Patent ID: 8646404
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: B05B,B29D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A modular tire spraying system, comprising: a downdraft spray booth for receiving a tire; a fluid delivery system disposed in the spray booth, wherein the fluid delivery system includes at least one spray gun for delivering a coating to the tire; a robot for transporting the tire to the spray booth; and a portable platform on which all of the spray booth, the fluid delivery system, and the robot are disposed, wherein the spray booth is mounted to the platform at a spray booth location, the robot is mounted to the platform at a mounting location spaced apart from the spray booth location, and the robot is configured to transport the tire to and from the spray booth and a conveying location on the platform, the mounting location disposed between the spray booth location and the conveying location, wherein the mounting location and the conveying location are aligned along a first axis on the platform, and the tire is introduced to the conveying location from outside the platform along a second axis transverse to the first axis, and wherein the robot is a multi-axis robot having a rotatable gripper configured to selectively pick up and release the tire at the conveying location, dispose the tire within the spray booth and rotate the tire during the delivery of the coating by the spray gun.