Pallet for conveying pieces or components in assembly lines

摘要

A pallet for conveying pieces or components in assembly lines. The pallet includes a base structure, a rotatable platform above the base structure, a pair of vertical uprights, a pair of vertical columns respectively supported within said vertical uprights and an arch-shaped cross-member selectively engageable with the vertical columns. The arch cross-member selectively connected to an assembly component whereby the component may selectively be positioned at different heights and angular orientations to the platform and base for ease of access to the component by a user.

主权项

1. A pallet for conveying pieces or components in assembly lines, the pallet comprising:
a base structure which is to be positioned on a conveyor line; a platform mounted above the base structure; a pair of vertical uprights which are spaced apart from each other and extend upwardly starting from two peripheral areas of said platform; a pair of vertical columns respectively supported within said vertical uprights and movable vertically between a lowered position and a raised position, each of said uprights being provided with latch means for locking the respective column in a vertical position selected between a plurality of selectable vertical positions between said lowered position and said raised position; an arch cross-member having end portions removably coupled with, and above, a vertical locating pin projecting from each upper end of said respective vertical columns, said arch cross-member having connecting means for supporting a piece or a component in a cantilever fashion at an elevated position with respect to a plane of said platform; the end portions of said arch- cross-member each defining an aperture for coupling with respective of the locating pin of said columns, the respective each end portion aperture positioned on both a first face and a second face which is opposite to the first face, wherein said arch- cross-member is adapted to be positioned on said vertical columns at any of two positions which are angularly positioned by 180 degrees relative to each other around a horizontal axis extending in a direction along a length of the arch cross-member, in order to orient the supported piece or component which has been removably connected to said arch- cross-member in the two different angular positions 180 degrees relative to each other.