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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2012
Albert Feuerstein, Carmel, IN (US);
Andrew Thomas Westfall, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Thomas F. Lewis, Iii, Zionsville, IN (US);
David A. Mcpherson, Coatesville, IN (US);
Ardy Kleyman, Carmel, IN (US);
Don Lemen, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Albert Feuerstein, Carmel, IN (US);
Andrew Thomas Westfall, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Thomas F. Lewis, III, Zionsville, IN (US);
David A. McPherson, Coatesville, IN (US);
Ardy Kleyman, Carmel, IN (US);
Don Lemen, Indianapolis, IN (US);
PRAXAIR S.T. TECHNOLOGY, INC., North Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
A modular, rotisserie type tooling fixture assembly for use in a coating operation and method of its use are disclosed. The tooling fixture assembly includes an arbor or shaft and a retaining base with a plurality of anchor members disposed in a prescribed radial orientation from the center of the retaining base, the anchor members are uniquely configured or adapted to retain a plurality of workpieces to be coated. The tooling fixture assembly further comprises a unique workpiece masking arrangement that employs a unitary masking cap having a plurality of solid walls or surfaces adapted to cover portions of the plurality of workpieces in a masking relationship.