Patent ID: 9694378
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B05B,B25J,F16L

Claim:
1. An applicator connection unit for an application robot for coating objects comprising: supply lines for at least one applicator and to which the at least one applicator can be fastened in such a way that working lines of the at least one applicator are connected to the supply lines of the applicator connection unit wherein the applicator connection unit is constructed as an adapter unit in such a way that at least one applicator of a first operating mode and at least one applicator of a second operating mode can be releasably and replaceably fastened to the applicator connection unit further wherein a) the supply lines comprise a first supply group having supply lines for the at least applicator of the first operating mode and at least one second supply group having supply lines for the at least one applicator of the second operating mode; and b) the applicator connection unit comprises a connecting device by means of which supply lines of the applicator connection unit can be optionally blocked or functionally connected to working lines of at least one applicator, and further wherein the connecting device comprises an adapter member with connecting lines which can assume at least two connecting positions such that, in a first connecting position, connecting lines of a first connecting group are connected to the supply lines of the first supply group and, in a second connecting position, connecting lines of a second connecting group are connected to the supply lines of the second connecting group and moreover, in a changeover position, closing all supply groups of the applicator connection unit.