Patent ID: 8117728
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: B23P,B60J,B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for installing a sealing member on a vehicle flange with a roller pressing the sealing member against the vehicle flange, the vehicle flange being formed in a door installation opening of a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: temporarily attaching the sealing member to the vehicle flange; pressing a tapered outer peripheral surface of a roller flange against a side face of the sealing member with a first pressing force exerted on the side face, the roller flange being formed at one end of a roller body of the roller, the tapered outer peripheral surface of the roller extending obliquely relative to a longitudinal axis of the roller body and the side face of the sealing member facing towards an outside of the vehicle; and pressing the roller body against a back face of the sealing member and towards the vehicle flange with a second pressing force exerted on the back face, wherein the roller moves along the vehicle flange while pressing the sealing member such that the first pressing force and the second pressing force are always constant.