Method and device for dismantling automobiles

A method of dismantling an automobile comprising the steps of:

• A) placing the automobile on a transporting member disposed on rails so that a bottom side of the automobile faces the transporting member;
• B) moving the transporting member with the automobile thereon over the rails and past a plurality of disassembly stations, one of the disassembly stations including a rotating device;
• C) stopping the transporting member with the automobile thereon at selected ones of the disassembly stations;
• D) disassembling parts of the automobile at the selected ones of the disassembly stations;
• E) stopping the transporting member with the automobile thereon at the rotating device and utilizing the rotating device to lift the automobile off of the transporting member;
• F) rotating the lifted automobile with the rotating device so that the bottom side of the automobile faces approximately directly opposite from the transporting member such that the bottom side of the automobile is accessible from above;
• G) providing return rails and a first transitioning mechanism for transitioning the transporting member from the rails to the return rails;
• H) after steps A) through F) removing the automobile from the transporting member;
• I) subsequent to step H) moving the transporting member onto said transitioning mechanism at a first position adjacent the rails;
• J) subsequent to step I) moving the first transitioning mechanism having the transporting member thereon to a second position adjacent the return rails;
• K) subsequent to step J) moving the transporting member from the first transitioning mechanism onto the return rails;
• and then
• L) moving the transporting member over the return rails to a loading position where the transporting member is available for subsequent placing on the rails.