Patent ID: 6666164
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
An automatic coating apparatus including a working mechanism located in a coating area, a single coating apparatus mounted on and moved by said working mechanism and adapted to be replaceably loaded with paint cartridges of various colors in the course of a coating operation, and a cartridge changer arranged to hand over paint cartridges to and from said coating apparatus to replace an empty paint cartridge on said coating apparatus with a replenished paint cartridge, wherein said catridge changer comprises:a paint replenishing means having a number of paint replenishers correspondingly for different paint colors each adapted to support and replenish a paint cartridge of a corresponding color; cartridge transfer means adapted to transfer paint cartridges in the directions of three perpendicularly intersecting axes; and a cartridge gripper means supported on said catridge transfer means and adapted to grip and transfer paint cartridges toward and away from said coating apparatus and said paint replenishing means for mounting and dismantling paint cartridges.