Application device, production device for producing at least partially coated and/or impregnated products, and method for cleaning an application device for a coating agent or impregnation agent by means of a cleaning unit

Abstract

The present invention relates to an application device (1), comprising: an application unit (2) for a coating agent or impregnation agent, wherein the application unit (2) has a container (22) for the coating agent or impregnation agent and has a transfer wheel (21) rotatably arranged in the container (22), wherein part of the transfer wheel (21), in particular a circle segment of the transfer wheel (21), protrudes out of a container opening of the container (21); and a cleaning unit (3), which has a hood (31) which is designed to cover the container opening of the container (22) during a cleaning process, wherein the hood (31) has a receiving region (32) for receiving the part of the transfer wheel (21) protruding out of the container opening; and a drive unit (5) and a holder (4), on which the application unit (2) and the cleaning unit (3) are arranged so as to be movable relative to one another by means of the drive unit (5), wherein the application unit (2) and the cleaning unit (3) can be moved relative to one another between a cleaning position, in which the hood (31) of the cleaning unit (3) covers the container opening of the application unit (2), and a production position, in which the hood (31) of the cleaning unit (3) is arranged at a distance from the container opening of the application unit (2).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.