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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1999
Osamu Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetsugu Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
ABB K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A coating method by the use of a rotary atomizing head type coating system (,), permitting to make multiple color changes in the course of a coating operation by providing a plural number of paint cartridges (,) of different colors which can be replaceably and removably loaded on the coating system. The coating method for the coating system includes: a paint cartridge loading step of setting a paint cartridge (,) of a specified color in a housing (,); a coating step of supplying paint in the loaded paint cartridge to a rotary atomizing head (,); a paint cartridge unloading step of unloading the paint cartridge (,) from the housing (,) after finishing a predetermined coating operation; and a washing step of feeding a washing fluid from an atomizing head washing device (,) to the front side of the rotary atomizing head (,) to wash away deposited residues of a previous color therefrom. Accordingly, when changing the color of paint, a coating operation in a new color can be started simply after washing the rotary atomizing head (,) from front side and replacing the paint cartridge by a new one.