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Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING COATS OF ATOMIZED LIQUID PAINT, PARTICULARLY LACQUER, AND INCLUDING A CENTRIFUGAL DISTRIBUTOR HAVING AN ELONGATED UPRIGHT ROTARY SHAFT, AT LEAST ONE FIRST DISTRIBUTOR DISK RIGID AND COAXIAL WITH SAID SHAFT AND INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL UPPER ENDFACE PROVIDED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY FUNNEL-SHAPED CENTRAL FIRST RECESS HAVING A LOWER END AND BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE LIQUID PAINT, AND A PAINT-SUPPLY TUBE EXTENDING ALONG SAID SHAFT INTO SAID RECESS AND HAVING AN OPENING LOCATED IN THE REGION OF SAID LOWER END FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID PAINT INTO SAID RECESS, THE IMPROVEMENT CONSISTING IN PROVIDING SAID SHAFT AS A HOLLOW SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID LOWER END OF SAID RECESS AND DOWNWARDLY BEYOND SAID FIRST DISK; AT LEAST ONE SECOND DISTRIBUTOR DISK RIGID WITH SAID HOLLOW SHAFT DOWNWARDLY SPACED FROM SAID FIRST DISK AND ALSO HAVING AN ENDFACE PROVIDED WITH A SECOND RECESS, SAID HOLLOW SHAFT BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED SO THAT THE INTERIOR THEREOF COMMUNICATES WITH SAID SECOND RECESS; AND SUPPLY MEANS FOR SUPPLYING PAINT THROUGH SAID PAINT-SUPPLY TUBE INTO SAID FIRST RECESS, AND THROUGH SAID HOLLOW SHAFT INTO SAID SECOND RECESS.