Patent ID: 6619466
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: B62D,B66F

Abstract:
A processing station in motor vehicle assembly lines, the station comprising:a set of first and second columns; another set of first and second columns; a motor vehicle mounting or transport part rotatable around a horizontal axis of rotation, said mounting or transport part comprising two mounting frames arranged at mutually spaced locations from one another; a front conveyor ending in front of the processing station; a rear conveyor ending behind the processing station; an additional conveyor arranged between said front conveyor and said rear conveyor, said additional conveyor being raisable and lowerable; a first and second crosshead synchronously rotatable around the horizontal axis of rotation each said crosshead being mounted and guided on said first and second columns of respectively of said set of columns and said another set of columns arranged on sides of the axis of rotation, said crossheads being synchronously adjustable in height, said front conveyor ending adjacent to one of said crossheads above the lowered adjacent crosshead and the lowered mounting frames, said rear conveyor ending adjacent to the other of said crossheads above the lowered adjacent crosshead and the lowered mounting frames and a mutual distance between the first and second columns is greater than a width of said motor vehicle part or a width of said motor vehicle mounting or transport part.