Method and assembly for coating articles

A coating assembly for painting a coating on a plurality of articles having first and second article portions, said coating assembly comprising:

• a rail frame defining a longitudinal path for the plurality of articles to travel along;
• an endless chain having a chain portion thereof extending along said longitudinal path, said endless chain transporting the plurality of articles along said longitudinal path, said endless chain including a plurality of receiving plates wherein each of the plurality of articles is held by each of said plurality of receiving plates as the plurality of articles pass through said coating assembly;
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• a painting station for applying a coat of paint to the first article portion of each of the plurality of articles while preventing said coat of paint from extending to the second article portions of each of the plurality of articles, said painting station including a plurality of spray nozzles fixedly secured to said rail frame on either side of said endless chain, each of said plurality of spray nozzles offset from each other along said longitudinal path such that the first article portion is entirely covered by said coat of paint as the plurality of articles pass thereby;
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• an indexer for positioning each of the plurality of articles to be received by said endless chain in a uniformly spaced manner.