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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2002
ABB K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When replacing a paint cartridge ( ) on the coating apparatus ( ), a replenished paint cartridge of a next paint color is picked up from one of paint replenisher units ( to ) by one gripper member ( ) of a cartridge gripper ( ). In the next place, while the replenished paint cartridge ( ) is being continuously gripped on one gripper member ( ), a consumed or empty paint cartridge ( ) is gripped and removed from the housing ( ) by the other gripper member ( ). Then, the replenished paint cartridge on one gripper member ( ) is loaded on the housing ( ), and the empty paint cartridge ( ) is returned to a corresponding one of the paint replenisher units ( to ). Thus, the paint cartridges ( ) can be replaced in a significantly simplified manner.