Patent ID: 8246748

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a workpiece support that includes a workpiece support member supported by the workpiece support for rotation about an axis; a source that is spaced from said workpiece support and that emits a plume of coating material that flows away from said source toward said workpiece support approximately parallel to said axis, rotation of said workpiece support member about said axis being rotation with respect to said source; a shield having a plurality of openings that extend therethrough approximately parallel to a general direction of flow of a plume away from said source, said shield influencing the flow of said plume of coating material from said source; and a shield support coupled to and supported on said workpiece support member for rotation therewith about said axis, said shield support including a plurality of elongate support elements that extend across said workpiece support member traverse to said axis and that have ends coupled to said workpiece support member, said shield being supported on top of said shield support.