Underbooth powder paint collector

A booth assembly for painting a product with powder paint comprising:

• a paint application chamber wherein powder paint is applied to the product;
• a plurality of reclamation collectors spaced beneath said application chamber receiving paint particles from said application chamber;
• each of said reclamation collectors having:
• an upper chamber for collecting powder paint particles from said paint booth;
• a lower chamber connected with said upper chamber receiving the particles from said upper chamber;
• a vacuum line connected to said lower chamber retrieving the particles from said collector;
• an air chamber having a floor and receiving pressurized air from an air supply, said air chamber communicating with said lower chamber through a porous plate, said pressurized air in said air chamber diffusing through said porous plate into said lower and said upper chambers from said air chamber through said porous plate thereby fluidizing the paint particles disposed in said chambers;
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• said floor and said porous plate angling downward from said lower chamber towards said vacuum line.

A powder paint reclamation collector, comprising:

• an upper chamber for collecting powder paint particles from a paint booth;
• a lower chamber communicating with said upper chamber receiving paint particles from said upper chamber having an inclined bottom wall;
• an inclined porous plate in said lower chamber spaced from said inclined bottom wall extending generally parallel to said inclined bottom wall and defining a pressure chamber between said inclined bottom wall and said porous plate, said inclined porous plate having openings therethrough of a diameter substantially less than the particle size of said powder paint particles permitting air to pass therethrough;
• an air pressure inlet line directing air under pressure into said pressure chamber toward said inclined bottom wall, suspending paint particles received on said inclined porous plate;
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• a vacuum paint particle return line communicating with said lower chamber above said porous plate adjacent the lower extent of said inclined porous plate.