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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshifumi Ogasawara, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Masafumi Shinoda, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118698 ; 118696 ; 118703 ; 118314 ; 118324 ;
Abstract
An overcoat to be formed on an automotive vehicle body is formed by coating an overcoating base paint and, as needed, a solid or clear coating paint. The overcoating is continuously performed in at least three coating stages, wherein a rotary-type atomizing coater is disposed for the first coating stage and an air-nozzle type coater is disposed for each of the second and third coating stages. When a metallic paint having a pale color is coated in all three coating stages, while two coating stages are employed for coating a paint having a relative dark color.