Patent ID: 7891482
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: B23P,B62D,B65G

Abstract:
1. A work carrier apparatus on an assembly line in which a work loaded on each of pallets is carried successively along a conveyor line, comprising: a horizontal curve section which curves in a horizontal plane, being provided in at least a section of the conveyor line, a floor surface of the pallet being adapted to travel substantially at the same level as a floor surface for operations, wherein each of the pallets is divided into plural elements with respect to a carrying direction, and the divided pallet elements are turnably connected to one another in a horizontal plane by a vertically extending pivot pin while a circular arc shaped convex portion of one divided pallet element is engaged with a circular arc shaped concave portion of another divided pallet element to leave no space between the respective divided pallet elements, and a work support stand for holding the work is provided on an upper central portion of a second divided pallet element, and a first and the second divided pallet elements and the second and a third divided pallet elements are turnably connected to one another.