Patent ID: 11952223
Assignee: EISENMANN GMBH
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A dip treatment installation for the treatment of articles, comprising:
a) a dip tank, which can be filled with a treatment liquid into which articles to be treated can be completely or partially dipped;
b) a conveying system, which defines a conveying path and comprises at least one transport carriage which can be moved along the conveying path in a transporting direction and has a fastening device to which at least one article can be fastened, the conveying path of the conveying system dividing into sub-paths, at least one first sub-path of which leads to the dip tank or to a dipping region of the dip tank, and a second sub-path of which leads past the dip tank or past the dipping region of the dip tank, wherein the conveying system can move the articles to be treated along the at least one first sub-path completely or partially into the interior space of the dip tank, out of the dip tank and away from said dip tank; and
c) a plurality of connecting sections, each connecting section selectively connecting the at least one first sub-path or the second sub-path to the conveying path, each connecting section comprising at least a first switch point section and a second switch point section, the first switch point section being spaced apart from the second switch point section wherein, for each connecting section,
the first switch point section connects the at least one first sub-path to the conveying path and the second switch point section is physically removed from the conveying path while the at least one first sub-path is connected to the conveying path; and
the second switch point section connects the second sub-path to the conveying path and the first switch point section is physically removed from the conveying path when the second sub-path is connected to the conveying path so that articles conveyed by the conveying system can continue along the conveying path via the second switch point section and second sub path even when the at least one first sub-path or the dip tank are occupied by an article,
wherein each connecting section connects the first sub-path or the second sub-path to the conveying path independent of all other connecting sections from the plurality of connecting sections.