Patent ID: 7507294

Claim:
Powder painting equipment for at least one manufactured article, the equipment comprising: overhead conveyor means for transporting the manufactured article along a generally horizontal conveyor path, the conveyor means including a support organ supporting the article for rotation about a generally vertical axis, the support organ having first and second flat plates rotationally fixed to the article supported by the organ and extending generally in respective vertical planes at right angles to each other, first application means adjacent the transport path for applying a first layer of powder paint to the article, first guide means at the first application means for engaging the first plate and holding the manufactured article in a predetermined angular position relative to the axis during application of the first layer; means at a first station downstream of the first application means for fixing said first paint layer, second application means downstream of the first station for applying a second layer of powder paint in a color, tone or properties different from said first paint layer to the article, second guide means at the second application means for engaging the second plate and holding the manufactured article in a predetermined angular position offset by about 90° to the first position relative to the axis during application of the second layer; means at a second station downstream of the second application means for the final baking of said first and second paint layers, second means downstream of the second application means and including a roller or brush for rolling or brushing the manufactured article to produce a desired decorative effect, a first mobile support unit mounted in each application means and adapted to move the respective application means along a corresponding closed cyclic passage including at least a first following section of said manufactured article during which a relative movement is imposed between said the respective application means and the article, and first mobile means for moving the roller or brush along a corresponding closed passage including the first following section of the manufactured article during which a relative movement is imposed between roller or brush and the manufactured article.