CN101194050B

CN101194050B - Holder for parts to be painted

Info

Publication number: CN101194050B
Application number: CN2005800374136A
Authority: CN
Inventors: A·萨尔维
Original assignee: Renault SAS
Current assignee: Renault SAS
Priority date: 2004-11-04
Filing date: 2005-10-24
Publication date: 2011-01-05
Anticipated expiration: 2025-10-24
Also published as: CN101194050A; FR2877242B1; FR2877242A1; RU2007120511A; BRPI0517926A; WO2006048569A3; WO2006048569A2; RU2398919C2

Abstract

The invention relates to a holder for parts to be subjected to a surface treatment, for a vehicle comprising a chassis (57). Said holder comprises means (49, 65) for fixing parts in translation to the holder, at least one means (49, 65) for electrically connecting at least one part to the holder, a means (16a, 60a) for electrically connecting the holder to an electrode, the two electrically connecting means being electrically interconnected, and at least one means (16, 12) for mechanically fixing the holder to the chassis (57) of the vehicle.

Description

The retainer that is used for the parts that will apply

Technical field

The present invention relates to be used to support the field of tool that to carry out the surface-treated parts, especially relate to the field of tool of the parts of that support will apply, as to be used to be equipped with chassis vehicle.

Background technology

In this field, US 5 879 021 has proposed a kind of carriage of adjustable size, and it is used to transmit a plurality of parts that will be applied by coating equipment.This carriage abreast and put the parts that will apply and can move them to translation on the whole length of coating equipment.Use the processing cost of this instrument especially proportional divided by speed by the coating unit translation with the length of carriage.In this document, the reduction of processing cost by parts and put density and realize.But this cost is still proportional with the size of parts to be processed.

Patent application EP-A-013 966 discloses a kind of equipment that is used to keep vehicle part, and it makes and applies operation and become and be easy to.This document has proposed a kind ofly can be suitable for the adjustable retainer of various types of position component.

In addition, patent US 5 127 359, US 6 109 600 and US 6 173 947 disclose the big vehicle part that is used for individual curing, the retainer of for example splash pan.

Above-mentioned file has all been described the instrument that is used to apply vehicle part, and they all have the defective that applies special coating operation on described parts.Compare with the processing of other type components, especially compare with the processing of vehicle chassis, this may cause colour-change, or handles the variation of thickness.

At last, US 4 872 963 has described a kind of retainer that is used for sprung parts.This retainer is directed and is used for being connected a plurality of parts that will immerse the protectiveness electrolyzer.Described retainer is connected in electrode, and like this, each parts all electrically contacts with retainer.But, in this document, the processing of sprung parts is coordinated mutually with the processing of other type components.

In addition, this instrument is applicable to very undersized parts, and is not suitable for middle-sized parts.This be because, specific question can appear when handling overall size less than external door but greater than the parts of nuts and bolt or handle, the middle-sized parts of this class for example comprise glove box door or floor hatch.These parts are visible normally, and is exposed to external environment usually, therefore, must handle these parts usually to have and chassis or the identical feature of car body of handling vehicle with technical on sense organ.The erosion resistance of these parts especially must be consistent with the erosion resistance on chassis.Such erosion resistance realizes by electrophoretic process usually.

Summary of the invention

The present invention proposes a kind of instrument that is used to keep carrying out the surface-treated parts, it has solved these defectives, and the characteristics of the processing that it provides are identical, especially identical with the processing of vehicle chassis with other type components of processing.

The present invention also aims to, reduce the cost of handling vehicle part greatly, especially reduce the cost of handling middle-sized parts.

The present invention proposes a kind of instrument, it is specially adapted to utilize the processing of liquid cell, and for example coating processing or electrolysis treatment, especially electrophoretic coating are handled.

In one embodiment, theme of the present invention is a kind of retainer that is used for carrying out the surface-treated parts, this retainer is used to be equipped with the vehicle on chassis, and this retainer comprises: be used for fixing the device of described parts so that make parts with the retainer translation the device that moves; At least one is used at least one parts is electrically connected to device on the retainer; Be used for retainer is electrically connected to device on the electrode, two arrangements of electric connections are electrically connected.Retainer comprises that at least one is used for retainer is mechanically secured to device on the vehicle chassis.

Should be appreciated that retainer allows the parts of its support to carry out the identical surface treatment of being carried out with vehicle chassis of surface treatment because retainer is fixed on the vehicle chassis.It is also understood that this retainer has reduced processing cost widely, this processing cost is partly covered by the vehicle chassis processing cost.

Advantageously, this retainer comprises and is used for each parts is mechanically secured to device on the retainer, for example, described device occupied in the contact area between each parts and the retainer less than 10% of the area that is distributed in the described parts on maximum ten, preferred maximum four separation region, and preferably less than 1%.Mechanical fastening system also comprises and is used for parts are electrically connected to device on the retainer.

Should be appreciated that the parts that this retainer is electrically connected and mechanical fixation will apply, its liquid that is particularly useful for tiselius apparatus is in the electrophoretic coating of perpetual motion to be handled.

When the chassis comprises when forming vehicle cab a part of, advantageously, the inside that the outside cumulative volume of the retainer of parts to be processed can be introduced described wheel house is housed.

Advantageously, the contact area between retainer and the vehicle chassis is arranged in the transmission passage of vehicle cab.This is because the transmission passage of vehicle generally is positioned on the length direction of vehicle, and passes through between the seat in wheel house.When the chassis is in coating during the stage, uneasy cartridge seat.Like this, the transmission passage of the integral part on formation chassis is positioned at the raised position of vehicle cab inside.Should be appreciated that because the retainer of the parts that are used for applying is fixed on this transmission passage, so retainer also is positioned at the raised position of wheel house inside.Like this, the existence that the retainer of these parts that will apply is housed can not hinder the work of operator in wheel house inside.This position is specially adapted to handle in an identical manner the electrophoretic coating processing of outside surface and internal surface.

Advantageously, retainer of the present invention has the contact area that contacts with wheel house, and described contact area is divided at least two contact areas, the parts that described contact area will apply at interval large-sized at least 10%, preferred interval at least 50%.Should be appreciated that retainer benefits from the base that transmits on the passage, this base is enough big, to bear the liquid applied force on the parts that will apply.Under the situation of the flat basically outward appearance with electrophoretic process, this feature is even more important.This be because, when such parts enter tiselius apparatus, have " soupspoon effect ", should " soupspoon effect " refer to, when parts were not dipped in the pond fully, parts tended to swim on the top in this pond.If retainer is fixed to the supporting deficiency that the device on the vehicle chassis provides, so, when parts contact tank surperficial, retainer and the parts that comprise thereof can separate.

Also advantageously, whole retainer is made by the material that can bear temperature 20 ℃ to 200 ℃.In addition, be used for the device that parts are fixed on the retainer is provided with the low thermal inertia part that is used to control.This allows to make retainer to be used to the stage of curing after electrophoretic process.

Description of drawings

By read provide with non-limitative example and the shown several embodiment of accompanying drawing, other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the skeleton view according to an embodiment of retainer of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the section of II-II among Fig. 1, has shown the parts that will apply and has transmitted passage; With

Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram that is used to install the vehicle chassis of retainer.

Embodiment

As shown in Figure 1, in this embodiment, retainer comprises longitudinal member 1, preceding transverse member 2 and back transverse member 3, and preceding transverse member 2 and back transverse member 3 are perpendicular to longitudinal member 1 and be fixed thereon.Horizontal forearm 4 and horizontal postbrachium 5 extend transverse to the axis of longitudinal member 1.Framework 6 extends vertically from the left hand edge of these arms, and framework 6 comprises respectively front pillar 7 and the rear pillar 8 that raises from the left hand edge of forearm and postbrachium.Transverse bar 9 connects the top edge 10a of front pillar 7 and the top edge of rear pillar 8.Laterally stiffening web 11a and 11b guarantee that these posts remain on separately the forearm and postbrachium rigidly.

Longitudinal member 1 is equipped with preceding stationary installation 12, and preceding stationary installation 12 comprises horizontal side plate 13, and horizontal side plate 13 is substantially rectangle, and it is fixed on the longitudinal member 1.Stationary installation 12 also comprises leader 14, and in Fig. 1, handle 14 is in the unlocked position.Longitudinal member 1 also comprises the cylindrical transverse member 15 transverse to longitudinal member 1 axis, and this cylindricity transverse member 15 is fixed in the basal surface 1a of longitudinal member 1.

Back fin 16 is outstanding from the main part of longitudinal member 1, and it has and offsets downward and the horizontal component 16a parallel with longitudinal member 1, and the upper surface of horizontal component 16a is lower than the bottom 15a of cylindrical transverse member 15.

Front rack 17 and tail-bracket 18 comprise the vertical part separately 19,20 of the left hand end that is respectively fixed to forearm and postbrachium, and also comprise horizontal component 21,22 separately, and these partial parallels are in longitudinal member.Top rake carriage 23 and rear-inclined carriage 24 comprise fixed part 25,26 separately, and these fixed parts are individually fixed in forearm and postbrachium, and both tilt towards the top of front pillar and rear pillar respectively.Top rake carriage 23 and rear-inclined carriage 24 also comprise perpendicular to sloping portion respectively and are parallel to the part 27,28 of the axis of longitudinal member 1.Tilt bracket 23 and 24 is equipped with side direction backstop 31 and 32 respectively.This equally also is applicable to carriage 21 and 22, and each side direction backstop is all extended perpendicular to carriage and is parallel to the part that is fixed on the arm.Equally, each

carriage

17,18,23,24 all is equipped with

contactor banking stop

33,34,35,36 separately.Each

contactor banking stop

33,35,36 all has area supported 37,39,40 separately.This equally also is applicable to contactor banking stop 34.

Prebasal plate 41 and metacoxa 42 are individually fixed in the top of front pillar and rear pillar.Prebasal plate 41 has downward extension and is parallel to the vertical part 43 of front pillar 7.Prebasal plate 41 also has the sloping portion 44 that extends to the right of post towards the fixed part 25 of tilt bracket 23.Equally, metacoxa 42 also has vertical part 45 that is parallel to post 8 extension downwards and the sloping portion 46 that extends to the right towards the fixed part 26 of tilt bracket 24.Vertically part 43 and sloping portion 44 and 46 have

contactor banking stop

47,49 and 50 separately, and each contactor banking stop is equipped with area supported 51,53,54 respectively.This equally also is applicable to vertical part 42.

Fig. 2 has shown that according to retainer of the present invention it is equipped with vertical part 55 to be processed and tilt component to be processed 56.Retainer is fixed in vehicle and transmits on the passage 57.In the figure, vehicle transmission passage 57 is illustrated by the broken lines.Before stationary installation 12 comprise transverse member 59 and Long Circle spare 60, these two elements are fixed together, so that do as a wholely to rotate with handle 14, and can rotate with respect to plate 13.Transmitting the opening 61 that forms in the passage allows Long Circle spare 60 is introduced in the transmission passage 57.When handle 14 pivoted 1/4th circles, Long Circle spare 60 was in lower wall 58 slid underneath that transmit passage.

Should be noted that plate 12 does not have directly contact to transmit the upper surface 62 of passage.This equally also is applicable to the basal surface 1a of longitudinal member 1.This be because, back fin 16 is introduced in the slit 70 (can see in Fig. 3) that transmits passage, like this, the lower wall 58 of horizontal component 16a contact transmission passage.So whole retainer is fixed to by three contact areas and transmits on the passage.The part 60a of the part 16a of back fin 16 and Long Circle spare 60 contacts the lower surface 58 that transmits passage, the top 62 that the bottom 15a of cylindrical transverse member 15 contact simultaneously transmits passage 57.Thereby, transmit the top 62 of passage and almost entirely throw off, can carry out electrophoretic process, can not hindered because of the existence of retainer.

Between the part 16a of back fin and the surface 58 of transmitting passage contact and the internal surface 58 of Long Circle spare 60 and transmission passage between contact to make and guarantee that electrically contacting between whole retainer and the chassis becomes possibility.When electrolysis treatment or electrophoretic process, whole chassis is connected on electrode, for example anode successively.Thereby all parts to be processed all are connected on the electrode via transmitting passage and contactor banking stop.

Handle

63,64,65,66 passes parts 55 to be processed and 56, and screw fixed is on

backstop

47,33,49 and 35 respectively.

Contact area

63a, 64a, 65a and 66a that handle contacts with parts to be processed have reduced to minimum value, the area that is equivalent to area not to be processed and is touched or covered by for example plastic cover subsequently.Also owing to same reason,

contact area

51,37,53 and 39 also is reduced to minimum value.They also realize the function that electrically contacts between retainer and parts to be processed 55 and 56.

Handle

63,64,65,66 is made by the material with low thermal inertia, for example plastics.This allows, and leaves and is typically about 180 ℃ baking step in case the vehicle of retainer and parts to be processed is housed, and the operator just can remove parts at an easy rate.Equally, the

parts

55 and 56 that handle also is used for applying are fixed to carriage 18 and 24, are fixed on the right hand portion 45, and are fixed on the sloping portion 46.The shape of the parts that will apply is depended in the position of point of contact and the position of area supported, that it may be flat or curved.

As shown in Figure 3, the retainer that parts to be processed are housed that is shown by dotted line can be placed in wheel house 67 inside of vehicle.Transmit the part that passage 57 passes the chassis that forms vehicle cab 67, occupy the zone that is positioned between the seat (not having to show).The chassis also comprises preceding

floor

68a, 68b and back floor 69a, 69b.Back floor is than preceding ground plate hight.Transverse member 2 and 3 allows the

arm

4 and 5 of rising retainer, so that they can be lain on back floor 69a or the 69b.

Whole retainer is fixed in two slits that form in transmitting passage 57, and slit 70 receives back fin 16, stationary installation 12 before slit 61 receives.For example, slit 61 is as the slit by speed control lever.Slit 70 can also be used to exhausted air, so that electrophoresis liquid more easily penetrates the transmission passage.

Retainer is fixed to the alternate manner that transmits on the passage also suits, clasp for example, magnet or other are used for being fixed to equipment on the passage with less area.Two contact areas that separate on the length direction on chassis and with respect to the larger-size spacing of metal sheet to be processed help to improve the supporting of retainer on the chassis, " the soupspoon effect " when helping to resist vehicle chassis and penetrating tiselius apparatus.

In a particular embodiment, longitudinal member 1 uses the hollow beam of the square section of the 40mm length of side, and transverse member 2,3 and

arm

4,5 also are like this.Post 7,8 and transverse bar 9 use the hollow beam of the square section of the 20mm length of side.Substrate and carriage are made by the thick metal sheet of 4mm, and contactor banking stop uses the M6 nut.Cylindrical transverse member 19 for example has the diameter of 12mm.Other embodiments of the invention can be made by the not isostructure that is applicable to unit type to be processed.

Claims

1. retainer that is used for carrying out the surface-treated parts, this retainer is used to be equipped with the vehicle of chassis (57), this retainer comprises: be used for fixing described parts in case make parts with the retainer translation the device (49,65) that moves; At least one is used for these parts are electrically connected to device (49,65) on the retainer; Be used for retainer be electrically connected to device on the electrode (16a, 60a), two arrangements of electric connections are electrically connected, and it is characterized in that, described retainer comprises that at least one is used for retainer is mechanically secured to device (16,12) on the vehicle chassis (57).

2. retainer as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, it comprises and is used for each parts (55) are mechanically secured to device (47,63) on the retainer.

3. retainer as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, at least one device (47,63) that is used for mechanically fixing at least one parts comprises the device (51) that is used for parts are electrically connected to retainer.

4. arbitrary described retainer in the claim 1 to 3 as described above is characterized in that the retainer that parts to be processed are housed has an outside cumulative volume, and described retainer can be placed in the vehicle cab (67).

5. arbitrary described retainer in the claim 1 to 3 as described above is characterized in that, be used for retainer be fixed to device on the chassis have be used for be arranged on vehicle chassis on the contact area that contacts of transmission passage (57).

6. arbitrary described retainer in the claim 1 to 3 as described above, it is characterized in that, the contact area that is used for contacting between retainer and the wheel house is divided at least two contact areas (12,16), on the length direction on chassis, large-sized at least 10% of described two contact areas interval parts to be processed.

7. arbitrary described retainer in the claim 1 to 3 as described above, it is characterized in that, the contact area that is used for contacting between retainer and the wheel house is divided at least two contact areas (12,16), on the length direction on chassis, large-sized at least 50% of described two contact areas interval parts to be processed.

8. arbitrary described retainer in the claim 1 to 3 as described above is characterized in that retainer is made by the material that can bear temperature 20 ℃ to 200 ℃.

9. arbitrary described retainer in the claim 1 to 3 as described above is characterized in that, is used for parts are fixed to the part that device (63,65) on the retainer is provided with the low thermal inertia that is used to control.

As described above in the claim 1 to 3 arbitrary described retainer be used to adopt the processing of liquid cell.

11. arbitrary described retainer is used for coating processing or electrolysis treatment in the claim 1 to 3 as described above.

12. arbitrary described retainer is used for the electrophoretic coating processing in the claim 1 to 3 as described above.