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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
May. 07, 1987
Satoshi Kadowaki, Sayama, JP;
Hiroyuki Furuya, Sayama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A working line for performing certain operations on a side panel for a motorcar including, in order, a set station, a welding station, and a sealing station. A set carrier is reciprocatable on a first railway between the set station and the welding station and carries a set jig on which the side panel components are loadable in a standing posture. Holding members and welding robots are provided on one lateral side of the welding station to receive the side panel, hold it in place, and weld it, all in a standing posture. A discharging carrier is reciprocatable between the welding station and the sealing station on a second railway offset sideways in relation to the first railway and carries a discharging jig for receiving the welded side panel and conveying it in its standing posture to the sealing station. A sealing jig and a sealing agent application robot are disposed at the sealing station opposite one to another on both sides of the second railway. A particular X link mechanism attaches the set jig to a link base on the set carrier to enable the set jig to be movable laterally of the carrier. A particular supporting frame attaches the discharging jig to the discharging carrier to enable the jig to be movable both laterally and vertically of the carrier.