JP2571180Y2 - Car door conveyor - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

The present invention relates to a four-door car body and a two-door car body.
For mounting a door removed from the vehicle body at a door removal station provided on a vehicle body assembly line where a vehicle body of a door car flows, and transferring the door to a door mounting station provided on the vehicle body assembly line via a door small assembly line. The present invention relates to an automobile door conveying device .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of vehicle door transfer device , one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-159886 is known.

[0003]

In a two-door vehicle having a left door and a right door, there is a unit having a detachable roof as a unit member requiring a small group in addition to the left and right doors.

The present invention focuses on the difference in man-hours between a four-door car and a two-door car in a small door assembly line when a four-door car and a two-door car are mixedly manufactured, and utilizes the difference in man-hours effectively. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automobile door transport device for assembling detachable unit members of a two-door vehicle.

[0005]

To achieve SUMMARY OF for the] above object, the present invention is a vehicle body of the four-door car door removal station provided in the vehicle body assembly line 4 vehicle body and two-door car door car flows After four of the doors removed from
Door transfer pallet capable of mounting one door on the side
And a second door transport on which the other door on the rear side can be mounted.
Pallet and 4-door car at the door removal station
And two doors removed from each body of the two-door car
Third and fourth door transport pallets each capable of mounting
And all the pallets pass through the door small assembly line ,
Said to be able to transport up to the door mounting station provided in the vehicle body assembly line, automobile Te door conveying apparatus smell <br/> of, wherein the first door conveying pallet, after the removal from the body of the four-door car One side door cooperates with each other
A first support means having a plurality of support members capable of supporting Te,
A plurality of unit members capable of cooperating with each other to support unit members removed from the body of the two-door vehicle when the one door is not mounted .
A second supporting means having a supporting member ,
A specific support member is provided so as to be shared .

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 10 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an assembling apparatus for an automobile, FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of arrow 2 in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a view of the pallet on which the door and the roof are mounted, as viewed in the direction of the arrow 3 in FIG. 2, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow 5 in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line 6-6 in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow 7 in FIG. 8 is a view in the direction of the arrow 8 in FIG. 7, FIG. 9 is a view in the direction of the arrow 9 in FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the two-door vehicle.

[0008] As shown in FIG.
A vehicle body assembly line 1 for assembling various parts to the vehicle bodies 4C and 2C is provided on a transport path of the vehicle body transport conveyor 100 for randomly transporting the vehicle body 4C of the door vehicle and the vehicle body 2C of the two-door vehicle.
01 is provided. As shown in FIG. 10, the two-door vehicle has a detachable roof R, and the roof R removed from the vehicle body 2C is housed in a trunk T.

At a position upstream of the vehicle body assembly line 101, a door removal station 102 is provided.
The front left door D _FL , front right door D _FR , rear left door D _RL and rear right door D _RR are removed from the vehicle body 4C of the door car, and the left door D _L and right door are removed from the body 2C of the two-door car. D _R and the roof R is removed. A door mounting station 103 is located downstream of the vehicle body assembly line 101.
The door mounting station 103
In 4 door D _FL to the body 4C door car, D _FR, D _RL, with D _RR is reattached, 2 doors D _L to the body 2C of the door car, D _R and the roof R can be mounted again.

From the door removal station 102 to the door installation station 103, the doors _DFL , _DFR ,
D _RL, D _RR; door conveyor 200 for conveying the D _L, D _R and the roof R is composed of an overhead conveyor having a plurality of transport hanger 300 for circulating a closed circuit. The door D is located between the stations 102 and 103.
_{FL, D FR, D RL,} D RR; D L, the door subassembly line 400 for assembling the various components D _R and the roof R is provided.

The transport hanger 300 has four pallets P each.
_FL , _PFR , _PRL , and _PRR are supported and transported. 3 pallets P _FL, P _FR, P _RR has a same structure, of which the pallet P _FL is a front left door D _FL or 2-door vehicle four-door car left door D _L, the pallet P _FR are 4 right door D _R of the front right door D _FR or 2-door vehicle door vehicle, the pallet P _RR is 4
Equipped with a rear right door D _RR for door cars. The remaining one pallet P _RL is equipped with a rear left door D _RL of a four-door car or a roof R of a two-door car, and the three pallets P _FL , P
_FR, with structure obtained by adding a means for mounting the roof R to P _RR. Thus, the pallet P _RL is located behind a four-door car.
First door transportable mounting possible present invention one of the door D _RL side
The pallet P _RR is composed of four doors.
The second of the present invention that can be equipped with the other door D _RR on the rear side of the car
A pallet for door transfer is constructed, and the pallet P _FL ,
P _FR is, 4 left and right two of the door of the door vehicles and two-door car
3rd and 4th of the present invention that can mount D _FL and D _FR respectively
Pallets P _FL and P _FR for the door transport .

The door removal station 102 is provided with four pallet transfer devices 104, 104,.
Transfer hanger 30 for empty pallets P _FL , P _FR , P _RL , and P _RR
0 and the doors D _FL , D _FR , D _RL ,
D _RR ; D _L , D _R or pallets P _FL , P _FR , P _RL , P _{RR on} which the roof R is mounted are transferred to the transport hanger 300 again. Also has four pallet transfer device 105, 105 ... are provided on the door mounting station 103, the door _{D FL, D FR, D RL} , D RR; D L, pallets equipped with D _R or roof R P _FL , P _FR , P _RL , and P _RR are received from the transport hanger 300, and the empty pallets P _FL , P _FL ,
The _PFR , _PRL , and _PRR are transferred to the transport hanger 300 again.

The door sub-group line 400 is composed of a left sub-group line 401 and a right sub-group line 402. The left sub-group line 401 performs various operations while receiving and transporting the two left pallets P _FL and P _RL from the transport hanger 300. The right sub-assembly line 402 is used to assemble the parts, and two pallets P _FR and P _RR on the right side of the transport hanger 300.
The various parts are assembled while receiving and transporting.

Next, the structure of the transport hanger 300 will be described with reference to FIG.

The transport hanger 300 is the door transport conveyor 20
0 along the rail 201, and the rod 30
1 includes a pair of front bogies 302 and rear bogies 303 connected back and forth. Front bogie 302 and rear bogie 303
Is connected to the rail 2 via five rollers 304, 304...
01 and supported by each of the carts 302 and 303.
A frame 306 having an H shape in plan view is supported at the lower part of the frame through two columns 305, 305. Two pins 307, 307 are respectively provided on the left and right sides of the frame body 306 of the front bogie 302.
The two pallets P _FL , P _FR are detachably supported via the pallets, and the two pallets P _RL are provided on the left and right sides of the frame 306 of the rear bogie 303 via two pins 307, 307 respectively. , _PRR are detachably supported.

The transport hanger 300 having the pair of carriages 302, 303 is provided with the plurality of rollers 304, 304,.
Is driven by the motor 308 to run along the rail 201 by itself.

Next, the structure of the pallets P _FL , P _FR , P _RL , and P _RR will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6 and FIGS. Of the four pallets P _FL , P _FR , P _RL , P _RR , 4
The rear left pallet P _RL which can mount both the rear left door D _RL of the door car and the roof R of the two-door car has a different structure from the other three pallets P _FL , P _FR , P _RR . Therefore, the structure of the rear left pallet _PRL will be described.

The pallet P _RL is a substantially rectangular substrate 50 having two pin fitting holes 500, 500 into which the pins 307, 307 implanted in the frame 306 of the transport hanger 300 are fitted.
The first support means 502 for supporting the rear left door _DRL and the second support means 503 for supporting the roof R are provided on the upper surface of the substrate 501.

[0019] As is apparent from FIGS. 8 and 9, the first support means 502 supports the lower edge of the rear left door D _RL a notch of V-shaped disposed in proximity to the upper surface of the substrate 501 A front support member 504 and a rear support member 505;
A front holding member 507 for holding the leading edge of the provided with a notch of V-shaped rear left door D _RL to the upper end of the column 506 erected on one of the front, provided behind the rear supporting member 505 It is provided with a rear holding member 508 for holding the trailing edge of the rear left door D _RL a notch of V-shape, thus the front, rear
Part supporting members 504, 505 and front and rear holding members 50
7,508 constitute a supporting member of the first supporting means 502.
You.

An L-shaped plate 509 and a sliding rod 510 are integrally provided on the rear holding member 508. The sliding rod 510 is slidably supported on the upper end of a swing arm 512 via a spring 511. You. Swing arm 51
2 has a bracket 51 fixed to the upper surface of the substrate 501.
3 and is pivotally supported by the bracket 513.
And the upper end of the swing arm 512 are connected by two links 514 and 515 connected in series. Therefore, the lever 516 provided at the pivot point of the two links 514 and 515 is moved to the position shown in FIG.
When the lever 5 is pulled to the right, the swing arm 512 swings backward, and the rear holding member 508 retreats to the position indicated by the dashed line.
When the user pushes 16 to the left in FIG. 9, the swing arm 512 swings forward, and the rear holding member 508 moves forward to the solid line position.

As is clear from FIGS. 3 and 4, the second support means 503 is provided on the upper surface of the substrate 501 and supports the lower edge of the roof R by the front support member 504 and the rear support member 505 (the front support member 505). A part supporting member 504 and a rear supporting member 505 are shared with the first supporting means 502), a front holding member 517 provided in front of the front supporting member 504 and holding a lower front part of the roof R, and a rear part. Two rear holding rollers 518 and 519 provided behind the support member 505 to hold the rear lower end of the roof R, and a V-shaped cut provided at the upper end of a column 520 erected at the center of the substrate 501. outs and an upper holding member 521 for holding the upper edge of the roof R, the thus the front, rear support member 504,50
5, front holding member 517, rear holding rollers 518, 51
9 and the upper holding member 521 support the second support means 503.
A holding member is configured.

The two rear holding rollers 518, 519
A pair of left and right side plates 522 and 522 that support the
A bracket 524 fixed to the upper surface of the bracket 1 and connected to the bracket 513 via a connection reinforcing member 523 is pivotally supported via a pin 525 so as to be swingable. Bracket 5
A spring 527 is contracted between the bolt 526 screwed into the 24 and the side plates 521 and 521, and the side plates 522 and 522 are urged clockwise in FIG. Further, the swinging limit of the side plates 522 and 522 in the counterclockwise direction is regulated by the stopper 528 fixed to the bracket 524.

Referring to FIG. 5 as well, it is apparent that
An arm 5 is connected to the upper end of the support 520 via a pivot 529.
30 is pivotally supported. A slide guide 532 is provided below the bracket 531 provided at the tip of the arm 530.
The slide guide 532 holds a slide bar 533 fixed to the upper holding member 521 so as to be slidable up and down. A pin 5 is provided at the upper end of the slide bar 533.
34, the lower end of the first link 535 having a “U” shape is pivotally supported, and the upper end of this link 535 is connected to the bracket 53.
One end of the second link 537 is pivotally supported by a pin 538 at one end thereof and is pivotally supported by a pin 536 on the upper part of the first link.
The operation grip 5 is attached to the other end of the second link 537.
39 are provided.

As is apparent from FIG.
An arc-shaped long hole 530 ₁ is provided on the lower surface of the base end of the arm 530.
A rotation regulating pin 540 implanted at the upper end of the column 520 is engaged with the elongated hole 530 ₁ . Thus, the rotation of the arm 530 is restricted between the position where the upper holding member 521 holds the roof R and the escape position where the arm 530 is rotated by 90 ° therefrom. And the upper holding member 52
When the arm 1 is not used, the arm 530 is turned to the escape position, and the upper holding member 521 is fixed by engaging with the stopper 541 fixed to the support 520 (FIGS. 8 and 9).
reference).

Since the remaining three pallets P _FL , P _FR , and P _RR do not need to be equipped with the roof R, the above-mentioned pallets P _FL
A front holding member 517 and two rear holding rollers 518, 519 which are means for fixing the roof R from the structure of the _RL.
And members related thereto (side plates 522, 522, connection reinforcing member 523, bracket 524, etc.), upper holding member 52
1 and its related members (posts 520, arms 530,
The bracket 531, the operation grip 539, etc.) are removed. That is, the remaining three pallets P _FL , P _FR , and P _RR are of the structure of the pallet P _RL described above.
Since it has a structure provided with only the first support means 502, a duplicate description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described.

The car body 4C of the 4-door car and the car body 2C of the 2-door car that have completed the painting process are conveyed to the left in FIG. Door transport conveyor 20
The four pallets P _FL , P _FR , P _RL , and P _RR supported by the transport hanger 300 circulating counterclockwise in FIG. 1 are pallet transfer devices 104, 104. The two pallets P _FL and P _{RL on} the left are transferred to the left side of the vehicle body conveyor 100, and the two pallets P _FR and P _{RR on} the right side are transferred to the right side of the vehicle conveyor 100. You.

From this state, for example, the body 2C of a two-door car
Pallet P but when it is carried into the door detaching station 102, the left door D _L is detached from the vehicle body 2C
The _FL, the right door D _R is the being in the pallet P _FR detached from the vehicle body 2C, roof R are mounted respectively detached from the vehicle body 2C to the pallet P _RL. At this time, the remaining one pallet _PRR is left empty.

Next, the first support means 502 is mounted to the left door D _L and the right door D _R to the pallet P _FL and pallet P _FR
The procedure for fixing with will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIGS. 8 and 9 show a state in which the rear left door _DRL of the four-door car is mounted on the pallet _PRL , but the procedure is substantially the same.

First, the swing arm 512 is swung through the pair of links 514 and 515 by pulling the lever 516 rightward in FIG. 9 to move the rear holding member 508 backward. In this state, the lower edge of the left door D _L (rear left door D _RL ) is _{moved to} the front support member 5 of the pallet P _FL (pallet P _RL ).
04 and a rear support member 505, the lever 51
6 is returned to the left. This allows the swing arm 512
There rear retaining member 508 engages the rear edge of the left door D _L advances, the leading edge of the left door D _L is pressed against the front holding member 507 by the pressing force. At this time, since the sliding rod 510 integrated with the rear holding member 508 is retracted while compressing the spring 511, the left door D _L is moved between the front holding member 507 and the rear holding member 508 by the elastic force of the spring 511. Clamped in between.

[0031] Also mounted on the pallet P _FR of the right door D _R, it can be carried out in the same procedure and the procedure described above.

The following will describe a procedure of fixing the second support means 503 equipped with a roof R to the pallet P _RL in Figures 3-6.

First, the lower edge of the roof R is supported on the front support member 504 and the rear support member 505 of the pallet _PRL , and the front edge of the lower edge is brought into contact with the front holding member 517. Two rear holding rollers 51
8,519. Subsequently, the upper holding member 521
When the operating grip 539 is pulled down from the chain line position in FIG. 6 to the solid line position in FIG. 6, the slide bar 533 is moved through the first link 535 and the second link 537. Slides downward in the slide guide 532, and the upper holding member 521 provided at the lower end of the slide bar 533 engages with the upper edge of the roof R. When the roof R is pressed downward by the upper holding member 521, the side plates 522 and 522 supporting the two rear holding rollers 518 and 519 are counterclockwise moved from the position shown in FIG. The roof R is firmly clamped in the front-rear direction and the vertical direction.

As described above, the left door D _L and the right door D
_R and roof R are pallets P _FL , P _FR , P _RL , respectively.
When all the pallets P _FL , P _FR , P _RL , and P _RR are mounted on the pallet transfer device 104, 1 as shown in FIG.
At 04 ..., it is transferred to the transport hanger 300.

When the transport hanger 300 supporting the pallets P _FL , P _FR , P _RL , and P _RR travels on the door transport conveyor 200 to the left in FIG. 1 and reaches the door subassembly line 400, a pallet transfer device (not shown). As a result, the two left pallets P _FL and P _RL from the transport hanger 300 are moved to the left small set line 401.
Then, the two right pallets P _FR and P _RR are transferred to the right sub-group line 402. And Thus, the door subassembly line 400 in three pallets P _FL, P _FR, the left mounted on P _RL door D _L, the mounting of various parts on the right door D _R and the roof R is performed.

While the left door D _L , right door D _R and roof R are being assembled on the door sub-assembly line 400, the left door D _L , right door D _R and roof R are removed in parallel. The vehicle body 2 </ b> C of the two-door vehicle receives various parts attached while passing through a vehicle body assembly line 101 provided along the vehicle conveyance la conveyor 100.

At the end point of the door subassembly line 400, 4
The pallets P _FL , P _FR , P _RL , and P _RR are transferred again to the transport hanger 300 by a pallet transfer device (not shown).
It is transported to the door mounting station 103. Four pallet transfer device 105, 105 ... are conveyed hanger 300 from the pallet _{P FL, P FR, P RL} , the P _RR is separated in the door mounting station 103, they pallet _{P FL, P FR, P RL} , P RR From the left door D in the reverse order
_L, removed the right door D _R and the roof R, are mounted again on the body 2C completing the assembling of the parts of the vehicle body assembly line 101 of the vehicle body conveyor 100.

On the other hand, when the vehicle body 4C of the four-door car is carried into the door removal station 102 from the vehicle body transport conveyor 100, the four pallets P _FL , P _FR , P _RL , P P transferred from the transport hanger 300. _A front left door D _FL , a front right door D _FR , a rear left door D _RL and a rear right door D _RR are mounted on the _RR , respectively. In this case, each door D _FL , D _FR ,
D _RL, the procedure for mounting the D _RR is the same as the case of mounting the left door D _L and right door D _R of the two-door car above. still,
For the pallet P _RL on which the rear left door D _RL is mounted, the second support means 503 for supporting the roof R is not used.

Thereafter, the four pallets P _FL , P _FR ,
P _RL and P _RR are conveyed to the door mounting station 103 via the small door assembly line 400 in the same manner as in the case of the two-door car described above, where the doors removed from the pallets P _FL , P _FR , P _RL and P _{RR are} removed. D _FL , D _FR , D _RL , and D _RR are attached to the vehicle body 4C again.

Thus, in the door small set line 400, 4
Focusing on the man-hour difference between the case of a door car and the case of a two-door car, and using the idle time caused by this man-hour difference, the small group of the roof R of the two-door car is performed, so that no waste time is generated. As a result, production efficiency can be improved, and a special operator and equipment for a small set of the roof R can be omitted.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various small design changes can be made.

[0042]

[Effect of the invention] As described above, according to the invention,4 door car
One of the four rear doors removed from the car body
doorOnlyEquipped withForFirst door transport pallet
And theOne of the rearThe doorWorking togetherCan support
Has multiple support membersFirst support means and the rear sideon the other hand
ofWhen the door is not mounted (that is, when transporting the door of a two-door car), two doors
A Remove the unit members from the car bodyWorking together
handCan supportHas multiple support membersSecond support means;To
EstablishedSo of the two-door carRemoved from the bodyDoors and doors
For knit membersforWhen assembling parts,That unit
The first member For door transport (ie, on the rear side of a 4-door car)
For one door transfer)Pallet second support meansToSupport
Assembling parts while flowing the small door assembly line
To assemble parts into the unit member
Eliminates the need for special workers and workplace
Reduced the man-hour difference between 4-door and 2-door vehicles in a pair line
To reduce waste time and improve production efficiency.
Wear.

Further, the above-mentioned first member comprising a plurality of support members is provided.
And the second support means share their particular support members
Therefore, the structure of the first and second support means can be changed by the sharing.
It can be as simple as possible.
Door support space by first support means on pallet
And a space for supporting the unit member by the second support means.
Can be used as much as possible to achieve effective use of space.
Greatly contributes to the reduction in size and weight of pallets and cost
Can be

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an automobile assembling apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a view in the direction of arrows in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view of a pallet on which a door and a roof of a two-door car are mounted, as viewed in a direction indicated by arrows in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a view in the direction of arrows in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a view in the direction of arrows in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6 in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 shows a pallet equipped with a door of a four-door car.
7 direction arrow view

8 is a view taken in the direction of an arrow 8 in FIG. 7;

9 is a view in the direction of arrow 9 in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a two-door car.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 front of the rear supporting member 507 supporting members of the front supporting member 505 supporting members of the vehicle body assembly line 102 door removal station 103 door mounting station 400 door subassembly line 502 first support means 503 second support means 504 supporting member Holding member 508 Supporting member Rear holding member 517 Supporting member Front holding member 518 Supporting member Rear holding roller 519 Supporting member Rear holding roller 521 Supporting member Upper holding member 2C 2-door car body 4C Four-door car body D _FL , D _FR , D _RL , D _RR Four-door car door D _L , D _R Two-door car door P _RL First door transfer pallet P _RR Second door transfer pallet P _FL Third door transport pallet P _FR Fourth door transport pallet R Roof (unit member)

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A 4 car 4 door car vehicle door vehicles (4C) and second body door vehicles (2C) door removal station provided in the vehicle body assembly line (101) the flowing (102)
Four doors (D _RL , D _RR , D
_FL, equipped Allowed one of the doors of the side (D _RL) after one of the D _FR)
First pallet for transporting doors (P _RL )
A second door transport _{pallet on which the} other door (D _RR ) can be mounted.
(P _RR ) and the door removal station (10
2) 4-door car and 2-door car body (4C, 2C)
The left and right doors (D _FL , D _FR ) removed from
Third and fourth door pallets that can be mounted and mounted
(P _FL, P _FR) and a, through the entire pallet _{(P RL, P RR, P} FL, P FR) of the door subassembly line (400), the vehicle body assembly line (10
(1) In the door transport device for an automobile, which can be transported to the door mounting station (103) provided in (1), the first door transport pallet (P _RR ) is detached from the body (4C) of the four-door vehicle. The said one door (D _RL )
A plurality of support members (504 capable of cooperating to support each other,
First supporting means (50, 505, 507, 508)
2) and the unit member (R) removed from the vehicle body (2C) of the two-door car when the one door (D _RL ) is not mounted.
A plurality of support members (504, 5
05, 517, 518, 519, 521)
The supporting means (503) and the two supporting means (502, 5).
03) specific support members (504, 505) are shared
Characterized by providing a so that the door conveyance instrumentation of a motor vehicle
Place .