Patent ID: 6946032
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: B05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An installation for powder coating of articles, in particular vehicle bodies, having: a) a coating booth, in which the articles may be arranged during the coating process, wherein the coating booth has walls and a bottom; b) a plurality of application devices for the powder coating, which may be arranged in the coating booth and which may act on the articles located therein; c) a collecting hopper arranged at the bottom of the coating booth and comprising an outlet opening; d) a recovery device for powder overspray, which in turn comprises: wherein: e) a rotary stand is arranged in the coating booth, to which the articles may be attached and which may be rotated about a substantially vertical axis; f) at least two application devices are arranged in at least two angular positions relative to the axis of the rotary stand, wherein each of the application devices are chargable with a powder coating of a particular colour, wherein each angular position corresponds to a different powder coating colour; g) a plurality of recovery devices for powder of different colours is provided, which may be brought as desired into connection with the outlet opening of the collecting hopper when the application device of the corresponding colour is in use; h) a blowing device with which powder coating may be detached from the walls of the coating booth, the blowing device including a tube displaceable in an axial direction of the blowing device and rotatable about its axis; and, a collecting device that may be brought into connection with the outlet opening of the collecting hopper while the blowing device is active.