Patent ID: 6912774
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B23K,B23P,B23Q,B62K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for assembling a plurality of different frames on a single assembly line comprising: a pallet locatable in at least one workstation; at least one fixture rotatably supportable on the pallet, the at least one fixture having a non-vertical axis of rotation and for receiving components of a frame to be assembled in fixed relationship to one another; and means for locking each of the at least one rotatable fixture supported on the pallet in a desired angular orientation with respect to the pallet, the locking means including at least one latch connected to the pallet for movement between a locked position and an unlocked position with respect to each of the at least one rotatable fixture, and means for biasing each of the one latch toward the locked position, the biasing means including a reciprocal lock member movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, such that the lock member is engaged with the latch for holding the latch in the locked position when in the engaged position, and such that the lock member moves the latch to the unlocked position when in the disengaged position, and a spring for biasing the lock member toward the engaged position.