Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki

Ichiro Ishibashi

Kiyohiro Ichinose

Tadashi Takeo

Masayuki Enomoto

Sachihiro Yamashita

Junichi Murayama

Tohru Yamamoto

Syogo Ozawa

Mashayuki Enomoto

Saburo Fujii

Mitsuki Nakamura

Toshiharu Kano

An object having three-dimensional surfaces such as an automotive vehicle body is painted by painting mechanisms movable along a transfer path near the object. Each of the painting mechanisms has a plurality of paint spray guns displaceable dependent on the surfaces to be painted, the paint spray guns being adjustably located at optimum distances and angles with respect to the surfaces to be painted for applying a uniform paint coat to the object. No paint runs and sags will be formed on the coated surfaces.

Method for uniformly painting an object with moving spray guns spaced a

An object having three-dimensional surface such as an automotive vehicle body is painted by painting mechanisms movable along a transfer path near the object. Each of the painting mechansims has a plurality of paint spray guns displaceable dependent on the surfaces to be painted, the paint spray guns being adjustably located at optimum distances and angles with respect to the surfaces to be painted for applying a uniform paint coat to the object. No pain runs and sags will be formed on the coated surfaces.

Method and apparatus for painting object

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for attaching a ring-like part to the outer periphery of a columnar material, as, for example, in the assembling of a catalytic converter. The columnar material is positioned and supported with its axis oriented horizontally. A guide member is supported from the side to position it adjacent to the columnar material on the same axis as the columnar material. The guide member has an outer inclined surface enlarged towards the columnar material. The guide member is then supported in the axial direction and at the same time, has the side support thereof released. The ring-like part is then pushed while guiding it on the outer inclined surface of the guide member to fit it over a portion of the columnar material. The pushing of the ring-like part is released and then the guide member is again supported from the sides, while at the same time, the support thereof from the axial direction is released. Using the disclosed method and apparatus, it is possible to attach the ring-like part to the columnar material without previously passing the ring-like part over the guide member.

Method and apparatus for attaching a ring-like part to the outer

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for assembling an insert assembly in a catalytic converter comprising a casing and an insert assembly therein. The insert assembly comprises a columnar catalyst having a seal mat wound around the outer periphery thereof and a mesh ring attached thereto. The seal mat is fitted in a groove provided in a receiving member for the placement of a catalyst and the catalyst is placed and positioned, with its axis substantially horizontal, on the receiving member. A guide member is positioned adjacent to the catalyst on the same axis as the catalyst and supported from the sides thereof, the guide member having an outer inclined surface enlarged towards the catalyst. The mesh ring is positioned on the same axis as the catalyst on the side of the guide member opposite to the side of the catalyst. The opposite end of the seal mat are engaged to wind the seal mat around the catalyst and the mesh ring is resiliently supported from the outside thereof. The guide member is supported from an axial direction through said mesh ring and at the same time, is released from the side support. The mesh ring is pushed towards the catalyst while expanding it along the outer inclined surface of the guide member, and the mesh ring is thereby fitted onto the catalyst. With this method and apparatus, the winding of the seal mat around and the attaching of the mesh ring to the catalyst can be conducted in one step to provide a reduction in assembling time.

Method and apparatus for assembling an insert assembly for a catalytic

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Sayama, Japan

Ichiro Ishibashi