Patent ID: 6699329
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B65G,H01L

Abstract:
A coating and curing system for coating and curing a plurality of substrates, the system comprising:a series of processing stations spaced along a path to coat substrates in a coating section; a curing section to cure a coating on the substrates, said curing section being vertically displaced from said coating section; a walking beam conveyor for transferring substrates between processing stations of the coating section, said walking beam conveyor being configured for horizontal and vertical movement of the substrates; a push bar conveyor for transferring parts through the curing section; a plurality of loadbar assemblies, each one of said plurality of load bar assemblies being associated with a different one of the plurality of substrates, each load bar assembly having a load bar configured to cooperate with the walking beam conveyor to facilitate transfer of the loadbar and its associated substrate through the coating section and a segment bar attached to the loadbar, the segment bar having a length influencing incremental movement of the substrate through the push bar conveyor; wherein the walking beam conveyor is configured to horizontally move substrates attached to loadbar assemblies a first incremental distance between adjacent processing stations during each cycle of the system and wherein the push bar conveyor horizontally moves substrates attached to loadbar assemblies a second incremental distance through the curing section during each cycle of the system.