a vertical two-fold state, and the four-corner retainers 11 described above are used. For example, three side by side are accommodated in the transport carriage 6 by effectively using them as support parts (however, only two carpet modules 2 are shown in FIG. 2, and the posture of the support arm 14 described later in an unloaded state is shown. For the sake of clarity, the frontmost carpet module 2 is not shown). Each retainer 11 is formed with two holes 12 and 13 side by side as shown in FIG.

  The left and right frames 9 of the transport carriage 6 are arranged to face each other in a total of three pairs of support arms 14 that are paired on the left and right. As shown in FIG. 5 in addition to FIG. 2, the support arm 14 is formed by connecting an end bar 16 to the tip of a bar-shaped arm main body 15 and forming a generally T-shaped plane as a whole. A horizontal portion of the frame 9 is rotatably supported. Further, a bar 17 is extended at a right angle from the base portion of the arm main body 15, and a disc portion 18 as an auxiliary support member is bent at a substantially right angle at the tip of the bar 17 (see FIG. 2). As shown in FIG. 3, a torsion coil spring 19 is interposed in the bearing portion of the support arm 14 with respect to the horizontal portion of the frame 9, and the support arm 14 is always urged counterclockwise. As a result, the support arm 14 stands by at the retracted position P1 where the arm body 15 is in the upright posture as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. When the weight of the carpet module 2 acts on the arm 14 itself, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3A, the arm main body 15 is rotated to the operating position P2 where the arm main body 15 assumes a horizontal posture.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a V-groove 20 is formed as a recessed portion as an engaged portion in the center portion of the side surface of the end bar 16 in the support arm 14, and fixed claw members are also formed at both ends of the end bar 16. The hook 21 is fixed upward, and the carpet module 2 is suspended and supported by the hook 21. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, when the carpet module 2 is aligned and accommodated in the transport carriage 6, as long as it is in an unloaded state, each support arm 14 has its arm body 15 in an upright posture (the bar 17 is in a horizontal posture). When the carpet module 2 that has been waiting in the standby position P1 (the state shown in FIG. 3C) and has been folded in the vertical direction in advance is approached from above the pair of left and right support arms 14, the carpet to the bar 17 As the module 2 comes into contact, the support arm 14 gradually rotates in the clockwise direction, and finally the holes 12 formed in advance in the retainers 11 at the four corners of the carpet module 2 as shown in FIG. By engaging the hook 21 with the support arm 14, the support arm 14 suspends and supports the carpet module 2 in a so-called four-point support form at the operating position P2.The V groove 20 is used as a positioning reference portion for relative positioning with the hand 5 described later.

  Here, in a state where the carpet module 2 is suspended and supported by the support arms 14 that are paired on the left and right, the bent portion at the lower end of the carpet module 2 comes into contact with the disc portion 18 at the tip of the bar 17. This prevents the occurrence of wrinkles (or creases) in the bent curvature portion.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the assisting device 3 has a plurality of arms each having a degree of freedom such as rotation and linear motion in the form of an articulated robot or a Cartesian coordinate robot, It has a known structure that generates a load reaction force in accordance with the user's operating force, so that the carpet module 2 can be lifted and moved lightly in a state that is substantially nearly zero gravity at all times. The arm 4 is equipped with a hand 5 that can autonomously maintain a horizontal posture. Some have a mechanism that can be temporarily locked for each degree of freedom.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the hand 5 is formed by connecting side bars 23 in a T-shape to both ends of a long bar-shaped hand main body 22 and forming a generally plane I-shape as a whole. Similar to the support arm 14 side, an upward movable hook 24 is provided at both ends of the side bar 23 as an engaging means. The hook 24 can be pivoted or swung in the vertical direction with a pin 25, and can be flipped upward from the position shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5, the span formed by the hooks 24 on both sides of the side bar 23 is set to be equal to the span formed by the hooks 21, 21 at both ends of the end bar 16 on the support arm 14 side. .

  5 is provided with a substantially mountain-shaped guide protrusion 26 that functions as a positioning means, and this guide protrusion 26 matches the V groove 20 on the support arm 14 side. As shown in FIG. 6, it is formed in such a way that its protruding height decreases for a while as shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the guide protrusion 26 is engaged and engaged with the V groove 20 on the support arm 14 side when the carpet module 2 is lifted from the transport carriage 6 to control the relative positioning of the two. .

  According to the carpet module mounting apparatus configured as described above, a plurality of carpet modules 2 in a vertically folded state are accommodated in advance in the transport carriage 6 waiting on the line side as shown in FIG. This is as described above. That is, as shown in FIG. 3 in addition to FIG. 2, the support arm 14 on which the carpet module 2 is suspended and supported on the transport carriage 6 side has the arm body 15 in a horizontal posture due to the weight of the carpet module 2, Further, as shown in FIG. 5, since the holes 12 formed in the retainers 11 at the four corners of the carpet module 2 are engaged with the hooks 21 at both ends of the end bar 16, the carpet module 2 is folded vertically in this state. Suspended and supported in a state.

  At the same time, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 (A), the disk portion 18 attached to the support arm 14 abuts against the bent curvature portion of the carpet module 2 to support it from below, Occurrence of wrinkles or creases at the same site due to the carpet module 2 being folded in two is prevented.

  Therefore, the operator operates the assisting device 3 to cause the hand 5 to approach the transport carriage 6 on the line side from above, and gradually lowers the hand 5 with respect to the target carpet module 2. As shown in FIG. 5, the V-shaped groove 20 on the support arm 14 side and the guide projection 26 on the hand 5 side are fitted to each other and the hand 5 is still positioned lower than the retainer 11 while performing relative positioning of both. To lower. Because of the relative positioning by fitting the V-groove 20 and the guide protrusion 26, the positions of the holes 13 in the longitudinal direction of the hand 5 and the hooks 24 on the hand 5 side coincide with each other. As shown in the drawing, the hook 24 on the hand 5 side is once lifted up by the interference with the retainer 11, so that the hook 24 gets over the retainer 11 and is positioned below the retainer 11. Accordingly, the position of the hole 13 on the retainer 11 side and the position of the hook 24 coincide with each other not only in the longitudinal direction of the hand 5 but also in the vertical direction.

  Subsequently, when the hand 5 is raised again while the relative positioning of the hand 5 and the support arm 14 is performed by fitting the V groove 20 and the guide protrusion 26 from the state of FIG. The hook 24 engages with the holes 13 formed in the retainers 11 at the four corners of the carpet module 2 to lift the carpet module 2, and gradually replaces the engagement between the other hole 12 and the hook 21 on the support arm 14 side. The combination is released, and the carpet module 2 is transferred from the support arm 14 to the hand 5 side.

  When the carpet module 2 is lifted by further raising the hand 5, the load weight on the support arm 14 side is reduced as shown in FIGS. When the carpet module 2 moves away from the bar 17 on the support arm 14 side by rotating counterclockwise, the support arm 14 returns to the standby position P1 where the bar 17 becomes horizontal.

  If the carpet module 2 is completely lifted from the transport carriage 6 side, as shown in FIG. 1, the operator approaches the carpet module 2 together with the hand 5 to the vehicle body 1 side to avoid interference with the front door opening 7. However, the vertically folded carpet module 2 is obliquely carried from the front door opening 7 into the vehicle interior. When the carpet module 2 has been placed and mounted on the floor of the vehicle body 1, the hook 24 on the hand 5 side is disengaged from the retainer 11, and the carpet module 2 is unfolded and positioned at the four corners. Installation work is performed by correctly setting the retainer 11 on the side sill. This completes the installation and attachment work of the carpet module 2, and only the hand 5 is carried out of the passenger compartment. Thereafter, the same operation as above is repeated.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the carpet module 2 is suspended and supported in advance in a vertically folded state on the transport carriage 6, and the hand 5 is substantially approached to the carpet module 2 from above. The carpet module 2 can be transferred to the hand 5 side with a single touch, and there is no need for the operator to transfer the carpet module 2 to the hand 5 side. In addition to being very easy to mount, there are several advantages:

  (1) Since the carpet module 2 is basically folded in the vehicle compartment and mounted in the vehicle compartment, the clearance between the opening 7 and the carpet module 2 is relatively small even for a small vehicle body with the front door opening 7. It is possible to ensure a large amount, prevent both interference and damage to the carpet module 2, and contribute to quality improvement and workability improvement.

  (2) Since the support arm 14 is interlocked with the movement of the carpet module 2 when the carpet module 2 is set and removed from the support arm 14 on the transport carriage 6 side, the operator operates the support arm 14 at all. There is no need to reduce the number of work steps, and interference between the support arm 14 and the carpet module 2 can be easily avoided, and the carpet module 2 is not damaged.

  (3) Since the support arm 14 is interlocked with the movement of the carpet module 2 by the force of the torsion coil spring 19, a power source such as an actuator is not required, and the structure can be simplified.

  (4) Since the support arm 14 is provided with the disk portion 18 for supporting the bending curvature portion of the carpet module 2, the load of the carpet module 2 is dispersed, and the engagement between the hole 12 of the retainer 11 and the hook 21 in particular. It is possible to reduce the burden on the part, and to prevent generation of wrinkles and creases in the bending curvature part of the carpet module 2 in the vertically folded state.

  FIG. 8 and subsequent drawings show a second embodiment of the present invention.

  In the first embodiment, since the carpet module 2 is basically folded in two and then mounted from the front door opening 7 of the vehicle body 1, the size of the package, particularly in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, is determined. It is necessary to control the trajectory at the time of carrying in, for example, it is large and obliquely mounted in advance from the front door opening 7. On the other hand, depending on the vehicle body in which the size of the front door opening 7 is different, as shown in FIG. In some cases, it is possible to carry in a linear locus from right next to the opening 7. FIG. 8B shows the carpet module 2 in the vertically folded state in the first embodiment.

  In view of this, the second embodiment provides a hand 35 that can be used for loading the carpet module 2 in a vertically folded state and loading the carpet module 32 in a horizontally folded state. That is, the vertical folding or lateral folding of the carpet modules 2 and 32 is selected in advance according to the size of the front door opening 7 and the difficulty of wrinkling according to the material of the carpet modules 2 and 32, and the vertical folding. FIG. 9 shows an example of a general-purpose hand 35 that can be adapted to both of the folding and lateral folding, and can be adapted to the introduction of any type of car type and car type carpet modules 2 and 32.

  Here, when the carpet module 2 in the vertically folded state shown in FIG. 8B is mounted, the carrier cart 6 in FIG. 2 is previously folded in the vertically folded state in the same manner as in the first embodiment. The carpet module 2 is accommodated in a line and is lifted by using holes 13 (see FIG. 5) formed in the retainers 11 at the four corners of the carpet module 2. On the other hand, in the case of the carpet module 32 in a horizontally folded state, The mounting hole 31 formed at either one of the front and rear ends of the carpet module 32 stacked in a stack is used as an engaging portion, and the other end portion 33 is gripped by a clamper 42 described later, so-called. It is assumed that the vehicle is lifted in a valley fold shape that bisects the vehicle in the longitudinal direction and in a horizontally folded state.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the hand 35 of the assisting device 3 has a bar-like hand main body 34 and side bars 36 at both ends in the same manner as in the first embodiment. The hand main body 36 is formed in an H-shape, and the span S formed between the side bars 36 and 36 on both sides can be arbitrarily adjusted by a so-called telescopic structure or a detaching method. In addition, movable hooks 37 and 38 similar to those shown in FIG. 4 are attached to both ends of each side bar 36.

  One hook 38 is connected at its lower end to a rod 39, and the rod 39 is connected to a side bar 36 via a link 40, and the side bar 36, the hook 38, the rod 39 and the link 40 are used as a four-bar link. The mechanism is configured. Further, a clamp block 41 is fixed to the tip of the rod 39 so as to face the bent portion 36a of the side bar 36, and the bent portion 36a and the clamp block 41 form a clamper 42 that can approach and separate from each other. Yes. The clamper 42 is clamped and unclamped in conjunction with the movement of the hook 38.

  Therefore, according to the hand 35 of the second embodiment, when the carpet module 2 in the vertically folded state as shown in FIG. It is assumed that the carpet module 2 is lifted using the two hooks 37 and 38. In this case, although the clamper 42 is interlocked with the movement of the hook 38, the movement is a so-called idling operation and does not participate in the lifting of the carpet module 2.

  On the other hand, when the carpet module 32 is lifted in a horizontally folded state as shown in FIG. 8A, it is lifted using the hook 38 and the clamper 42 as gripping members. When it is engaged with the mounting hole 31 of the module 32 and is lifted with the clamper 42 sandwiching the end 33 opposite to the mounting hole 31, the movement of the hook 38 due to the weight of the carpet module 32 positively pushes the clamper 42. Accordingly, the end portion 33 of the carpet module 32 can be firmly gripped, and as a result, the carpet module 32 in a horizontally folded state can be lifted with a total of four engagements or grips. . And as shown in FIG. 10, it can mount in a vehicle interior by a linear locus | trajectory from right side with respect to the front door opening part 7. As shown in FIG.

  As described above, according to the hand of the second embodiment, regardless of whether the carpet modules 2 and 32 are vertically folded or horizontally folded, the vehicle can be reliably and easily used for any type. Can be installed indoors.

Explanatory drawing which shows relative positional relationship between a vehicle body, the hand of an assistance apparatus, and a carpet module as 1st Embodiment of the carpet module mounting apparatus which concerns on this invention. The perspective view which shows the relative positional relationship of the hand shown in FIG. 1 and the conveyance trolley of a carpet module similarly. Operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of the setting of the carpet module in the conveyance trolley | bogie of FIG. The expansion perspective view which shows the detail of the hand of FIG. The principal part expansion perspective view which shows the relative positional relationship of a hand and the support arm by the side of a conveyance trolley. The principal part enlarged view of FIG. Operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of the approach of the hand with respect to the conveyance trolley | bogie of FIG. The perspective view which shows the difference in the package appearance of the carpet module of the vertical bifold state similar to FIG. 1, and the carpet module of a horizontal bifold state. These are figures which show 2nd Embodiment of the carpet module mounting apparatus which concerns on this invention, (A) is a perspective view which shows the structure, (B) is a left view of the figure (A). Explanatory drawing at the time of carpet module mounting with respect to the vehicle body with the hand of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Car body 2 ... Floor carpet module 3 ... Auxiliary device 4 ... Arm 5 ... Hand 6 ... Conveyance cart (alignment jig)
7 ... Front door opening 11 ... Retainer 12 ... Hole 13 ... Hole 14 ... Support arm 15 ... Arm body 17 ... Bar 18 ... Disc part (auxiliary support member)
19 ... Torsion coil spring 20 ... V groove (engaged part)
21 ... Hook (claw member)
22 ... Hand body 24 ... Hook (engaging means)
26 ... Guide protrusion (positioning means)
32 ... Floor carpet module 35 ... Hand 37 ... Hook (gripping member)
38 ... Hook (gripping member)
42 ... Clamper (gripping member)
P1 ... Retraction position P2 ... Operating position

Claims (10)

A device that lifts a floor carpet module housed in an alignment jig with an assisting device and mounts it in a vehicle interior from a door opening of a vehicle body in a vehicle assembly process,
The alignment jig is supported by hanging the floor carpet module in the form of a vertically folded double fold that bisects it in the vehicle width direction, with the retainers provided at the four corners of the floor carpet module as support parts. It has a hand that lifts and supports the module,
The hand is
Prior to lifting the floor carpet module, a positioning means that engages with a part of the alignment jig and controls the relative positioning of the alignment jig and the hand;
Engagement means capable of autonomously engaging with the retainer by lowering and raising the hand to just below the retainers at the four corners of the floor carpet module in the relative positioning state of the alignment jig and the hand;
The floor carpet module mounting apparatus characterized by having. The alignment jig is configured with a conveyance carriage in which a plurality of floor carpet modules in a vertically folded state of valley folds are accommodated, and
The carrier cart is provided with a support arm that supports the floor carpet module in a vertically folded state of the valley fold.
2. The support arm is provided with an engaged portion that can be engaged with positioning means on the hand side, and claw members that can be engaged with retainers at four corners of the floor carpet module. The floor carpet module mounting apparatus as described.   The retainer at the four corners of the floor carpet module is provided with a hole engageable with the hand side engaging means and a hole engageable with the claw member on the support arm side, respectively. The floor carpet module mounting device described in 1.   The support arm is rotatable between an operating position for supporting the floor carpet module in a suspended state and a retracted position, and is rotated to the operating position by the weight of the floor carpet module. The floor carpet module mounting apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the apparatus automatically returns to the retracted position by unloading the module.   5. The floor carpet module mounting device according to claim 4, wherein the support arm includes an auxiliary support member that supports a bent curvature portion of the floor carpet module in a suspended support state of the floor carpet module.   The floor carpet module mounting apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the hand side engaging means is a hook member that can be raised and lowered.   6. The floor carpet module mounting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the positioning means on the hand side and the engaged portion on the support arm side are engaged with each other. A method of lifting a floor carpet module housed in an alignment jig with an assisting device and mounting it in a vehicle interior from a door opening of a vehicle body in a vehicle assembly process,
Using the retainers provided at the four corners of the floor carpet module as support parts, the floor carpet module is suspended and supported by the alignment jig in a vertically folded state of a valley fold that bisects in the vehicle width direction,
The floor carpet module is mounted in the vehicle interior after the floor carpet module is transferred from the alignment jig to the hand by lifting the hand of the assisting device while engaging the retainers at the four corners of the floor carpet module. Method. The hand of the assisting device is
Apart from the function of hanging and supporting the floor carpet module in the vertically folded state of the valley fold that bisects the vehicle width direction,
The floor carpet module mounting device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the floor carpet module has a function of hanging and supporting the floor carpet module in a horizontally folded state of a valley fold that bisects the vehicle in the longitudinal direction. The hand of the assisting device is
Apart from the function of hanging and supporting the floor carpet module in the vertically folded state of the valley fold that bisects the vehicle width direction,
A gripping member is provided for hanging and supporting the floor carpet module in a horizontally folded state of a valley fold that bisects the vehicle in the longitudinal direction.
10. The floor carpet module mounting device according to claim 9, wherein the length of the hand itself can be adjusted to correspond to the vertically folded state and the horizontally folded state of the floor carpet module.

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