Patent ID: 7798316
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: B25J,B62D,B65G

Abstract:
1. A system for handling vehicle frames, comprising: a conveyor assembly for carrying a plurality of the vehicle frames thereon, said conveyor assembly including a loading end and an unloading end, a pair of rails that support the vehicle frames, and a pair of sub-rails disposed beneath and in parallel with said pair of rails that support a conveyor device movably disposed thereon, said conveyor device operable to move the vehicle frames along said rails from said loading end to said unloading end of said conveyor assembly; a frame transfer assembly disposed at said unloading end of said conveyor assembly, said frame transfer assembly adapted to grasp a vehicle frame from said conveyor assembly and transfer the vehicle frame from said conveyor assembly, said frame transfer assembly includes a plurality of stacking pin removal devices for removal of stacking pins from the vehicle frame; and a chute system adjacent said frame transfer assembly, said chute system adapted to recycle said stacking pins removed from the vehicle frame.