Patent ID: 9540181
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B25H,B65G

Claim:
1. A pallet for conveying pieces or components in assembly lines, the pallet comprising: a base structure which is to be positioned on a conveyor line; a platform mounted above the base structure; a pair of vertical uprights which are spaced apart from each other and extend upwardly starting from two peripheral areas of said platform; a pair of vertical columns respectively supported within said vertical uprights and movable vertically between a lowered position and a raised position, each of said uprights being provided with latch means for locking the respective column in a vertical position selected between a plurality of selectable vertical positions between said lowered position and said raised position; an arch cross-member having end portions removably coupled with, and above, a vertical locating pin projecting from each upper end of said respective vertical columns, said arch cross-member having connecting means for supporting a piece or a component in a cantilever fashion at an elevated position with respect to a plane of said platform; the end portions of said arch- cross-member each defining an aperture for coupling with respective of the locating pin of said columns, the respective each end portion aperture positioned on both a first face and a second face which is opposite to the first face, wherein said arch- cross-member is adapted to be positioned on said vertical columns at any of two positions which are angularly positioned by 180 degrees relative to each other around a horizontal axis extending in a direction along a length of the arch cross-member, in order to orient the supported piece or component which has been removably connected to said arch- cross-member in the two different angular positions 180 degrees relative to each other.