APPARATUS FOR SETTING CAR BODY COMPONENTS IN MOTORCAR BODY ASSEMBLING LINE

摘要

An apparatus for use in a motorcar body assembling line for setting car body components including a floor panel, a roof panel, and side panels on a set carrier in a predetermined positional relationship in a setting station at a starting end of the assembling line. The apparatus has a floor panel setting device for transporting a floor panel to, and setting it on, the set carrier; a pair of right and left side-panel setting devices for receiving a pair of right and left side panels which are transported to an upper position of the setting station by a hanger and for setting them on the set carrier; and a roof panel setting device for setting a roof panel between roof side rails of the right and left side panels which have been set on the set carrier. Each of the side panel setting devices includes a vertically moveable lifting frame, a device for vertically moving the lifting frame, a jig for positioning and holding the side panel, the jig being provided on the lifting frame so as to be advanced and retracted in a lateral direction such that the side panel is received from the hanger by lateral advancement and retraction of the jig at a lifted position of each of the lifting frames and that the side panel is set on the set carrier by lateral advancement and retraction of the jig at a lowered position of each of the lifting frames, and a device for advancing and retracting the jig in the lateral direction.