JPS6134918Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an improvement of automobile body inspection and maintenance equipment.

Traditionally, car body inspections involve cleaning and drying the bottom of the car body lifted up by a lift, then inspecting it.
Since a series of processes such as inspection and maintenance such as adjustments and repairs, and then unloading from the lift are usually performed in one place, there is a drawback that work efficiency and equipment operation rate are extremely low. Therefore, the present inventor previously proposed an automobile body inspection and maintenance facility in which the vehicle body is supported by a lift or hanger and moved on rails for inspection and maintenance.
It is difficult to install in cases where the installation site has deformed terrain or a small area, or because the lines are arranged in a line, the equipment and workers may be left idle if the subsequent work is completed a little earlier. It was hot.

The present invention was completed with the aim of providing an automobile body inspection and maintenance equipment that does not have the above-mentioned drawbacks, and the illustrated embodiment will be described in detail below.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a guide rail provided in the upper part extending from the entrance side of the maintenance shop to the middle, and the guide rail 1
A rail switching device 2, which will be described later, is provided at a position ahead of the rail switching device 2, and a plurality of guide rails 3 are connected to the guide rail 1 by the operation of the rail switching device 2. Furthermore, one vehicle lifting machine 4 is provided on each guide rail 3 so as to be freely movable.
The rail switching device 2 includes a switching plate 8 that is slidably guided on both sides by holding members 6 provided above.
Connecting rails 7 of the same number as the guide rails 3 that connect the guide rail 1 and each guide rail 3 separately on the lower surface of the
The rail switching device 2 switches between the guide rail 1 and any of the guide rails 3 by sliding the switching plate 8 and connecting any of the connection rails 7 to any of the guide rails 3. It is now possible to connect the two. Reference numeral 9 denotes a washing/drying zone provided in the maintenance shop at a position facing a part of the guide rail 1. In the washing/drying zone 9, a car washing device 10 for washing and drying the bottom of the vehicle body is installed. is provided with a water-washable car bottom cleaning port 11 and an air blowing port 12 that blows out hot or cold air. Reference numeral 13 denotes inspection and maintenance zones for inspection, adjustment, etc., which are located at multiple locations in the back of the maintenance shop at positions where each guide rail 3 faces. This is a place where inspection and adjustment workers are stationed to perform inspections and maintenance such as inspections and adjustments of braking equipment, suspension equipment, transmission equipment, and engine parts. Note that 14 in the figure is a curtain provided outside the washing and drying zones.

With this configuration, the switching plate 8 as the rail switching device 2 is slid so that the guide rail 1 is connected to the guide rail 3 that partially faces the inspection or maintenance zone 13. After connecting the required guide rail 3 to the guide rail 1 using one of the connecting rails 7, the vehicle lifting machine 4 provided on this guide rail 3 is run and stopped at one end of the guide rail 1 for inspection. The car body A to be serviced is suspended on the car lifting machine 4, and the wheels are removed from the car body A. Next, the car body lifting machine 4 is moved forward along the guide rail 1 to lift the bottom of the car to the car washing device 10. The car bottom is cleaned with washing water spouted from the car bottom washing port C located above, and after washing, hot or cold air is ejected from the air outlet 12 and at the same time the car lifting machine 4 is moved backward to dry the car bottom. After the car bottom is dried, the car lifting machine 4 is moved to the guide rail 1, connecting rail 7,
The vehicle is run along the guide rail 3 for an empty inspection and stopped at a maintenance zone 13, where inspections and maintenance such as inspection and adjustment of the braking device, suspension device, transmission device, and engine section are performed. good. Therefore, when inspecting or servicing another vehicle body while one inspection or maintenance zone 13 is being carried out, the rail switching device 2 is operated to switch to the empty inspection or maintenance zone 13. The guide rail 3 and the guide rail 1, which are partially exposed, are connected by a connecting rail 7, and the vehicle lifting machine 4 provided on the guide rail 3 is connected to the guide rail 1 through the guide rail 3 and the connecting rail 7. As before, the vehicle lifting machine 4 is sent to the cleaning and drying zone 9 for cleaning and drying, and then the vehicle is inspected again, and the vehicle body A is sent to the maintenance zone 13 for inspection, adjustment, etc., and maintenance work. After each inspection and work in the maintenance zone 13 are completed, the vehicle lifting machine 4 is inspected by sequentially switching the rail switching device 2 in the reverse operation to the above, and the vehicle lifting machine 4 is inspected from the guide rail 3 facing the maintenance zone 13. After moving the vehicle to the guide rail 1, attaching wheels, and removing it from the vehicle lifting machine 4, the vehicle body requiring maintenance may be sent to a maintenance shop, and the vehicle body not needing maintenance may be sent to a finished vehicle yard. In the above explanation, the wheels are removed on the guide rail 1 on the side of the cleaning and drying zone 9, but the wheels are removed on the guide rail 1 on the side of the cleaning and drying zone 9.
If this is done using the guide rail 3 on the 3 side, the car body 1 can be washed once after the wheels are removed, and then moved to the drying zone 9.
After being washed and dried, it is inspected again, and sent to the maintenance zone 13 for inspection, adjustment, etc.
After the maintenance, inspection, and maintenance are completed, the wheels can be installed and sent out in the inspection/maintenance zone 13. In any case, the work time is short but the equipment cost is high.
It is assumed that inspections at multiple locations and inspections and maintenance can be carried out in the maintenance zone 13 by effectively utilizing this system.

As is clear from the description of the above embodiments, the present invention provides a plurality of inspections and tests using a rail switching device on a guide rail that partially faces the cleaning and drying zones.
Since it is switchably connected to a guide rail that partially faces the maintenance zone, even in a maintenance field with deformed terrain, multiple inspection and maintenance zones can be established by changing the branch shape of the guide rail. I can do it,
Moreover, by switching and branching, many work zones can be obtained even in a small area, allowing for efficient work.Also, even if work is finished early, the car body can be immediately removed from the line, making work easier. Furthermore, despite the installation of multiple inspection and maintenance zones, the processing time is short and expensive car washing equipment is installed only in one washing and drying zone. Since the operating rate of the car wash equipment has been increased, it also has the advantage of helping to reduce equipment costs, and is of great practical value as it solves the drawbacks of conventional automobile body inspection and maintenance equipment.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, with FIG. 1 being a plan view and FIG. 2 being a front view. 1... Guide rail, 2... Rail switching device, 3
...Guide rail, 4...Vehicle lifting machine, 7...
Connection rail, 9...Washing, drying zone, 13...
Inspection and maintenance zone.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A rail switching device 2 connects a plurality of guide rails 3 disposed partially facing the inspection/maintenance zone 13 and a guide rail 1 disposed partially facing the cleaning/drying zone 9 arranged at a plurality of locations. An automobile body inspection and maintenance facility characterized in that one vehicle lifting machine 4 is connected to each guide rail 3 through a movable vehicle lifting machine 4.