Patent ID: 9003628
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B23P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for securing moldings to a roof ditch of a vehicle moving down an assembly line in a line of forward travel, the system comprising: at least one lift boom having a first end and a second end; at least one roller member connected to the lift boom at the first end of the lift boom, the roller member configured to engage an outwardly oriented surface of a molding positioned in the roof ditch of the vehicle; means for raising and lowering the lift boom in a first plane relative to a roof surface of the associated vehicle, the raising and lowering means operative on the lift boom at a location distal to the roller member; the at least one roller member swivelly movable in a second plane essentially perpendicular to the first plane; and means for permitting the lift boom to free float relative to the raising and lowering means during at least a portion of a molding application cycle.