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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Phillip C Ruehl, Elm Grove, WI (US);
Assignee:
A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4274301 ; 427346 ; 427314 ; 118423 ; 118426 ; 118428 ; 118429 ; 118 56 ; 118 58 ;
Abstract
A manufacturing facility (20) has substantially reduced space requirements for applying a coating to vehicle structural components such as frames (22, 24). A rotary carousel (28) in a building (26) has a central hub (30) rotatable about a vertical axis and has one or more arms (32) thereon swingable about pivot points (60) on the hub to lower and raise the frames. A loading station (36), preheat wash station (46), rinse station (48), coating station (38), post heat drip station (50) and unloading station (44) are peripherally spaced around the hub such that rotation of the hub moves the arms between the stations for respective functions.