Indexing spray machine
OwnerHarold A. Biddleinventor
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Abstract
The machine is an index spraying machine. The machine has five different stations. The first station is the load/unload station. At this station, work pieces are unloaded after they have been sprayed and new work pieces to be sprayed are loaded on. New pieces then move into the pre-heat station tunnel. A third station is the spraying area. In this area, the work pieces are sprayed. After being sprayed, the work pieces move in the area where they are heated to flash off the volatile fumes. Then they move to the fifth work station where they are cooled and finally they move back into the load/unload station. The spraying area in this machine is sealed to meet NEMA 7 standards. The air capture system cascades the air, thus lowering the air volume that passes through the thermal oxidizer.
Claims20
A machine for spraying a workpiece comprising:
- a. a housing;
- and
- b. a method to move the workpiece from one station to another within the housing;
- and
- c. a means for attaching the work piece to the method to move the workpiece;
- and,
- d. a load station at which the work piece is loaded upon the means for attaching the work piece to the method to move the workpiece;
- and,
- e. a spray station at which the work piece is sprayed;
- and,
- f. a cure station at which the work piece is cured;
- and,
- g. an unload station at which the work piece is unloaded after the work piece has moved through the other stations;
- and,
- h. said means for moving the workpiece moves said workpiece from the input station to the spraying station and then to the curing station and then to the unload station;
- and,
- i. an air capture system that is designed to capture the volatile fumes from the spraying the workpiece in the spray station and the fumes from curing the workpiece and burn them in a thermal oxidizer and said air capture system moves the air from the spray station and the cure station containing the volatile fumes to the thermal oxidizer.
16 A machine for spraying a workpiece as in claim 15 further comprising:
- a. a spray gun within the spray booth and said spray gun sprays the workpiece.
A machine for spraying a workpiece as in claim 16 further comprising:
- a. a actuator arm attached to the spray gun;
- and,
- b. a means for moving the actuator arm and thus move the spray gun during the spraying of the workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.