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AssigneeRockwell-Golde G.m.b.H.
InventorsRainer Grimm, Horst Bohm
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In a method and apparatus for the height adjustment and installation of a slidable and/or raising, rigid roof member, to be built into a roof opening of an automobile roof, which roof member, after its height adjustment, is screwed to elements of the roof construction which do not participate in the height adjustment movement, a rapid and reliable height adjustment and installation are achieved in that, first the actuating elements are moved into the closed position, whereupon the roof member is inserted, by means of an installation template engaging over the roof opening and to be positioned onto the automobile roof, into the roof opening in a defined position with pressing of the roof member front edge onto the associated roof opening edge and simultaneous height adjustment, whereafter finally the screwing of the roof member in this position takes place.
A method for the installation and height adjustment of a slidable and/or raisable, rigid roof member in a roof opening of an automobile roof, the method including the steps of first moving actuating elements of the roof construction into a roof-member-closed position, inserting the roof member into the roof opening in a defined position by means of a template engaging over the roof opening and positioned on the automobile roof while pressing a front edge of the roof member onto an adjacent roof opening edge and simultaneously adjusting the height of the roof member relatively to the roof, and thereafter securing the roof member in this installed position at a plurality of locations.
An apparatus for carrying out a method for the installation and height adjustment of a slidable and/or raisable, rigid roof member in a roof opening of an automobile roof, the apparatus comprising a reinforcing frame fitted to the underside of said roof member, a roof frame surrounding the roof openings, raising elements slidably guided on the roof frame, parts of said reinforcing frame having securing lugs to enable said roof member to be secured to said raising elements, a stop on said reinforcing frame, a compression spring element secured to an adjacent roof member raising element, said spring element in its relaxed state being displaced with its end nearest the stop into a roof member closure displacement direction and, when the roof member is inserted, being displaceable against its spring bias by the stop with consequent spring loading of the roof member in the opposite direction, and there being further spaced-apart springs secured to the reinforcing frame, which springs, as said roof member is inserted, meet one of said roof member raising elements before said roof member has been urged into its correct height-adjusted position.
An apparatus for carrying out a method for the installation and height adjustment of a slidable and/or raisable rigid roof member in a roof opening of an automobile roof, the apparatus comprising a template, a reinforcing frame fitted to the underside of said roof member, a roof frame surrounding said opening, raising elements slidably guided on the roof frame parts of said reinforcing frame having securing lugs to enable said roof member to be secured to said raising elements, said template having bearing surfaces and spaced bonding elements for temporarily bonding said template with said roof member.
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