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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1989
Iwao Maruyama, Sayama, JP;
Kimitake Uzuyama, Sayama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for securely fastening a boot to a driving shaft in which a boot is fitted over each of both ends of driving shaft so as to cover an open end of a joint attached to each end of the shaft, and a band is wound around each of both ends of the boot by a band winding device so as to fasten both ends of the boot securely to the shaft body and the joint respectively, the apparatus comprising an assembly line along which the driving shaft is conveyed; a conveying jig movable along the assembly line, conveying jig having clampers for clamping a shank portion of each of the joints and the shaft body; the assembly line having a plurality of assembly stations, each of the assembly stations having at least one band winding device for winding a band around each of the predetermined end portions of the boot, and a positioning device for positioning the conveying jig at the assembly station; a loader device for setting the driving shaft on the conveying jig standing in a charging station located at a starting end of the assembly line; and a position alignment device for positionally aligning the driving shaft so as to have each of the joints and each of the boots positioned respectively at the predetermined positions with respect thereto, so that the driving shaft positionally so aligned by the position alignment device can be set on the conveying jig in aligned state through the loader device.