Patent ID: 7198674

Claim:
A drum coating facility ( 10 ) for surface coating of small parts, comprising: at least one coating drum with partially perforated wall and at least one closeable fill-and-emptying opening ( 73 ) as well as a rotational drive means, further comprised of a fill-and-emptying station, a coating station with a coating basin ( 16 ) in which the coating drum can be dipped and a transport device for transport of the coating drum from the fill-and-emptying station to the coating station, wherein the coating drum is comprised of a hollow cylinder with drum casing ( 63 ), drum lids ( 64 , 65 ) on both sides and a horizontally oriented drive and transport axle ( 66 ), which coating drum ( 60 ) is segregated into two identically-dimensioned, rotationally-symmetric drum chambers ( 61 , 62 ) via a separating wall ( 67 ) running along the diagonal, that the drum casing ( 63 ) has openings ( 73 ) arranged to lie opposite to each other symmetrically about the drive and transport axle ( 66 ), which are respectively closeable by means of a lid ( 68 ) located pivotably between the drum lids ( 64 , 65 ).