Patent ID: 8015938

Claim:
A coating zone, in a paint booth for vehicle bodies, comprising: a conveyor configured to transport an application object through the coating zone, at least one guide rail running on opposite sides next to the conveyor and located above the conveyor, the at least one guide rail including a robot and configured to allow the robots to move in a guided manner along the conveyor, load-bearing structures on at least one side of the conveyor to support the at the least one guide rail, an upper ceiling through which feed air enters the coating zone, two side walls located on opposite sides of the conveyor which extend downward from the ceiling to a floor level, a first walk-in control area which is located on the outside facing away from the conveyor of at least one of the two side walls at floor level, and a second walk-in control area which is located on the outside of at least one of the two side walls in the proximity of the guide rail above the first walk-in control area and above the conveyor, wherein the side wall at the upper walk-in control area runs upward on a slant as a width of a interior of the coating zone progressively narrows; wherein the side wall at the lower walk-in control area extends upward substantially perpendicular to floor level to a height above the application object.