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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1998
Masaru Okubo, Toyota, JP;
Tetsuya Yoshida, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Abstract
A coating facility of reducing storage spaces and equipments upon storing works thereby decreasing the installation cost. During operation of conveying lines between each of steps, works W conveyed from a preceding step are loaded to hangers H of an overhead conveyor,at a loading position P,, applied with pretreatment and coating, transferred at a transferring position P,to carriers T of a floor conveyor,dried and then re-transferred again at a re-transferring position P,to the overhead conveyor,down loaded from the hangers H at an unloading position P,and conveyed to a succeeding step. When conveying lines between each of the steps are stopped, pretreatment, coating and drying are completed for all the works W during conveyance in each of the conveyors,and,and a predetermined number of preceding works W are stored in a first storage track,being suspended from the hangers H of the overhead conveyor,while the succeeding works W are stored in a second storage track,being loaded as they are on the carriers of the floor conveyor