Praxair Technology, Inc.

Praxair S.t. Technology, Inc.

Andrew Thomas Westfall

Albert Feuerstein

Thomas F Lewis, Iii

Ardy Kleyman

Don J Lemen

David A McPherson

David A Mcpherson

Thomas F Lewis

Thomas F Lewis Iii

A modular, rotisserie type tooling fixture assembly for use in a coating operation and method of its use are disclosed. The tooling fixture assembly includes an arbor or shaft and a retaining base with a plurality of anchor members disposed in a prescribed radial orientation from the center of the retaining base, the anchor members are uniquely configured or adapted to retain a plurality of workpieces to be coated. The tooling fixture assembly further comprises a unique workpiece masking arrangement that employs a unitary masking cap having a plurality of solid walls or surfaces adapted to cover portions of the plurality of workpieces in a masking relationship.

Tooling fixture assembly for use in a coating operation

A modular, rotisserie type multifunctional tooling fixture assembly is disclosed. The disclosed tooling fixture assembly comprises a positioning ring having a plurality of anchor members configured or adapted to retain a plurality of workpieces to be processed, and a retaining base defining a plurality of retaining members configured to be in locking engagement with the anchor members of the positioning ring and retain a plurality of workpieces in a fixed orientation. The tooling fixture assembly has utility in various coating related processes, including coating and grit blasting operations.

Multifunction tooling fixture assembly for use in a coating related operations

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Brownsburg, IN, United States of America

Andrew Thomas Westfall