JP2001278140A - Hanger for side panel transfer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To reduce the cost of a hanger 2 by enabling a side panel W to be positioned and supported on a hanger 2 without using a positioning clamp device. A support member (6) for suspending a side panel (W) on a hanger body (4) at an upper edge of a door opening (Wb) on a front side of a center pillar (Wa), and a first positioning member (7) abutting on a front edge of the center pillar (Wa). With the first
A tilting member 8 is provided behind the positioning member 7 so as to be tiltable forward from the standing position, and a second inserted into the opening Wc on the rear side of the center pillar Wa at the upper end of the tilting member 8.
The positioning member 9 is mounted. When the side panel W is transferred to the hanger 2, the side panel W tilts rearward and downward with the support member 6 as a fulcrum, and the tilting member 8 receives the tilting moment and tilts forward, and the second positioning member 9 moves. The center pillar Wa is sandwiched between the first and second positioning members 7 and 9 in contact with the corner at the upper end of the front portion of the opening Wc.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a side panel transport hanger for transporting a side panel of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a hanger of this type, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-97031 discloses a hanger main body in which a side panel is provided for an upper edge of a door opening on a front side of a center pillar and a rear door on a rear side of a center pillar. Before and after hanging at the upper edge of the opening for a four-door car or window (two-door car)
It is known that a pair of support members is attached, and a clamp device for sandwiching the center pillar from front and rear is provided so that the side panel can be positioned in the front-rear direction with respect to the hanger by the clamp device.

In this clamp device, a fixed clamp arm abutting on a front edge of a center pillar, a movable clamp arm abutting on a rear edge of the center pillar, and a drive for opening and closing the movable clamp arm with respect to the fixed clamp arm. After moving the side panel to the hanger with the movable clamp arm open, the movable clamp arm is closed to position the side panel.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional example, since it is necessary to mount a clamp device with a driving source on each hanger, there is a problem that the cost is increased.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a low-cost hanger capable of positioning a side panel without using a clamp device with a driving source.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems,
The present invention relates to a hanger for transporting a side panel of an automobile, wherein a support member for suspending the side panel on an upper edge of a door opening on a front side of a center pillar and a first member abutting on a front edge of the center pillar are provided on the hanger body. A tilting member is attached to the hanger main body, the tilting member is positioned rearward of the first positioning member, is tiltable forward from the standing position, and is normally biased and held at the standing position. At the upper end of the member, in a state where the tilting member is tilted forward from the standing position, the center pillar is positioned between the first positioning member and the corner formed by the upper edge of the opening on the rear side of the center pillar and the rear edge of the center pillar. And a second positioning member that is in contact with the second positioning member.

According to the present invention, since the tilting member is always at the upright position, the second positioning member is at the rear upper clearance position, and the distance between the first and second positioning members in the front-rear direction is reduced. spread. Then, after the side panel is transferred to the hanger by an appropriate transfer means so that the center pillar is inserted between the first and second positioning members, the support of the side panel by the transfer means is released. With the support point of the support member as a fulcrum, it tilts backward and downward, and the upper edge of the opening on the rear side of the center pillar comes into contact with the second positioning member. At this time, the tilting member receives the tilting moment of the side panel and tilts forward from the standing position, so that the contact position of the second positioning member with respect to the upper edge of the opening is shifted forward, and the upper edge of the opening and the center pillar are shifted. The second positioning member abuts on the corner formed by the trailing edge, and the side panel is pushed forward so that the front edge of the center pillar abuts on the first positioning member. In this way, when the center pillar is sandwiched between the first positioning member and the second positioning member,
The side panel no longer tilts backwards. Thus, the side panel is supported by the hanger while being positioned in the front-rear direction by the support member, the first positioning member, and the second positioning member.

In order to transport the left and right side panels with a single hanger, the hanger body may be provided with a pair of the support member, the first positioning member, and the tilting member, respectively. In this case, it is advantageous that the left and right side panels can be individually transferred to the hanger if the left and right tilting members can be tilted independently of each other.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIGS.
A conveyor rail is mounted on a ceiling frame 1a via a bracket 1b, and a hanger 2 for suspending left and right side panels W, W of the automobile is movably supported on the conveyor rail 1.

The hanger 2 has a movable body 3 having a plurality of hanging pieces 3b attached to the conveyor rail 1 and rotatably suspended via rollers 3a, and a plurality of hanging pieces 3b attached thereto. And the hanger main body 4 of FIG. Then, pinch rollers 5, 5 which rotate at high speed, sandwiching the movable body 3 from both the left and right sides, are disposed at appropriate positions in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor rail 1, and the hanger 2 is sent out by the pinch rollers 5, and moves along the conveyor rail 1 for a certain section. So that it can be driven by inertia.

The hanger body 4 includes a support member 6 for suspending the left and right side panels W at the upper edge of the front door opening Wb of the center pillar Wa, and a center pillar Wa.
And a first positioning member 7 that is in contact with a front edge of the first positioning member 7 is attached. To explain this in detail, a pipe member 6a elongated in the lateral direction is welded to the lower surface of the front end portion of the hanger main body 2 at the middle angled bent portion between the pipe members 6a, and the left and right ends of the pipe member 6a are shown in FIG. As described above, the V-shaped receiving seat 6b that receives the upper edge of the door opening Wb of each side panel W is attached, and the pipe member 6a and the receiving seat 6b constitute the supporting member 6. Further, on the lower surface of the hanger body 2, the pipe member 7 a which is located rearward of the pipe member 6 a and is laterally elongated is welded at an intermediate chevron-shaped bent portion, and is attached to each of the left and right ends of the pipe member 7 a. ,
As shown in FIG. 4, the center pillar W of each side panel W
An arc-shaped abutment 7b facing the front edge of a is attached, and the first positioning member 7 is constituted by the pipe member 7a and the abutment 7b. Also, as shown in FIG. 5, a pad 7c made of an elastic material such as urethane rubber which comes into contact with the inner side surface of the center pillar Wa is attached to the pipe member 7a via a bracket 7d.
The lateral vibration of the side panel W can be prevented.

The hanger main body 2 is further provided with a tilting member 8 which is located rearward of the first positioning member 7 and is tiltable forward from a standing position. Then, a second positioning member 9 made of a pipe material elongated in the lateral direction is welded to an upper end of the tilting member 8 at an intermediate portion thereof, thereby forming the tilting member 8.
Is tilted forward, the center pillar W of each side panel W
The second positioning member 9 abuts on a corner formed by the upper edge of the rear opening Wc and the rear edge of the center pillar Wa so that the center pillar Wa is sandwiched between the first positioning member 7 and the center pillar Wa. ing.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the tilting member 8 is provided on a bearing 8b at the lower end of a leg piece 8a suspended from the lower surface of the hanger main body 4, and a support shaft provided at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the tilting member 8. At 8c, it is supported so as to be tiltable. Then, a rod-shaped contact member 8d is mounted on the tilting member 8 above the support shaft 8c, and an inverted L-shaped stopper 8e is mounted on the front surface of the lower end of the leg piece 8a, so that the tilting range of the tilting member 8 is The position is restricted between a standing position where the contact member 8d contacts the leg piece 8a and a forwardly inclined position where the contact member 8d contacts the stopper 8e. The stopper 8e is bolted to the leg 8a in the elongated hole 8f formed in the stopper 8e so as to be vertically adjustable so that the forward tilting position of the tilting member 8 can be adjusted.

A weight 8 g is provided at the lower end of the tilting member 8.
Is attached, so that the tilting member 8 is normally biased and held at the standing position by the weight of the weight 8 g. Further, an engagement piece 8h that engages with an outer surface of a rear portion of the opening Wc of each side panel W is attached to a lower portion of the tilting member 8 at a front tilting position of the tilting member 8, and the side panel W is moved in the lateral direction. It is designed to prevent outward displacement.
Note that a spring may be provided instead of the weight 8g, and the tilting member 8 may be biased and held at the upright position by the spring.

The side panel W is transferred to the hanger 2 by an appropriate transfer means (not shown). At the time of this transfer, first, the side panel W is moved by the transfer means in FIG.
As shown in (A), the support member 6 and the first
The positioning member 7 is inserted, and the second positioning member 9 is roughly set with respect to the hanger 2 so that the second positioning member 9 is inserted into the rear opening Wc of the center pillar Wa. Is lowered to a position where the upper edge of the support panel 6 is seated on the support member 6, and then the side panel W is moved by the transfer means.
Release support. According to this, the side panel W tilts rearward and downward with the support point of the support member 6 as a fulcrum,
The upper edge of the opening Wc contacts the second positioning member 9. In this case, the tilting member 8 receives the tilting moment of the side panel W backward and downward and tilts forward from the standing position, so that the contact position of the second positioning member 9 with respect to the opening Wc shifts forward, and the opening Wc The second positioning member 9 abuts on a corner formed by the upper edge of the center pillar Wa and the rear edge of the center pillar Wa. Then, the side panel W is pushed forward via the second positioning member 9 by the rearward and downward tilting moment of the side panel W, and the tilting member 8 is brought into contact with the stopper 8e by the contact member 8.
d, the front edge of the center pillar Wa comes into contact with the first positioning member 7 and the center pillar Wa is positioned between the first positioning member 7 and the second positioning member 9. Wa is sandwiched. Thus, the side panel W is supported by the hanger 2 while being positioned in the front-rear direction by the support member 6, the first positioning member 7, and the second positioning member 9.

When the center pillar Wa is sandwiched between the first and second positioning members 7 and 9, the first positioning member 7 can receive the rearward and downward tilting moment of the side panel W. Even if the forward tilt position of the member 8 is not restricted by the stopper 8e, the side panel W will not tilt backward any further. Therefore, although the stopper 8e is not indispensable, to prevent the center pillar Wa from being deformed,
The stopper 8e is provided as in the present embodiment, and the side panel W
It is desirable to be able to receive the downward tilting moment by the stopper 8e.

By the way, a large load acts on the corner formed by the upper edge of the opening Wc and the rear edge of the center pillar Wa via the second positioning member 9. The load acting on the corner portion at the time of feeding is considerably large due to the inertia of the side panel W, but the corner portion has high rigidity and an impact load exceeding the tilting moment of the side panel W at the time of feeding the hanger 2 is applied. At this time, since the tilting member 7 is tilted in the rising direction to absorb the impact load, a problem such as deformation of the corner does not occur.

In the above embodiment, the left and right tilting members 8, 8 are integrated, but as shown in FIG. 8, the left and right tilting members 8, 8 are connected to the support shaft 8c, the contact member 8d,
The left and right tilting members 8, 8 are respectively separated into a pair of left and right bearings 8b, 8b at the lower end of the leg piece 8a together with attached members such as a stopper 8e, a weight 8g, an engagement piece 8h, and a second positioning member 9. The support shaft 8c may be individually supported.
According to this, the left and right tilting members 8 can be tilted independently of each other, and the left and right side panels W, W
Can be individually transferred.

The side panel W is for a two-door type vehicle in which an opening Wc on the rear side of the center pillar Wa serves as an opening for a window. A side panel for a four-door type vehicle that serves as a rear door opening can also be supported by the hanger 2 in the same manner as described above.

[0020]

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the side panel can be positioned and supported on the hanger by utilizing its weight, and the clamp with the driving source for positioning the side panel can be provided. No more equipment needed
Cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a side view showing a state of an example of the hanger of the present invention when a side panel is transferred, and FIG. 1B is a side view showing a state of the hanger after the side panel is transferred.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the hanger viewed from the direction of arrow II in FIG. 1 (B).

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of a main part of the support member.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of a main part of a first positioning member.

FIG. 5 is a plan view seen from the direction of arrow V in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view of an arrangement portion of the tilting member.

7 is a front view of an arrangement portion of the tilting member viewed from the direction of arrow VII in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a front view of an arrangement portion of a tilting member corresponding to FIG. 7 of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

W side panel Wa center pillar Wb door opening Wc rear opening of center pillar 2 hanger 4 hanger body 6 support member 7 first positioning member 8 tilting member 9 second positioning member

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Keiichi Takahashi 1-10-1, Shinsayama, Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture Inside Honda Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yukihiro Yaguchi 1-10-1, Shinsayama, Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture Hong Inside of Da Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoshito Ohtake 1-10-1, Shinsayama, Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture Inside of Honda Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Makoto Saito 1-10-1, Shinsayama, Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture Honda Engineering (72) Inventor Toshio Kawano 1-10-1, Shinsayama, Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture Honda Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshihiko Neutral 1-10-1, Shinsayama, Sayama City, Saitama Honda Engineering Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 3D114 AA20 BA01 DA06 FA03 GA05

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A hanger for transporting a side panel of an automobile, comprising: a support member for suspending the side panel on an upper edge of a door opening on a front side of a center pillar; Attaching with the 1 positioning member, the hanger main body is provided with a tilting member which is located rearward of the first positioning member, is tiltable forward from the standing position, and is normally biased and held at the standing position, At the upper end of the tilting member, in a state where the tilting member is tilted forward from the standing position, the center pillar and the first positioning member are attached to a corner formed by the upper edge of the rear opening of the center pillar and the rear edge of the center pillar. A side panel transport hanger, wherein a second positioning member that abuts so as to be sandwiched therebetween is attached. 2. In order to transport the left and right side panels by a single hanger, the hanger main body is provided with a pair of the left and right support members, the first positioning member, and the tilting member. 2. The side panel transport hanger according to claim 1, wherein the members are independently tiltable.