Patent ID: 11878316
Assignee: GALLAGHER-KAISER CORPORATION
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A paint booth assembly including a dry filtration system for removing paint particles from a downdraft of air, the paint booth assembly comprising:
a paint booth having a pair of side walls;
a grated floor extending between said pair of side walls to separate said paint booth between a spray portion disposed above said grated floor and a paint filtration portion disposed below said grated floor;
at least one filter module disposed in said paint filtration portion for receiving a downdraft of process air including entrained paint particles from said spray portion;
said at least one filter module including a plurality of filter drawers sequentially arranged in stacking relationship relative to one another along a flow path of the downdraft of process air passing through said at least one filter module;
each of said plurality of filter drawers defining a filter compartment housing at least one disposable filter; and
each of said plurality of filter drawers slideably connected to said paint booth and slideable between a filtering position wherein said filter compartment is disposed within said paint filtration portion for filtering paint particles from the downdraft of process air with said at least one disposable filter to a cleaning position wherein said filter compartment is slid relative to said pair of side walls to an outside environment of the paint booth for allowing said at least one disposable filter to be removed and replaced by a paint booth operator.