Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kentarou Ogata

Yoshinobu Takahashi

Yasuo Tokushima

Mamoru Suzuki

Zyouzi Ito

Masashi Murate

Satoshi Kodama

A spray painting device having a first spray mechanism and a second spray mechanism located downstream of the first spray mechanism in an assembly line along which an automobile body is conveyed. A spray head of the first spray mechanism is fixed at a constant height when spraying paint onto a side outer panel portion which is situated over a front or rear wheel of the automobile chassis, and is moved up and down when spraying paint onto a side outer panel portion which is not situated over the front or rear wheel. A spray head of the second spray mechanism is located so that a constant distance is maintained between the spray heads and the side outer panel to spray a uniform coat of paint onto the side outer panel.

Method and device for painting side outer panels of an automobile body

A method of surface treatment and an apparatus used in said surface treatment are provided in the present invention. Said method comprises dipping a surface-to-be-treated of an article in a treating liquid, moving said article in said treating liquid, letting the treating liquid flow in the reverse direction against said moving, spraying the treating liquid on the surface-to-be-treated of the article before and/or during said dipping and gush-spraying the treating liquid on the treated surface after said dipping; and said apparatus comprises a tank filled with a treating liquid, spraying tools arranged above and/or in said treating liquid in the front part of said tank, means of overflow formed in the front end of the tank, a container receiving the treating liquid overflowing from said means, a path recirculating the treating liquid from said container to the tank and a spraying tool arranged in the rear part of the tank.

Method of surface treatment and an apparatus used in said surface

An apparatus used in surface treatment and a method of surface treatment using said apparatus are provided in the present invention. Said apparatus comprises a dipping tank forming one or more hoppers in its bottom, a drain path connected to said hoppers, a solid-liquid separator settled in said drain path, a recirculating path for supernatant from said separator, and a spraying tool connected to said recirculating path and arranged in the rear part of the dipping tank; and said method of surface treatment using said apparatus comprises dipping an article-to-be-treated in a treating liquid in a dipping tank forming one or more hoppers in its bottom, purging sludge formed and settling during said dipping through a drain path connected to said hoppers, separating said sludge by a solid-liquid separator settled in said drain path, recirculating supernatant through a recirculating path from said separator to a spraying tool connected to said recirculating path and arranged in the rear part of dipping tank, and spraying said supernatant from said spraying tool to the treated surface of an article after dipping.

Apparatus used in surface treatment and a method of surface treatment

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Kentarou Ogata