Patent ID: 8166634
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A workpiece mounting device comprising: a hanger configured to hang and transport an object for workpiece mounting, and a self-propelled lifting carriage configured to move along with the hanger in a state of being mounted with a workpiece on a running path installed in a manner at least substantially parallel to a moving path of the hanger, wherein the self-propelled lifting carriage is equipped with a lift that is movable within a certain range in parallel with the moving path of the hanger, and an urging device configured to urge the lift in a direction opposite to a direction of movement of the hanger; and the lift is equipped with a synchronizing bar that is extendable and contractible in the up-and-down direction and is configured to make contact with a front surface of the hanger in the direction of movement of the hanger, a lifting guide configured to move the lift in the direction opposite to the direction of movement of the hanger under the urging force of the urging device during a period from when the lift starts moving upward until at least a predetermined height is reached.