Patent ID: 6112878
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
An automobile manufacturing line comprising:(a) a first assembly line;(b) a second assembly line positioned parallel to said first assembly line, on one side thereof;(c) a third assembly line positioned parallel to said first assembly line, on the other side thereof,(d) a first conveyor located between said first and second assembly lines, for carrying work pieces from the end of said first assembly line to the beginning of said second line; and(e) a second conveyor located between said second assembly line and said third assembly line, for carrying workpieces from the end of said second assembly line to the beginning of said third assembly line;wherein said first assembly line, said first conveyor, said second assembly line, said second conveyor, and said third assembly line are arranged in a substantially spiral configuration such that a workpiece moves from a beginning of said first assembly line to an end thereof, then from the end of the first assembly line to a beginning of said second assembly line on said first conveyor, then from the beginning of said second assembly line to an end thereof, then from the end of the second assembly line to a beginning of said third assembly line on said second conveyor.