Patent ID: 7644679
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: B05C,Y02P

Abstract:
1. System for cataphoretically dip-coating vehicle bodies, comprising a) a plurality of treatment containers, in which the vehicle bodies are acted upon in each case by a treatment liquid; b) at least one feed carriage, by means of which the vehicle bodies are conveyed through the system and in the process introduced into and removed from the treatment containers and which in turn comprises: c) the counterbalancing device comprises at least one energy storage mechanism comprising an elastically deformable medium which is capable of temporarily storing the energy released during lowering of the vehicle body by virtue of elastic deformation and from which the temporarily stored energy is retrievable in order to assist the upward movement of the vehicle body; d) the energy storage mechanism comprises at least one gas-filled bellows device; e) the spring characteristic of the bellows device is individually adaptable to the weight of the respective vehicle body being carried by the feed carriage by adjusting the internal pressure of the bellows device.