Plant for feeding paint to a spray application apparatus
AssigneeABB Flexible Automation, Inc.
InventorOle Arnt Anfindsen
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Abstract
A plant is adapted to feed paint to robots for automatic spray application of paint on objects provided with a container (5) made loosenable and removable from the robot for exchange for another such container when there is a desire to have more paint in the container and/or change paint. The plant has a station (8) with containers filled with paint, a transport device (15-18) with means (16) for transporting a container containing paint from said station when said desire arises to the robot and deliver this thereto as well as means adapted to receive a container to be exchanged from the robot and transport it away for taking care thereof.
Claims17
A plant for feeding paint to at least one apparatus (14) having a nozzle (1) and being adapted for automatic spray application of paint on objects (2), said plant having a unit providing paint arranged to be connected to the nozzle during the application for providing it with paint as well as an arrangement coordinated with said unit for enabling change of paint and/or filling of paint in the unit connected to the spray nozzle, characterized in that said unit providing paint is formed by a paint container (5) adapted to be arranged on said apparatus close to the spray nozzle, that the container is made loosenable and removable from the apparatus for exchange for another such container when there is a desire of more paint in the container and/or change of paint, and that the arrangement comprises a station (8) having containers filled with paint and being remotely located with respect to the apparatus, a transport device (15-18) having means (16) for transporting a container containing paint from said station to said apparatus when said desire arises and give it to the apparatus as well as means (16) adapted to receive a container to be exchanged from the apparatus and transport it away for taking care thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.