Patent ID: 6966421

Claim:
An apparatus for a carriage for transporting a vehicle-body panel positioned and supported thereon, the carriage being circulated along a predetermined path in such a way that the unloaded carriage is returned to a start point of the path for reuse, the apparatus comprising: a reference member disposed on the carriage; a locator jig slidably arranged on the carriage, the locator jig comprising at one end a locate pin for positioning the vehicle-body panel, the locator jig having positions selectively switched in accordance with a type of the vehicle-body panel to be positioned; an external shift mechanism mechanically coupled to the locator jig, the external shift mechanism switching the locator jig to one of the positions with respect to the reference member; a lock mechanism disposed on the carriage, the lock mechanism comprising a screw, the lock mechanism mechanically positioning and locking the locator jig in the one of the positions through the screw; and an external lock operating mechanism which operates the screw of the lock mechanism.