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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1987
Hiroshi Fujii, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for loading a spare wheel on a vehicle body comprises a robot operative to load the spare wheel on a predetermined portion provided in the vehicle body supported and transported by a carrier mounted on a vehicle body conveying device, a speed detecting device including a movable mechanism which engages temporarily with the carrier to move together with the carrier and detecting a speed of transportation of the vehicle body based on a speed of movement of the movable mechanism, and a robot moving device for shifting the robot along a direction of transportation of the vehicle body at a speed determined in response to the speed detected by the speed detecting means.