Paint spray booth

Abstract

A paint spray booth for painting an article and separating the spent paint overspray form the air and water used in the booth to collect the spent paint material is disclosed. The booth includes a water containing pan which has a deep portion and a shallow drain portion. The water used to separate the spent paint from the air and to clean the air discharged from the booth is collected on the drain portion and sent to the deep portion of the pan in a manner to cause a flow in the drain portion and deep portion of the pan to prevent accumulation of spent paint in undesired, inaccessible locations and to encourage movement of spent paint to desired, accessible locations in the pan and/or for removal or further treatment as by settling, skimming and/or separating, or the like, to provide the present invention with low maintenance similar to or less than other such booths, such as dry filter paint spray booths. The booth has a water manifold in its eliminator-washer section with a plurality of openings therein covered by a space 'v' shaped cap which is easily cleaned and kept clean. The booth, preferably, has a spent paint intake pipe with a plurality of slots therein extending across and submerged below the surface of the tank to draw off the spent paint containing water, some of which is recirculated to the tank, some of which is recirculated in the washer section of the booth, and some of which is sent to be concentrated and remove the spent paint material.