Patent ID: 9227786
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B62D,B65G

Claim Text:
1. A part mounting facility for mounting parts on a workpiece carried on a workpiece conveyance dolly, comprising: conveyance paths provided in a part mounting work region; and the workpiece conveyance dolly that travels along the conveyance paths, wherein a plurality of substantially U-shaped conveyance paths having return bends is formed by providing the conveyance paths with the return bends in the part mounting work region, wherein the substantially U-shaped conveyance paths are connected to each other, and an upstream-most substantially U-shaped conveyance path among the connected substantially U-shaped conveyance paths is connected to a downstream-most substantially U-shaped conveyance path to enable the workpiece conveyance dolly to circulate along the conveyance paths, and wherein a serving conveyance path provided for movement therealong of a part serving carriage is connected at opposite ends to a mounting work start position and a mounting work end position of each of the substantially U-shaped conveyance paths so that the serving carriage is allowed to move into each of the substantially U-shaped conveyance paths from the mounting work start position and to be conveyed out into the serving conveyance path from the mounting work end position.