Paint spraying machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR SPRAY PAINTING DESIGNS UPON ARTICLES THROUGH ACCURATELY FITTING MASKS, IN COMBINATION, MEANS DEFINING A PAINTING STATION, A WASHING STATION AND A DRYING STATION, THE STATIONS BEING LOCATED ALONG A GENERALLY CIRCULAR PATH, A SOLVENT TANK IN THE WASHING STATION, AN APERTURED ARTICLE AND MASK CARRIER MOUNTED TO ROTATE ABOUT A GENERALLY VERTICAL AXIS IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PLANE TO PRESENT ITS APEERTURES SUCCEESSIVELY TO THE STATIONS, THE ARTICLE AND MASK CARRIER BEING LOCATED ABOVE THE SOLVENT TANK, A CONTINUOUS FIXED CAM TRACK WHICH EXTENDS BETWEEN THE STATIONS AND THAT IS LOCATED BELOW THE ARTICLE AND MASK CARRIER AND THAT DIPS INTO THE SOLVENT TANK, MASK HOLDERS HAVING FREE ENDS AND ENDS MOUNTED TO PIVOT ABOUT GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AXES WITHIN THE APERTURES IN THE ARTICLE AND MASK CARRIER, EACH OF THE MASK HOLDERS HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN WHICH REGISTERS WITH THE RESPECTIVE APERTURE IN THE ARTICLE AND MASK CARRIER, MEANS FOR MOUNTING A SELECTED MASK UPON EACH OF THE MASK HOLDERS OVER ITS OPENING, AND A SPRAY GUN SO LOCATED IN THE PAINTING STATION AS TO DIRECT A SPRAY THROUGH THE MASKS SO MOUNTED OVER THE OPENINGS, IN THE MASK HOLDERS WHILE THEY ARE IN THE PAINTING STATION, THE FREE ENDS OF MASK HOLDERS BEING SUPPORTED DIRECTLY UPON THE CAM TRACK AND FOLLOWING THE CAM TRACK FROM STATION TO STATION DURING ROTATION OF THE ARTICLE AND MASK CARRIER, THE MASK HOLDERS PIVOTING FROM A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION AT THE PAINTING STATION TOWARD A VERTICAL POSITION AT THE WASHING STATION TO DIP THE MASKS INTO THE SOLVENT TANK WHILE THE MASKS ARE AT THE WASHING STATION AND PIVOTING FROM SUCH POSITION AT THE WASHING STATION TO SAID GENERALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION UPON RETURN TO SAID PAINTING STATION, THE MASKS DRYING IN THE DRYING STATION.