JPH0120112B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a sunroof supply device for supplying a sunroof into a vehicle body in order to assemble the sunroof onto the vehicle body on an automobile assembly line.

Conventionally, when assembling a sunroof onto a car body, two workers supported the sub-assembled sunroof from both sides of the car body, passed it over the bonnet, and supplied it to the worker inside the car body through the front window. ,
Workers inside the vehicle supported the sunroof until they temporarily attached it to the vehicle body. Therefore, the sunroof must be supported by at least two workers while being supplied to the inside of the vehicle body, resulting in poor work efficiency.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a sunroof supply device that mechanizes the supply of sunroofs for assembling the sunroof to the vehicle body and improves the efficiency of the sunroof assembly work in order to eliminate such conventional drawbacks. It is to provide.

A sunroof supply device according to a first aspect of the invention for achieving the first object includes: a support that is erected on the side of a conveyance line for a vehicle body on which a sunroof is to be assembled; a support stand rotatably mounted around an axis; a support arm supported by the support stand and extending radially outward of the support column; a support frame fixed to the tip of the support arm;
a mounting table mounted on the support frame so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the support arm extends; and a mounting table for mounting a sunroof for assembly; and a drive means for driving the support base up and down in at least two stages: a first stage position where the sunroof can be inserted, and a second stage position where the sunroof can be assembled inside the vehicle body.

By the way, in such a sunroof supply device, it is desirable to make the driving means compact by minimizing the amount of vertical movement of the support base, but if the lower limit position of the mounting base that moves up and down together with the support base is high, the mounting It requires a great deal of effort to place a relatively heavy sunroof on the stand. Furthermore, it is desirable to keep the space occupied by the mounting table and support frame as small as possible when not working to assemble the sunroof so as not to interfere with other work.

Therefore, in addition to the effects of the first invention, the second object of the present invention is to easily place the sunroof on the mounting table even if the lower limit position of the mounting table is high, and to improve the assembly work. To provide a sunroof supply device capable of reducing the space occupied by a support frame and a mounting table at other times.

In a second invention that achieves the second object, in addition to the configuration of the first invention, the support arm is supported on the support base in a non-rotatable manner around an axis along the radial direction of the support column.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, in the assembly process of a car, a sunroof is placed at a position where a sunroof is to be assembled to a car body in the middle of a car body conveyance line. A sunroof supply device 1 is installed on the side of the conveyance line of the vehicle body. This sunroof supply device 1 includes a support column 2, a support stand 3, and a support arm 4.
, a support frame 5, a mounting table 6, and a driving means 7, and can supply a sunroof to the inside of a vehicle body transported on a transport line.

The support column 2 has a cylindrical shape and is erected on the floor on the side of the conveyance line of the vehicle body. A support step 8 facing upward is provided in the middle of this support 2. on the other hand,
A cylindrical pivot tube 9 is fitted into the support column 2, and this pivot tube 9 is rotatably supported by the support step 8. A horizontal support plate 10 is fixed to the upper part of the rotating cylinder 9. In order to reinforce this support plate 10, a reinforcing plate 11 is installed between the rotating cylinder 9 and the support plate 10. Furthermore, a guide cylinder 12 is fixed to the support plate 10 at a position outward from the reinforcing plate 11, and extends vertically through the support plate 11. Brackets 13 are fixed to sandwich the rotating tube 9 from both sides.

A support tube 14 is attached to the support column 2 above the rotating tube 9.
is rotatably fitted into the support cylinder 14, and the support base 3 is fixed horizontally in the middle of the support cylinder 14. An insertion rod 15 extending downward is fixed to the support base 3, and the insertion rod 15 is inserted into the guide tube 12. Therefore,
The support stand 3 is prevented from rotating relative to the support plate 10, is rotatable around the support column 2 together with the rotating tube 9, and is guided by the guide tube 12 to move up and down.

In order to move the support base 3 up and down, a driving means 7 is provided between the support plate 10 and the support base 3. This driving means 7 is composed of a first cylinder 16 and a second cylinder 17 that extend vertically and are concentrically connected. The first cylinder 16 is supported by the bracket 13 of the support plate 10, and the second cylinder 17 is supported by the support plate 3. Supported. That is, the first cylinder 16
is supported by the bracket 13 with its piston rod 16a facing upward, and the second cylinder 17 is supported by the support base 3 with its piston rod 17a facing downward, and the tips of both piston rods 16a and 17a are concentrically connected. be done. According to this driving means 7, by driving the first cylinder 16 to extend, the support stand 3 can be raised to the height of the first stage, and by driving the second cylinder 17 to extend, the support stand 3 can be raised to the height of the first stage. can be raised to the height of the second stage. Moreover, the height of the first stage is set at a position where the mounting table 6 can be inserted into the vehicle body from the front window section of the vehicle body, and the height of the second stage is set at a position where the sunroof on the mounting table 6 can be assembled into the roof section of the vehicle body. It is set to a height that can be attached.

A positioning stopper 18 that protrudes outward in the radial direction is attached to the rotating tube 9 so as to be able to move forward and backward in the longitudinal direction.
For example, a locking hole 19 that can be engaged with
The holes are drilled at intervals of 18 degrees.
By engaging with the locking hole 19, the pivoting position of the pivot tube 9, and thus the support plate 10 and the support base 3, can be fixed at a desired position. Further, the bracket 13 is provided with a first operation section 20 for controlling the drive of the first cylinder 16.
By operating this first operation part 20 by a worker outside the vehicle body, the support platform 3 can be raised to the height of the first stage. Further, a second operating section 21 for controlling the drive of the second cylinder 17 is provided at the tip of the mounting table 6 in the insertion direction into the vehicle body so that it can be operated by a worker inside the vehicle body.

A bracket 22 is fixed to the support base 3 on the opposite side of the insertion rod 15 with respect to the support column 2, and a rotation shaft 23 having an axis extending along the radial direction of the support column 2 is rotatably attached to the bracket 22. supported by. Further, a substantially fan-shaped positioning plate 24 is suspended and fixed to the end of the support base 3 opposite to the insertion rod 15, and between this positioning plate 24 and the support base 3, the support plate 10 A pair of reinforcing plates 25 are installed so as to sandwich them from both sides.

A base of a substantially fan-shaped rotating plate 26 is fixed to the rotating shaft 23, and a base of a support arm 4 extending parallel to the axis of the rotating shaft 23 is fixed to the rotating plate 26. Further, a stopper 27 is attached to the rotating plate 26 so as to be able to move forward and backward, and the positioning plate 24 has locking holes 28 that can engage the stopper 27 at intervals along an arc centered on the axis of the rotating shaft 23. It is drilled by opening the hole. Therefore, the stopper 27 is placed on the positioning plate 2.
4, the positions of the rotating plate 26 and the supporting arm 4 around the rotating shaft 23 can be appropriately set.

A support frame 5 is fixed to the free end of the support arm 4. This support frame 5 is formed to be long in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the support arm 4, and has a pair of guide rails 29, 30 extending in parallel along the longitudinal direction.
Equipped with. Further, regulation plates 31 projecting upward are fixed to both longitudinal ends of the support frame 5, and a guide roller 32 is pivotally supported between the guide rails 29 and 30 near the other longitudinal end.

The mounting table 6 is placed on the support frame 5 so as to be movable along the longitudinal direction of the support frame 5. That is,
A pair of slide parts 34 and 35 are fixed to the lower surface of the mounting table 6 near one end along the moving direction 33, and these slide parts 34 and 35 are engaged with guide rails 29 and 30, respectively. . Further, the guide roller 32 on the support frame 5 comes into sliding contact with the lower surface of the mounting table 6. The ends of the slide parts 34 and 35 can come into contact with both of the regulation plates 31. Therefore, when each of the slide parts 34 and 35 comes into contact with the regulation plates 31, the movement of the mounting table 6 on the support frame 5 is prevented. is regulated.

On the mounting table 6, there is a sunroof 3 indicated by a two-dot chain line.
A plurality of positioning members 37 for positioning the ends of 6 are fixed respectively. Further, at one end in the longitudinal direction of the support frame 5 (the lower end in FIG. 2, the right end in FIG. One end of a wire 40 for performing an engagement release operation is connected to this engagement member 38. Furthermore, a release lever 41 is pivotally supported at the other end of the support frame 5 via a bracket 42, and the other end of the wire 40 is connected to the release lever 41. By operating this release lever 41, the wire 40 is pulled, and the engagement member 38 rotates around the pin 39 accordingly, releasing the engagement state with the mounting table 6, and the supporting frame of the mounting table 6. 5 can be moved.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, a to d sequentially schematically show the operation of the sunroof supply device 1, with the lower row showing the front view and the upper row showing the plane thereof. First, as shown in FIG.
The position of the support frame 5 is determined by the stopper 18, and in this state, the rotation shaft 23 is further rotated, and the support frame 5
At the tilted position of the mounting table 6, the stopper 27 fixes the position. Therefore, even if the lower limit position of the mounting table 6, that is, the position of the mounting table 6 when the driving means 7 is not operating, is high,
A relatively heavy sunroof can be placed on the mounting table 6 very easily. Further, since the mounting table 6 and the support frame 5 are inclined, the space occupied by them is reduced when the sunroof is not being assembled, and they do not interfere with other work.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4b, the stopper 27
The support frame 5 and the mounting table 6 are released from the tilted state, and the support frame 5 and the mounting table 6 are placed in a horizontal position, and the stopper 27 fixes the position again. Thereafter, the first cylinder 16 of the driving means 7 is driven to extend by the first operating section 20, and the support frame 5 and the mounting table 6 are raised to the first stage position.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4c, the rotating cylinder 9
is rotated by 90 degrees, and the position is fixed by the stopper 18. Thereby, it becomes possible to insert the mounting table 6 into the vehicle body that has been transported on the transport line from the front window portion thereof.

When the vehicle body has been transported until the end of the support frame 5 comes to a position facing the front window of the vehicle body, as shown in FIG. 4d, the transportation of the vehicle body is temporarily stopped. Further, the operator inside the vehicle body operates a release lever 41 provided at the end of the support frame 5 to release the engagement between the engagement member 38 and the mounting table 6, and pulls the mounting table 6 into the interior of the vehicle body. Next, the second cylinder 17 of the drive means 7 is activated by the operator inside the vehicle operating the second operation part 21 provided at the end of the mounting table 6.
is driven to extend, and the mounting table 6 is raised to the second stage position. Therefore, the sunroof on the mounting table 6 can be assembled to the roof portion of the vehicle body without the help of a worker inside the vehicle body or a worker outside the vehicle body.

After assembling the sunroof to the vehicle body, the previous operations are reversed and the mounting table 6 and support frame 5 are returned to the state shown in FIG. 4a, thereby completing the series of sunroof assembling operations.

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the present sunroof supply device includes a support that is erected on the side of the conveyance line of the vehicle body to which the sunroof is to be assembled; a support stand rotatably mounted; a support arm supported by the support stand and extending radially outward of the support; the support movable in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the support arm; a mounting base mounted on the frame for mounting the sunroof for assembly; a first mounting base capable of inserting the mounting base into the interior of the vehicle body from the front window portion of the vehicle body;
and a driving means for driving the support platform up and down in at least two stages: a step position and a second step position in which the sunroof can be assembled to the car body inside the car body, thereby mechanically supplying the sunroof inside the car body. This reduces the number of workers, reduces the number of work hours, and improves safety because manual movement of heavy objects is avoided. Moreover, the sunroof is stably supplied to the mounting location inside the vehicle body,
Furthermore, since there is no need to manually support the sunroof, assembly work becomes easier.

Further, according to the second invention, in addition to the configuration of the first invention, the support arm is supported on the support base so as to be rotatable around the axis along the radial direction of the column.
In addition to achieving the effects of the invention, it is also extremely easy to place the sunroof on the mounting table, and the lower limit position of the mounting table can be set at a relatively high position to reduce the amount of vertical movement of the support table. The drive means can be made compact. Moreover, the space occupied by the support frame and the mounting table can be reduced when the sunroof is not being assembled.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, FIG. 3 is a left side view of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 4 a, b, c, d schematically shows the operations sequentially, the lower row shows the front view, and the upper row shows the plane. 1... Sunroof supply device, 2... Support column, 3...
...Support stand, 4...Support arm, 5...Support frame, 6...
Mounting table, 7...driving means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a sunroof supply device for supplying a sunroof to the interior of a vehicle body in order to assemble the sunroof to the body of an automobile, a support that is erected on the side of a conveyance line for the vehicle body to which the sunroof is to be assembled. a support base mounted on the support column so as to be movable in the vertical direction and rotatable around an axis; a support arm supported by the support base and extending outward in the radial direction of the support support; a support frame to be fixed; a mounting table mounted on the support frame so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the support arms extend; and a mounting table on which a sunroof for assembly is placed; a first stage position where the mounting table can be inserted into the vehicle body;
A sunroof supply device comprising: drive means for driving the support base up and down in at least two stages, including a second stage position where the sunroof can be assembled to the vehicle body inside the vehicle body. 2. In a sunroof supply device for supplying a sunroof to the inside of a car body in order to assemble the sunroof to the body of an automobile, a support provided erected on the side of a conveyance line for the car body to which the sunroof is to be installed; a support stand mounted so as to be movable in the vertical direction and rotatable around an axis; a support arm supported on the support stand so as to be rotatable around an axis along the radial direction of the column, and extending outward along the radial direction; ; a support frame fixed to the tip of the support arm; and a mounting table mounted on the support frame so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the support arm, on which the sunroof for assembly is placed. and; a first stage position where a mounting table can be inserted into the vehicle body from the window portion of the vehicle body;
A sunroof supply device comprising: drive means for driving the support base up and down in at least two stages, including a second stage position where the sunroof can be assembled to the vehicle body inside the vehicle body.