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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:
Jan. 10, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1993
James W Stone, Northbrook, IL (US);
Frederick A Kish, Wheeling, IL (US);
John Wojcik, Long Grove, IL (US);
Donald L Van Erden, Wildwood, IL (US);
David E Fredericksen, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Parimal M Vadhar, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A continuous, automated method and apparatus for transporting and electrostatically coating articles including providing a plurality of articles in an unoriented bulk state, each article having a first end portion, orienting each article and transporting them into a desired position, transferring each article in succession to a moving conveyor, suspending each article from the conveyor by its end portion and conveying the articles for electrostatic coating and curing.