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Dip coat process material handling system

  • US 5,334,246 A
  • Filed: 12/23/1992
  • Issued: 08/02/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A material handling system for dip coating a plurality of workpieces to deposit a layer of coating material thereon, comprising:

  • carrier means for receiving the plurality of workpieces;

    means for elevating the workpieces in a single plane to load the workpieces onto said carrier means;

    a dip station for depositing a layer of coating material onto each of the plurality of workpieces;

    first transport means for transporting said carrier means in a first plane to position the workpieces over said dip station; and

    second transport means for transporting said carrier means in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane to transport the workpieces into and out of said dip station with the workpieces attached to said carrier means; and

    means for transferring said carrier means between said first transport means and said second transport means.

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