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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1977
David A Smith, Murrysville, PA (US);
John J Davidson, New Kensington, PA (US);
Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus provided for applying an electrocoat on the interior and exterior of a metal container simultaneously. The interior and exterior of a metal container may be either uniformly or differentially coated. An electrically conductive probe including a nozzle is inserted into a metal container and an electrically conductive housing is enclosed around the container to seal the container therein and to form a continuous passageway from the probe-nozzle to the outer housing. As flowing electrocoating material floods the container in a transient bath, an electrical potential is simultaneously impressed between the container and the probe-nozzle to electrocoat the interior of the container, and between the container and the outer housing to electrocoat the exterior of the container.