Patent ID: 7666077

Claim:
A horizontal draft paint booth arrangement for maximizing floor space and efficiency of a painting operation, the horizontal draft paint booth arrangement comprising: an equipment enclosing structure, said structure comprising an open interior space, the interior space having a transverse, horizontal-drafting area and being defined by forward and rearward sections, opposed wall sections, a centralized roof section, opposed duct-defining, wall-to-roof sections, and a ground support structure, the duct-defining, wall-to-roof sections minimizing the interior space at the roof and wall sections, the transverse horizontal-drafting area for receiving paintable equipment having vertical and horizontal components of varied dimensions, the transverse horizontal-drafting area being minimized relative to the varied dimensions; and air handling equipment, said equipment comprising an air intake assembly, an air exhaust assembly, and an air replacement system, the air intake and exhaust assemblies coextensively extending intermediate the wall sections at the rearward section, the air replacement system comprising conduit extending intermediate the forward and rearward sections in line with the duct-defining, wall-to-roof sections, the air intake assembly being in communication with the conduit for directing inlet airflow to the forward section, the forward section comprising doors, said doors having supply plenums extending intermediate the roof section and ground support structure for (1) receiving conduit-conducted airflow from the conduit, (2) channeling received airflow downward toward the ground support structure, and (3) outletting downwardly channeled airflow to the transverse horizontal-drafting area such that the outlet airflow flows parallel to and opposite the conduit-conducted airflow within the interior space, the air exhaust assembly comprising means for exhausting horizontally-drafted airflow from the interior space.