Apparauts for coating fasteners

An apparatus for applying a liquid coating on fasteners with an internal blind recess, comprising, a base, a turntable pivotally carried by said base and constructed and arranged to receive a hollow cage with a generally cylindrical side wall for rotating the cage about the axis of its side wall, a drive operably connected with said turntable for rotating it, an actuator operably connected with said turntable for pivotally moving said turntable to a first position wherein the axis of rotation of a cage carried by said turntable extends generally vertically and to a second position wherein such axis of rotation is inclined at an acute included angle to the vertical in the range of about 25.degree. to 65.degree., and a spray gun for liquid coating constructed and arranged when in use to spray liquid coating into a cage carried and rotated by the turntable and onto circulating fasteners received therein when the cage and said turntable are disposed in the second position thereof and are being rotated by said drive.