Patent ID: 7815035

Claim:
A work locating conveyor, comprising: a conveyor carriage including: a locator disposed on the conveyor carriage and configured to locate and support a work, the locator serving as a main locator; a locating jig disposed on the locator and configured to locate and support the work having different configurations, the locating jig serving as a main locating jig, wherein the main locating jig is configured to move between the following states: an in-use state for locating and supporting the work, and a non-use state free from the locating and the supporting of the work; and an outer driver, including: an original position mover configured to move the main locator in such a manner that the main locator follows a moving path on the conveyor carriage to an original position on the moving path, a jig returner configured to return the main locating jig to the non-use state, a jig locating mover configured to move the main locator from the original position to a certain locating position on the moving path, and a locating jig selective mover configured to move the main locating jig from the non-use state to the in-use state, wherein the outer driver is configured to move the main locator from an outer part of the work locating conveyor, wherein the original position mover includes a pressing portion configured to press the main locator in a forward moving direction.