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US 5,651,822 AGranted
Vehicle body surface treatment apparatus
AssigneeABB Flakt AB
InventorNorbert Heckmann
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AssigneeABB Flakt AB
InventorNorbert Heckmann
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In order to create a simple car body surface treatment device, a car body is introduced into and removed again from the treatment bath (11) simply by being rotated by a rotating device (2), at the same time as another car body is pushed onto and secured to said rotating device or conveyed past said device. The car body is fixed to a loading carriage (5) and is pushed by means of some driven rotary rollers (3a) onto the rotating device (2). By means of fastening devices (4a, 4b) the loading carriage (5) is detachably secured to the car body on the rotating device (2). By rotating through 180.degree. around an axis of rotation (7), the rotating device (2) dips together with the car body over its tail or front side into the treatment bath (11). While one car body is submerged, another loading carriage (5) together with the car body fastened thereon may be conveyed by the driven rotary rollers (3b) past the rotating device (2) for subsequent treatment, over the top surface of the rotating device (2).
An apparatus for surface treatment of one or more vehicle bodies moving in a transport direction, comprising a rotatably driven rotating device for dipping the vehicle body into a treatment bath through rotation about 180.degree. and for conveying the vehicle body out of the treatment bath through further rotation, the rotating device being rotatable about a rotational axis that is disposed transversely to the transport direction of the vehicle body, the rotating device having an upper side and a lower side, at least one receiving device disposed on each of the upper side of the rotating device and the lower side of the rotating device for receiving a loading carriage that is releasably connected to a vehicle body.
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