Wheel lift rotator
AssigneeInternational Marketing, Inc.
InventorRobert P. Chambers
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an apparatus for use in a paint booth to facilitate the coating of an object such as a wheel or rim with a liquid, powder, or other coating. The apparatus is designed to rotate a wheel about both its horizontal and vertical axes. In this manner, the wheel may be more easily and uniformly coated with a minimum of effort by a paint booth operator. After the wheel is coated, the apparatus is designed to lift the object above the work surface so that it can be connected to an overhead conveyor system that may be provided to remove the wheel from the paint booth.
Claims17
In combination with a coating booth, a wheel lift rotator apparatus to facilitate the coating of a wheel, said apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- a wheel support frame supported on said base for rotation about a vertical axis relative to said base, said wheel support frame having at least one roller connected thereto for rotatably supporting a wheel within said coating booth, wherein said at least one roller is supported for rotation about a longitudinal axis;
- and,
- a power source drivingly connected to said at least one roller for transmitting torque to said at least one roller,
- whereby a wheel supported on said at least one roller within said coating booth is rotatable about a horizontal axis of said wheel, and is rotatable with said wheel support frame about a vertical axis relative to said base such that substantially all portions of said wheel may be coated with a coating.
A method of coating substantially all portions of a wheel in a coating booth comprising the steps of:
- providing a wheel support frame having upper and lower regions wherein said wheel support frame is supported on a base for rotation about a vertical axis relative to said base, said upper region of said wheel support frame having at least one roller connected thereto, wherein said at least one roller has a longitudinal axis and is supported for rotation about said longitudinal axis;
- placing a wheel upon said at least one roller such that said wheel is rotatably supported within said coating booth;
- rotating said wheel about a horizontal axis upon said at least one roller while directing a spray coating onto said rotating wheel:
- and rotating said wheel support frame about said vertical axis relative to said base, such that said wheel is substantially coated by said spray coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.