Multi-strand flat top conveyor
AssigneeAutomatic Systems, Inc.
InventorJeremy Adam Pych
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Abstract
A vehicle production assembly includes a discontinuous conveyor system to support a vehicle. The conveyor system includes a first side conveyor chain, a second side conveyor chain, and a plurality of middle conveyor chains longitudinally spaced between the first and second conveyor chains. The conveyor chains can be mechanically synchronized with a single motor.
Claims13
A vehicle production assembly comprises a conveyor system configured to support a vehicle, wherein the conveyor system comprises:
- a first side conveyor chain positioned on a first side of the conveyor system and extending in a longitudinal direction such that the first side conveyor chain is translatable in the longitudinal direction;
- a second side conveyor chain positioned on a second side of the conveyor system, wherein the second side conveyor chain is laterally aligned with the first side conveyor chain such that the second side conveyor chain extends in the longitudinal direction and is translatable in the longitudinal direction;
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- two or more interior conveyor chains positioned between the first side conveyor and the second side conveyor, wherein the two or more interior conveyor chains are laterally aligned with the first and second side conveyor chains such that the two or more interior conveyor chains extend in the longitudinal direction and are translatable in the longitudinal direction, wherein the two or more interior conveyors are positioned relative to each other along the longitudinal direction to provide at least one opening between the two or more interior conveyors in the longitudinal direction.
A vehicle production assembly comprises a conveyor system configured to support a vehicle, wherein the conveyor system comprises a first side conveyor chain, a second side conveyor chain, and a plurality of middle conveyor chains longitudinally positioned between the first and second conveyor chains, wherein the first side conveyor chain comprises a top surface having a width sufficient to receive at least one wheel of the vehicle, wherein the second side conveyor chain comprises a top surface having a width sufficient to receive another wheel of the vehicle, wherein each middle conveyor chain of the plurality of middle conveyor chains comprises a top surface positionable underneath a body of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.