AERIAL CONVEYOR WITH PENDULAR ARMS DRIVEN ALONG A CLOSED LOOP CIRCUIT

摘要

The invention concerns an aerial conveyor, advantageously designed for a conveying assembly with two symmetrical conveyors for transporting motor vehicle body shells resting on sleds individually suspended to tractive carrier cables (60) through four independent pendular arms (4). The cables are synchronously driven to travel on parallel respective paths along a closed loop circuit in a vertical plane. The arms are fixed to the cables through articulated assembly devices enabling them to travel a complete revolution in the vertical plane. When they return empty, between the sled discharging station (8) and the loading station (7), they travel folded along the cable until they rest on a support member integral therewith. A ramp (66) is also provided for retaining the distal end of each arm which guides its tilting about an idler wheel (62) when approaching the loading station.