Patent ID: 8590872

Claim:
An apparatus for holding a formed sheet metal component of a car body in a reference position, comprising a plurality of carriers which hold the formed sheet metal component, each carrier having a carrier structure and a carrier head that can be placed against the formed sheet metal component, wherein at least one of the carriers has a plurality of carrier heads, each one of the plurality of carrier heads of said at least one carrier alternately movable relative to the carrier structure of said at least one of the carriers from a parking position to a working position in which said one of the carrier heads is placed against the sheet metal component, wherein said each one plurality of carrier heads of said at least one carrier can be locked in the working position by a dowel pin, and can be aligned, and wherein a longitudinal axis of the dowel pin extends parallel to a pivot axis of said each one carrier head in the working position; and wherein said each one of said plurality of carrier heads of said at least one carrier can be pivoted about the pivot axis in order to move into the working position.