Dip-coating machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR COATING GLASS BOTTLES WITH A PLASTIC MATERIAL, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A BOTTLE LOADING STATION, A FIRST DIPPING TANK FOR CONTAINING A BATH OF A LIQUID PRIMER MATERIAL, A FIRST OVEN CHAMBER, A RADIANT HEATER DEFINING A TUNNEL-LIKE HEATING ZONE, A SECOND DIPPING TANK FOR CONTAINING A BATH OF A LIQUID PLASTIC COATING MATERIAL, A DETEARING DEVICE, A SECOND OVEN CHAMBER A COOLING CHAMBER, A BOTTLE UNLOADING STATION, A PAIR OF PARALLEL ENDLESS CARRIAGE CHAINS, A PLURALITY OF ROTATABLE BOTTLECARRYING CHUCKS, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID CHUCKS FOR CARRIAGE INTERMEDIATE SAID CARRIAGE CHAINS, MEANS, INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF SPROCKETS, DEFINING AN ENDLESS PATH FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIAGE CHAINS, SAID DEFINED ENDLESS PATH EXTENDING THROUGH THE MACHINE FOR CARRYING SAID CHUCKS IN SUCCESSION PAST SAID FIRST DIPPING TANK FOR DIPPING BOTTLES ON SAID CHUCKS IN SAID BATH OF PRIMER MATERIAL, THROUGH SAID RADIANT HEATER ZONE FOR EXTERNALLY BOTTLES, THROUGH SAID RADIANT HEATER ZONE FOR EXTERNALLY HEATING BOTTLES ON SAID CHUCKS, PAST SAID SECOND DIPPING TANK INCLUDING AN INITIAL, DOWNWARDLY INCLINED TRAVEL FOR DIPPING BOTTLES ON SAID CHUCKS INTO THE SAID COATING MATERIAL BY INTRODUCING THEM INTO SAID PLASTIC MATERIAL WITH THEIR AXES INCLINED TO THE SURFACE OF THE BATH AND THEN GRADUALLY UPRIGHTING THE ARTICLES TO A VERTICAL FULL DIP POSITION IN THE BATH, AND A SUBSEQUENTLY, UPWARDLY INCLINED TRAVEL FOR GRADUALLY REMOVING DIPPED BOTTLES FROM SAID COATING FLUID AND INCLUDING A SPAN OF TRAVEL ABOVE SAID BODY OF COATING FLUID SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW EXCESS COATING MATERIAL TO DRAIN FROM THE BOTTLES, PAST SAID DETEARING DEVICE WHILE CONTINUOUSLY MOVING THE ARTICLES FROM AN INCLINED UPRIGHT POSITION TO AN INVERTED THE ARTICLES FROM AN INCIDENT WITH SAID INVERTING MOVEMENT SAID DETEARING DEVICE DRIVABLY ENGAGING SAID CHUCKS THEREBY CONTINUOUSLY ROTATING THE BOTTLES AXIALLY FOR SMOOTHING THE COATING ON THE DIPPED BOTTLES DURING THEIR SAID INVERTING MOVEMENT HEATING MEANS MOUNTED AT THE TERMINAL END OF SAID INVERTING MOVEMENT FOR APPLYING HEAT TO THE COATINGS ON THE BOTTLES AS THEY COMPLETE THEIR SAID INVERTING MOVEMENT, SAID PATH THEN EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SECOND OVEN FOR FUSING THE APPLIED COATING ON THE BOTTLES, AND THROUGH SAID COOLING CHAMBER, AND DRIVE MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED FOR CONTINUOUSLY DRIVING ONE OF SAID PAIRS OF SPROCKETS FOR CONTINUOUSLY MOVING SAID CARRIAGE CHAINS.