Patent ID: 7837131
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A modular automatic spray gun manifold comprising: a plurality of spray gun modules arranged in a lateral array with sides of said spray gun modules being in laterally spaced relation from each other along said array; a respective support assembly arranged between the sides of each adjacent pair of spray gun modules for supporting the adjacent pair of spray gun modules in laterally spaced relation to each other, said support assemblies each comprising an individual discrete support module free of contacting relation with other of said support assemblies defining an interior space through which a plurality of fluid conduits extend and having lateral sides that are disposed in interposed relation between pairs of said spray gun modules, a source of a first fluid having an inlet at one end of said lateral array for supplying said first fluid successively through each spray gun module and fluid conduits between said spray gun module for direction from said spray gun modules, a source of a heated second fluid having a temperature higher than said first fluid and having an inlet adjacent an end of said lateral array for communicating said second heated fluid successively through said spray gun modules and respective support assemblies for heating said first fluid communicating through said fluid conduits.