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Assembly station, particularly for working on automotive vehicle bodies

  • US 4,951,802 A
  • Filed: 10/16/1985
  • Issued: 08/28/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a vehicle body assembly line having an assembly station including tools installed in a work zone of said assembly station;

  • a transporting carriage arranged for advancing on a floor and having a generally horizontal travel path passing through said assembly station;

    said transporting carriage being arranged for carrying all vehicle body parts into the assembly station for being joined therein and for carrying joined vehicle body parts out of the assembly station along said travel path;

    the improvement wherein the work zone and said tools are situated at a level above that of said travel path;

    the improvement further comprising a hoist means situated in said assembly station laterally of said travel path for lifting the vehicle body parts to be joined together into said work zone from said travel path and for lowering the vehicle body parts joined together from said work zone into said travel path.

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