Patent ID: 8365396

Claim:
A processing station changeover device for clamping frames for vehicle bodies, the processing station changeover device comprising: a frame magazine which can be rotated about an axis of rotation and is spaced apart from a working point, the frame magazine including a plurality of frame holders, each frame holder being at a loading point of the frame magazine for receiving holding and releasing one of the clamping frames, the frame magazine being rotated to selectively position said frame holders in a clamping frame releasing position; and a transporting device with a floor-side clamping frame guide for receiving the clamping frames from one of the frame holders rotated into the clamping frame releasing position and for an upright transportation of the clamping frames along the floor-side clamping frame guide from the frame holders to adjacent a vehicle body working position along a vehicle body transfer line, with a floor-side or lateral anti-tilt means and with a controllable towing mechanism arranged in the floor region, for the clamping frames.