Disclosed herein is a clamping block module for securing an article in a support frame or carrier for producing a component subassembly. The clamping block module is attached to the support frame oil static or articulable members or transfer portions. The peripheral edge of an article, for example an automobile door, is engaged and/or supported by a series of pads coupled to the support frame. The clamping block, coupled to an articulable member or transfer portion mounted on the support frame selectively reversibly engages the article so as to temporarily secure the component in place in the support frame such that an associate can install additional parts on the article for producing a subassembly or move the article to a second location or subsequent location. The clamping block has a body portion with a plurality of elongate projections. In operation, a local area of the elongate projections have a distal portion laterally displaced and the projections frictionally engage a portion of the peripheral edge of the article when the article is secured in the support frame. The plurality of projections may allow the clamping block module to be used for securing various different components having different contours.
MODULE, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CARRYING ARTICLES
MODULE, DISPOSITF ET PROCEDE DE TRANSPORT D'ARTICLES
2015-06-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS , Transport- oder Lagervorrichtungen, z.B. Förderer zum Laden oder Abladen / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge / B66C Krane , CRANES / F16M Rahmen, Gehäuse oder Grundplatten von Kraftmaschinen oder anderen Maschinen oder von Apparaten, nicht auf eine besondere Art von Maschine oder Apparat eingeschränkt, die anderweitig vorgesehen ist , FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE |
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