Patent ID: 6783595
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A powder coating compartment comprising at least one manual coating station (43, 143a, 143b) located outside the compartment (1, 101) in front of an aperture (25, 125a, 125b) in an end wall (27, 127, 129) for entry and exit of workpieces (21, 121) to be coated, the aperture (25, 125a, 125b) being designed to be closed by a door (37, 137a, 137b) which is disposed for swinging movement at the wall of the compartment and, wherein the door is in an open position during operation and when fully open, forms a sidewall of the manual coating station (43, 143a, 143b), wherein the door (37, 137a, 137b) comprises a door panel (39, 139a, 139b) adapted to be mounted at either side of the aperture (25, 125a, 125b) by pivot means (41, 42, 141a, 141b, 142a, 142b) designed for quick release of the door (37, 137a, 137b) from the pivot means (41, 141a, 141b) wherein the door panel (39, 139a, 139b) is adapted to be mounted by hinges (55, 57) each of which comprises complementary hinge members (59, 61) one of which is fixed to the end wall (27, 127, 129) and the other one to the door (39, 139a, 139b) and a hinge pin (67) which passes through aligned bores in the two hinge members (59, 61) when the latter are assembled and further wherein two stop means (69, 71) for a hinge (55, 57) are provided at the end wall (27, 127, 129), wherein each hinge pin is movable between two positions, with one stop means to retain the hinge pin (67) in a position at which the hinge members (59, 61) are held together and the other stop means to retain the hinge pin (67) in a release position at which the one hinge member (59) is removable from the other one (61), the door (37, 137a, 137b) thus being separable from the end wall (27, 127, 129).