Patent ID: 8245660
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: B05C,B05D

Abstract:
1. A dip coating apparatus, comprising: (a) a member providing a guide surface, effective for engaging and redirecting a bendable object, (b) a bendable tube having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, and redirectionally engaging the guide surface intermediate the first and second longitudinal ends, (c) a vertically repositionable carriage cooperatively engaging the tube proximate the first longitudinal end of the tube whereby vertical repositioning of the carriage effects a change in the vertical distance between the first and second longitudinal ends of the tube, and (d) a support assembly for releasably suspending an elongate workpiece for introductions of at least a portion of the workpiece into the tube through the first longitudinal end of the tube as the carriage is vertically repositioned upwards towards the support assembly.