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Takehiro Hamamura

Yukio Yamada

Toshio Onda

Shinya Nomura

An air motor, a rotary atomizing head provided on a front side of the air motor to be rotatable by the air motor, external electrode units provided in a periphery of the rotary atomizing head, and a high-voltage applying unit that applies a high voltage to the external electrode units to indirectly charge paint particles atomized from the rotary atomizing head with the high voltage. A film cover is provided to be formed with a resin material in a film shape for covering an outer peripheral side of the air motor. The film cover includes a cylindrical rear cover that covers the rear side from the external electrode units and a cylindrical front cover that is mounted to the front side of the rear cover to cover the front side from the external electrode units.

Electrostatic coating apparatus

A tank base () is formed of a mount block () and a feed tube (), and a first paint passage () is provided internally through the feed tube (). A baggy tank () is composed of a support member () and a bag member () having opposite ends thereof securely fixed to the support member () to define a paint chamber () therein. A second paint passage () is provided in a fore end portion (A) of the support member (). A tank accommodating case () is provided to accommodate the bag member (). The baggy tank () is set in position within the tank accommodating case () with opposite ends of the support member () gripped between the mount block () of the tank base () and the tank accommodating case (), bringing the paint chamber () into communication with the first paint passage () through the second paint passage ().

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Fujieda, Japan

Takehiro Hamamura