US4699264A
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Automatic hanging up and taking down devices for automobile wheels
Assignee: Toyota Tsusho Corp
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Filing: 1986-09-02
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Granted: 1987-10-13
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Expires: 2006-09-02
Abstract
Abstract Automatic hanging up and taking down devices for automobile wheels which aim at perfect automation of an automobile wheel coating process. The hanging up device carries out automatic and simultaneous hanging of a plurality of wheels on a hanger suspended from a trolley conveyor by a wheel gripping mechanism comprising a truck which is movable in parallel with a trolley conveyor and a main frame arranged in such a fashion that it is movable in a direction at a right angle to a moving direction of the trolley conveyor. The taking down device carries out automatic taking down of a plurality of wheels hung on the hanger.
Inventors
- 👤 Kouichi Tsuruoka
- 👤 Takaaki Kannan
- 👤 Jiro Suematu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 06:33
CPC Classifications
B; B22; B22D; B22D11/00; B22D11/06; B22D11/0605; B61; B61B; B61B13/00; B61B13/12; B22D11/0637; B22D11/068; B22D11/0685; B22D41/00; B22D41/14; B22D41/22; B22D41/28; B22D41/34; B25; B25C; B25C5/00; B25C5/02; B25C5/0285; B25C5/0292; B27; B27K; B27K3/00; B27K3/02; B27K3/0278; B27K3/0292; B27K3/08; B27K3/16; B27K3/22; B27K3/34; B27K3/52; B27K5/00; B27K5/001; B29; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/16; B29C48/18; B29C48/21; B29C48/25; B29C48/30; B29C48/305; B29C48/307; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/30; B41; B41F; B41F13/00; B41F13/08; B41F13/10; B41F13/12; B41F13/14; B41F13/16; B60; B60B; B60B39/00; B60B39/003; B60B39/006; B60M; B60M3/00; B60M3/04; B60W; B60W10/00; B60W10/02; B60W10/04; B60W10/06; B60W10/10; B60W10/11; B60W30/00; B60W30/18; B61B13/08; B65; B65B; B65B55/00; B65B55/02; B65B55/022; B65B7/00; B65B7/02; B65D; B65D33/00; B65D33/16; B65D75/00; B65D75/52; B65D75/58; B65D75/5861; B65D75/5872; B65D75/5877; B65D83/00; B65D83/14; B65D83/70; B65G; B65G47/00; B65G47/52; B65G47/60; B65G47/61; F; F16; F16H; F16H61/00; F16H61/12; F16K; F16K17/00; F16K17/02; F16K17/14; F16K17/16; F16K17/162; H; H01; H01G; H01G9/00; H01G9/004; H01G9/08; H01G9/12; H01M; H01M50/00; H01M50/30; H01M50/342; H01M50/3425; B27K2240/00; B27K2240/30; B29C48/03; B29C48/07; B29C48/08; B29K; B29K2033/00; B29K2055/00; B29K2055/02; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/769; B29L2031/7692; B60W50/00; B60W50/02; B60W50/0205; B60W2050/021; B60W2510/00; B60W2510/06; B60W2510/0638; B60W2510/10; B60W2510/1015; B60W2510/102; B60W2510/104; B60W2540/00; B60W2540/12; B65G2201/00; B65G2201/02; B65G2201/0214; F16H2061/1208; F16H2061/122; F16H2061/1256; F16H2061/1284; F16H59/00; F16H59/36; F16H59/38; F16H59/40; F16H59/42; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10; Y10; Y10S; Y10S101/00; Y10S101/36; Y10S477/00; Y10S477/906; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/4935; Y10T428/662
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
Automatic hanging up and taking down devices for automobile wheels, each device comprising a truck mounted on two rails in such a fashion that it moves reciprocally in parallel with a moving direction of a hanger suspended from a trolley conveyor, a hanger clamper mounted on said truck so as to grip a lower end of said hanger, a main frame which is mounted on said truck and moves back and forth at a right angle to a moving direction of the trolley conveyor, and a wheel gripping mechanism composed of clampers and support plates which are disposed on the main frame for releasing and gripping wheels.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
107 words
Automatic hanging up and taking down devices for automobile wheels, each device comprising a truck mounted on two rails in such a fashion that it moves reciprocally in parallel with a moving direction of a hanger suspended from a trolley conveyor, a hanger clamper mounted on said truck so as to grip a lower end of said hanger, a main frame which is mounted on said truck and moves back and forth at a right angle to a moving direction of the trolley conveyor, and a wheel gripping mechanism composed of clampers and support plates which are disposed on the main frame for releasing and gripping wheels.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
123 words
An automatic hanging up device for automobile wheels provided with a truck mounted on two rails in such a fashion that it moves reciprocally in parallel with a moving direction of a hanger suspended from a trolley conveyor, a hanger clamper mounted on said truck so as to grip a lower end of said hanger, a main frame which is mounted on said truck and moves back and forth at a right angle to a moving direction of the trolley conveyor, a wheel gripping mechanism which is composed of clampers and support plates for releasing and gripping wheels, a shooter to supply wheels to said wheel gripping mechanism, and a pressing means to press wheels from said wheel gripping mechanism to the hanger.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
123 words
An automatic hanging up device for automobile wheels provided with a truck mounted on two rails in such a fashion that it moves reciprocally in parallel with a moving direction of a hanger suspended from a trolley conveyor, a hanger clamper mounted on said truck so as to grip a lower end of said hanger, a main frame which is mounted on said truck and moves back and forth at a right angle to a moving direction of the trolley conveyor, a wheel gripping mechanism which is composed of clampers and support plates for releasing and gripping wheels, a shooter to supply wheels to said wheel gripping mechanism, and a pressing means to press wheels from said wheel gripping mechanism to the hanger.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
122 words
An automatic taking down device for automobile wheels provided with a wheel gripping mechanism comprising a truck mounted on two rails in such a fashion that it moves reciprocally in parallel with a moving direction of a hanger suspended from a trolley conveyor, a hanger clamper mounted on said truck so as to grip a lower end of said hanger, a main frame which is mounted on said truck and moves back and forth at a right angle to a moving direction of the trolley conveyor, a wheel gripping mechanism which is composed of clampers and support plates for releasing and gripping wheels, and a wheel pushing out means to push out wheels from said wheel gripping mechanism onto a discharging conveyor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
122 words
An automatic taking down device for automobile wheels provided with a wheel gripping mechanism comprising a truck mounted on two rails in such a fashion that it moves reciprocally in parallel with a moving direction of a hanger suspended from a trolley conveyor, a hanger clamper mounted on said truck so as to grip a lower end of said hanger, a main frame which is mounted on said truck and moves back and forth at a right angle to a moving direction of the trolley conveyor, a wheel gripping mechanism which is composed of clampers and support plates for releasing and gripping wheels, and a wheel pushing out means to push out wheels from said wheel gripping mechanism onto a discharging conveyor.
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