Fluid operated coating and drying machine

Claim 1

An apparatus for treating articles with a liquid and subsequently removing the excess liquid therefrom which comprises: a. a housing, b. a fluid operated motor mounted on said housing having a vertically mounted rotatable shaft, c. a foraminous container adapted to contain said articles, d. means detachably mounting said container to said shaft for being rotated thereby, e. vertically movable platform means for supporting a liquid receptacle within said housing, f. means for vertically moving said platform, whereby said foraminous container may be loaded with parts, mounted on said shaft, and brought together with respect to said liquid container to permit said parts to be immersed in the liquid contained therein, said foraminous container then removed from said liquid and rotated by said fluid operated motor to remove excess fluid from said articles centrifugally, and subsequently further separated from said liquid container and detached from said supporting means to discharge said articles, g. said housing being provided with a door hingedly mounted thereon and comprising a lower door, latch means for securing said doOr in closed position, an upper door slidably mounted at the inner surface of said lower door, said lower door having guide means slidably retaining said upper door, and check cylinders mounted on said lower door having the shafts thereof connected to the upper edge of said upper door, whereby lowering of said upper door is partially restrained to permit said door to be lowered gently to its lowermost position; h. said platform being provided with a tab and said upper door having an adjustable bracket adapted to be engaged by said tab, whereby raising of said platform causes said upper door to be raised to the closed position, and latch means for securing said upper door in closed position; i. secondary ways disposed at the upper portion of said housing and aligned with ways comprising said mounting to permit said foraminous container to slide off said mounting and to be supported outside of said housing; and j. a fluidic control circuit for raising and lowering said platform, actuating and timing the period of dwell within which said articles remain immersed in said liquid, and actuating and timing the period during which said foraminous container is rotated.

Claim 2

An apparatus for treating articles with a liquid and subsequently removing the excess liquid therefrom which comprises: a. a housing, b. a fluid operated motor mounted on said housing having a vertically mounted rotatable shaft, c. a foraminous container adapted to contain said articles, d. means detachably mounting said container to said shaft for being rotated thereby, e. vertically movable platform means for supporting a liquid receptacle within said housing, f. means for vertically moving said platform, whereby said foraminous container may be loaded with parts, mounted on said shaft, and brought together with respect to said liquid container to permit said parts to be immersed in the liquid contained therein, said foraminous container then removed from said liquid and rotated by said fluid operated motor to remove excess fluid from said articles centrifugally, and subsequently further separated from said liquid container and detached from said supporting means to discharge said articles, g. said housing being provided with a door hingedly mounted thereon and comprising a lower door, latch means for securing said doOr in closed position, an upper door slidably mounted at the inner surface of said lower door, said lower door having guide means slidably retaining said upper door, and check cylinders mounted on said lower door having the shafts thereof connected to the upper edge of said upper door, whereby lowering of said upper door is partially restrained to permit said door to be lowered gently to its lowermost position; h. said platform being provided with a tab and said upper door having an adjustable bracket adapted to be engaged by said tab, whereby raising of said platform causes said upper door to be raised to the closed position, and latch means for securing said upper door in closed position; i. secondary ways disposed at the upper portion of said housing and aligned with ways comprising said mounting to permit said foraminous container to slide off said mounting and to be supported outside of said housing; and j. a fluidic control circuit for raising and lowering said platform, actuating and timing the period of dwell within which said articles remain immersed in said liquid, and actuating and timing the period during which said foraminous container is rotated.