Method and apparatus for securing articles to be coated to a conveyor
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorJohn Paul Owed JR.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for coating articles with coating material includes dispensing coating material from a coating dispensing device, maintaining the coating dispensing device at high-magnitude electrostatic potential, coupling articles to a conveyor on hangers constructed from electrically non-insulative strips, and conveying the articles through the dispensed coating material on the hangers.
Claims33
Apparatus for coating articles with coating material, the apparatus including a coating dispensing device for dispensing coating material, a conveyor for conveying articles past the coating dispensing device to be coated by coating material dispensed from the coating dispensing device, a high-magnitude potential supply for maintaining the coating dispensing device at high-magnitude electrostatic potential, and hangers for coupling articles to the conveyor, the hangers being constructed from electrically non-insulative strips.
A method for coating articles with coating material, the method including dispensing coating material from a coating dispensing device, maintaining the coating dispensing device at high-magnitude electrostatic potential, coupling articles to a conveyor on hangers constructed from electrically non-insulative strips, and conveying the articles through the dispensed coating material on the hangers.
An apparatus for coating articles with coating material, comprising:
- means for dispensing coating material;
- means for maintaining the coating dispensing means at high-magnitude electrostatic potential;
- means for coupling articles to a convey, the coupling means including hangers constructed from electrically non-insulative strips;
- and means for conveying the articles through the dispensed coating material on the hangers.
A coated article made by dispensing coating material from a coating dispensing device, maintaining the coating dispensing device at high-magnitude electrostatic potential, coupling the article to a conveyor on a hanger constructed from an electrically non-insulative strip, and conveying the article through the dispensed coating material on the hanger.
Hangers for coupling articles to a conveyor for conveyance through electrostatically charged coating material, the hangers being constructed from electrically non-insulative strips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.