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

Claim 8:
9. 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 having at least three 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;
c) a first connecting section comprising at least a first switch point section and a second switch point section, the first switch point section being parallel to the second switch point section, wherein
the first switch point section moves the at least one transport carriage between the at least one first sub-path and the second sub-path; and
the second switch point section connects the second sub-path to the conveying path when the first switch point section is moved to the at least one first sub-path so that any additional transport carriages may continue along the second sub-path via the second switch point section even when the first switch point section has moved the at least one transport carriage to the at least one first sub-path;

d) a second connecting section comprising at least a third switch point section and a fourth switch point section, the third switch point section being parallel to the fourth switch point section, wherein
the third switch point section moves the at least one transport carriage between the at least one first sub-path and the second sub-path;
the fourth switch point section connects the second sub-path to the conveying path when the third switch point section has moved the at least one transport carriage to the at least one first sub-path so that any additional transport carriages may continue along the second sub-path path via the fourth switch point section even when the third switch point section has been moved to the at least one first sub-path, and
the second connecting section and the first connecting section are movable independent of one another.