Patent ID: 8136475
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: B05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A painting apparatus for applying a coating material to a member surfaces of a corresponding plurality of members, the painting apparatus comprising: a housing; a slide rail mountable within the housing and having a plurality of rack positions; a rack assembly mountable within the housing in correspondence with one of the rack positions, the rack assembly being configured to support the members such that the member surfaces are exposed; a cross beam coupled to the slide rail and being movable along the slide rail, the cross beam being positionable at the rack position having the rack assembly mounted in correspondence therewith; a spraying device mountable on the cross beam and being configured to move along the cross beam while spraying the coating material onto the member surfaces; and a lifting mechanism configured to move the members from a coating application position wherein a portion of the members are in contact with an upper surface of the rack assembly, to a curing position wherein the portion of the members are moved away from the upper surface of the rack assembly; each one of the members having a shaft extending from the member surface, the lifting mechanism including a lifting plate positionable beneath the shafts and being operative to bear upwardly against the shafts to cause the member surfaces to be pushed away from the upper surface of the rack assembly.