Apparatus for coating articles by immersion

Claim 1

COATING APPARATUS COMPRISING A CONVEYOR TRACK, A CARRIAGE MOVABLE ALONG SAID TRACK AND HAVING MEANS FOR HOLDING AN ARTICLE TO BE COATED, MEANS FOR ADVANCING SAID CARRIAGE ALONG SAID TRACK PAST A COATING STATION, ADJUSTABLE CAM MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT THE PATH OF SAID CARRIAGE AT SAID STATION, SAID CARRIAGE HAVING MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID CAM MEANS AS SAID CARRIGE IS ADVANCED PAST SAID STATION FOR LOWERING AND RAISING SAID ARTICLE TO AND FROM A COATING POSITION, SAID CAM MEANS INCLUDING ADJUSTMENT MEANS FOR ALTERING THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID CAM MEANS THEREBY VARYING THE HEIGHT TO WHICH SAID ARTICLE IS LOWERED AS IT IS ADVANCED PAST SAID STATION, AND A SECOND ADJUSTABLE CAM MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT THE PATH OF SAID CARRIAGE AT SAID STATION. SAID CARRIAGE HAVING MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID SECOND CAM MEANS AS SAID CARRIAGE IS ADVANCED PAST SAID STATION FOR TILTING SAID ARTICLE IN A VERTICAL PLANE TO THE ANGULAR POSITION AT WHICH SAID ARTICLE IS COATED AND FOR RETURNING SAID ARTICLE TO ITS ORIGINAL ANGULAR POSITION AFTER SAID ARTICLE IS COATED, SAID SECOND CAM MEANS INCLUDING ADJUSTMENT MEANS THEREBY VARYCONFIGURATION OF SAID SECOND CAM MEANS THEREBY VARYING THE ANGULAR POSITION TO WHICH SAID ARTICLE IS TITLED FOR THE COATING OPERATION AS THE ARTICLE IS ADVANCED PAST SAID STATION.