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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1992
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 ; 118423 ; 118426 ; 118428 ; 118429 ;
Abstract
A manufacturing method and facility for applying a coating to vehicle structural components such as frames, provides unloading and stacking below the unloading station. Oscillation of the vehicle structural component in the coating liquid in the dip tank provides accelerated heat transfer, and also improves coating by eliminating air pockets. A bent carousel arm or a parallelogram linkage provides uniform coating action. Reverse travel sequencing minimizes space requirements.