Patent ID: 9061828
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B62D,B65G

Abstract:
1. A hanging and conveying device to hang and convey a vehicle body in a motor vehicle assembly line, the hanging and conveying device comprising a slide slidingly coupled to a guide to move along the guide in a given advancement direction; and a gondola hanging from the slide and comprising an arched member having a first axis parallel to the advancement direction and adjustable in position about the first axis, and coupling means carried by the arched member to engage, during operation, a floor of a vehicle body arranged through the arched member; the coupling means comprise two coplanar longitudinal members with pins to couple with and support the vehicle body; and positioning means to cause the pins to be arrangeable on the longitudinal members in a number of selectively engageable alternative locations, to result in different types of vehicle bodies being selectively mountable on the arched member; the hanging and conveying device is characterized in that the positioning means comprise, for each longitudinal member, a plurality of seats distributed along the longitudinal member and each selectively engageable by a respective pin.