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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2021
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Kuniharu Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
ABB SCHWEIZ AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
Disclosed is an electrostatic coating apparatus including: an atomizing head cleaning flow path which is disposed at a coating machine and through which a cleaning fluid for cleaning a rotary atomizing head and a front end of a feed tube of a cartridge flows; a cleaning fluid flow path connecting a cleaning fluid supply source with the atomizing head cleaning flow path; a cleaning fluid valve disposed in the cleaning fluid flow path and configured to open and close the cleaning fluid flow path; a discharge air flow path connected to the atomizing head cleaning flow path and through which the discharge air flows; a cleaning fluid discharge flow path connected to the cleaning fluid flow path at a connection point located between the atomizing head cleaning flow path and the cleaning fluid valve; a discharge air switching valve disposed in the atomizing head cleaning flow path and configured to open and close the atomizing head cleaning flow path; and a cleaning fluid discharge valve disposed in the cleaning fluid discharge flow path and configured to open and close the cleaning fluid discharge flow path.