Patent ID: 9643203
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B05B,Y02B,Y02P

Claim:
1. A spray booth for providing a controlled environment for spraying of material onto a vehicle, the spray booth comprising: a roof portion provided with at least one mounting bracket for attachment to a support rail located above the roof portion, such that the booth is supported by, and is movable along, the support rail when in use; first and second end portions which extend from respective opposing ends of the roof portion, the first and second end portions having respective lower edge regions which extend adjacent a floor surface when the booth is in use, and at least one of the first and second end portions being spaced apart from that floor surface when the spray booth is in use; first and second side portions which extend from respective opposing sides of the roof portion, thereby defining a work space between the roof portion, the end portions and the side portions, the first and second side portions each defining an opening therethrough, and each including a movable member having a first position in which the opening is closed, and a second position in which the opening is substantially open; a plenum defined in the roof portion, the plenum having an internal volume, an air inlet for reception of air into the internal volume, and an air outlet for the supply of air from the internal volume to the work space, the air outlet having a filter element located therein for the filtering of air passing therethrough, such that filtered air is passed from the internal volume into the work space; and a plurality of air extraction units which extend from the roof portion into respective corner regions of the work space, each corner region being adjacent an end portion and a side portion of the booth, each air extraction unit including an inlet spaced apart from the roof portion and an outlet connected for the supply of air to the air inlet of the plenum, each air extraction unit being operable to extract air from the work space and to supply air extracted from the work space to the internal volume of the plenum.