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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1987
Shisho Akutagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Seizo Sunaga, Hiratsuka, JP;
Takeshi Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Kouji Izumida, Ayase, JP;
Topy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A loading/unloading apparatus for loading/unloading a work on/from a moving hanger having a vertically extending support rod and an arm for carrying a work fixed at one end to the support rod. The apparatus comprises a truck, a rail extending in parallel with the arm, a framework slidably mounted on the rail, an upper work-holding device supported by the framework via a lifter, a lower work-holding means supported by the framework via clamp driving device, and a hanger clamping device means. Since the truck is driven at the same speed as the hanger, loading/unloading without stopping the conveyer is possible. Also, since the upper and lower work-holding device are moved in a direction parallel to the direction in which the arm extends, no interference between the work and the arm occurs during loading/unloading. Finally, since the apparatus includes a hanger clamping device means, inclination of the hanger during loading/unloading is prevented.