Patent ID: 6027566
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: B01D,B05B,Y02P

Abstract:
A paint spray booth for painting an article and separating spent paint material from air and water used in the paint spray booth to collect and separate the spent paint comprising: a water supply in said booth for providing water flow in said booth, air washer means for washing the air of spent paint material, said washer means receiving water from said water supply, said air washer means including at least one water nozzle spraying water into the air to capture the spent material, said washer means further comprising a venturi member surrounding the water nozzle, an eliminator means rearwardly adjacent to said washer means for removing water from the air discharged from said booth, a sheet metal drain section beneath said washer means and said eliminator means, said drain section being of a shallow depth for water run off from said washer means and said eliminator means, a sheetmetal deep pan section adjacent said drain section with at least a part of said deep pan section in an accessible portion of said booth, said drain section not extending over said deep pan section but only adjacent and higher than the same, water being contained in the bottom of said booth by both said drain section and said deep pan section, and said drain section draining the water it collects into one end of said adjacent deep pan section to cause a water flow therein from one end to the opposite end of said deep pan section, said water supply using water from the opposite end of said deep pan section, the water returning to said deep pan section from said drain section creating a directional water flow in said deep pan section from one end thereof to the other end thereof sufficient in velocity to move said spent paint material and prevented spent paint material from accumulating in said deep pan section.