Apparatus for dry enameling

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING ENAMEL POWDER ONTO A WORKPIECE, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE ZONES, A PERFORATE MEMBER UNDERLYING SAID DISCRETE ZONES, MEAN MAINTAINING SAID PERFORATE MEMBER IN A STATIONARY POSITION, SUPPLY MEANS OVERLYING SAID PERFORATE MEMBER SUPPLYING EMAMEL POWDER TO SAID DISCRETE ZONES, SAID PERFORATE MEMBER HAVING OPENINGS SIZED SO AS NOT TO PASS ENAMEL POWDER THERETHROUGH WHEN THE PERFORATE MEMBER AND THE ENAMEL POWDER IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE PERFORATE MEMBER ARE IN A STATIC CONDITION, AGITATORS POSITIONED IN EACH OF SAID ZONES, SAID AGITATORS BEING OPERABLE TO FORCE ENAMEL POWER THROUGH THE PERFORATED MEMBER, A DRIVE MEANS, RELEASE MEANS RELEASABLY CONNECTING EACH OF SAID AGITATORS TO SAID DRIVE MEANS SO THAT SAID AGITATORS MAY BE ACTUATED TO FORCE POWDER THROUGH THE PORTIONS OF THE PERFORATE MEMBER ASSOCIATED WITHT HE ACTUATED AGITATORS WHILE THE PORTIONS OF THE PERFORATE MEMBER UNDERLYING THE REMAINING AGITATORS RETAIN THE POWDER IN ITS ASSOCIATED ZONE, A WORKPIECE SUPPORT UNDERLYING SAID PERFORATE MEMBER, MEANS TO MOVE SAID WORKPIECE SUPPORT, AND CONTROL MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID RELEASE MEANS AND SAID MEANS TO MOVE SAID WORKPIECE TO AUTOMATICALLY AND SELECTIVELY OPERATE ANY ONE OR MORE OF SAID AGITATORS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MOTION OF THE WORKPIECE SO THAT THE ACTUTATED AGITATORS APPLY A SUBSTANTIALLY EVEN COATING OF POWDER TO SAID WORKPIECE.