Conveyance apparatus
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsChitoshi Sagane, Hidenobu Nishida, Yuji Masaki, Makoto Sakai, Shunichi Furusawa
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Abstract
A carrier 3 that is moveably supported on the side of a conveyor 2 is provided with a rotational shaft 4 projecting laterally therefrom. A workpiece 1 is mounted on the rotational shaft 4 in an upright condition, wherein the workpiece 1 is arranged to vertically rotate 360° in the same plane by rotating the rotational shaft 4 360° around its axis. With this construction, the workpiece position can be continuously changed to a floor conveyor position, an overhead conveyor position and to the floor conveyor position without transfer of the workpiece 1.
Claims18
A conveyance apparatus having a conveyor for supporting a workpiece and adapted to allow the workpiece to pass through a plurality of treating processes while changing a workpiece position, wherein a position control mechanism for changing the workpiece position is provided so that the workpiece position required for each treating process can be continuously changed without transfer of the workpiece.
A conveyance apparatus having a conveyor for supporting a workpiece through a carrier and adapted to allow the workpiece to pass through a plurality of treating processes while changing a workpiece position, wherein a part of the conveyor is arranged to serve as a moveable portion and a rotational means is provided to rotate the moveable portion in a plane at right angles to the direction of travel, wherein the rotational means rotates the moveable portion together with the carrier.
A conveyance apparatus for mixed workpieces in which a workpiece conveying path is provided above a treatment bath, and a workpiece to be immersed in the treatment bath and a workpiece not to be immersed in the treatment bath are adapted to be mixedly conveyed by means of a carrier which is capable of running along a travelling rail of said workpiece conveying path, wherein a carrier inversion mechanism is provided in at least one portion of said workpiece conveying path above said treatment bath, and said workpiece to be immersed in said treatment bath is inverted in a plane at right angles to said conveying path by said carrier inversion mechanism, to allow the workpiece to pass the treatment bath.
A conveyance apparatus in which a workpiece is conveyed along a workpiece conveyance path from a pretreatment process to a drying process, wherein different heights are provided for a workpiece conveyance path for a pretreatment process and a workpiece conveyance path for a drying process, a connecting workpiece conveyance path being provided at an intermediate portion of the two processes, on the connecting workpiece conveyance path, a conveyance path lifter mechanism is provided to transfer a workpiece conveyed from the workpiece conveying path of the pretreatment process toward the workpiece conveyance path of the drying process.
A conveyance apparatus in which different heights are provided for a workpiece conveyance path for a pretreatment process and a workpiece conveyance path for a drying process, a connecting workpiece conveyance path being provided at an intermediate portion of the two processes, wherein, on the connecting workpiece conveyance path, a conveyance path reversing mechanism is provided to transfer a workpiece conveyed from the workpiece conveyance path of the pretreatment process toward the workpiece conveyance path of the drying process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.