Cell for repairing vehicle bodywork
AssigneeOmia
InventorGuy Martin
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Abstract
Cell for repairing a portion of a vehicle, including a plurality of modular panels, forming ceiling, cladding, floor, wherein the panels are secured together so as to make up a volume encompassing, on the one hand, all or some of the vehicle and, on the other hand, all of the means necessary for repairing the said vehicle, the said volume being equipped on one of its sides with at least one opening for the introduction of the said vehicle, the said opening being provided over all or some of its periphery with a sealing member allowing the said cell to be used in a configuration in which the volume and energy required are reduced.
Claims6
A vehicle repair cell comprising:
- modular panels interconnected to form an enclosure of the cell having a relatively short length so that only a section of a vehicle to be repaired may be enclosed within the cell, said cell having an open end;
- a first inflatable sealing member, having a generally U-shaped configuration for framing said open end of the enclosure which admits a vehicle, a vehicle resting in the open end during repair;
- first means liar vertically moving the inflatable sealing member between a first retracted open position for receiving a vehicle, and a second lower position for contacting and sealing the vehicle body relative to the open end;
- a second sealing member normally retracted within a lower recess of the cell;
- second means for vertically moving the second sealing member between a first retracted position for receiving a vehicle, without obstruction, and a second raised position for contacting and sealing the vehicle, below its undercarriage, relative to the open end;
- the first and second sealing members thereby creating a seal between the periphery of the vehicle and the open end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.