Makoto J Makino

US Patent:

49415646, Jul 17, 1990

Filed:

Apr 6, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/333908

Inventors:

Hiroyuki Noguchi - Marysville OH
Makoto Makino - Marysville OH
David M. Nye - Marysville OH

Assignee:

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Tokyo

International Classification:

B65G 3700

US Classification:

1984682

Abstract:

A motorcycle being assembled on an assembly line is transferred from a first line to a second line by gripping and lifting a front wheel of the motorcycle up to a prescribed height to support the motorcycle only through a rear wheel thereof, moving the motorcycle from the first line to the second line while rolling the rear wheel, clamping the rear wheel, and thereafter lowering the front wheel to move the motorcycle along the second line. The motorcycle can automatically be transferred reliably and efficiently, and various motorcycles of different types can easily be transferred by a single apparatus by only gripping front wheels thereof.