US3766885A - Machine for the application of liquid coatings to workpieces - Google Patents

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US3766885A
US3766885A US00180343A US3766885DA US3766885A US 3766885 A US3766885 A US 3766885A US 00180343 A US00180343 A US 00180343A US 3766885D A US3766885D A US 3766885DA US 3766885 A US3766885 A US 3766885A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C5/00—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work
    • B05C5/002—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work the work consisting of separate articles
    • B05C5/004—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work the work consisting of separate articles the work consisting of separate rectangular flat articles, e.g. flat sheets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C5/00—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work
    • B05C5/005—Curtain coaters
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S118/00—Coating apparatus
    • Y10S118/04—Curtain coater

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  • ABSTRACT A coating machine where liquid coatings of lacquer or [30] Foreign Application p i it Data glue are applied to continuous webs or to a succession Mar 4 197 German P 21 10 255 6 of flat workpieces in a free-falling liquid curtain emay nating from an applicator head positioned over the [52] U S Cl 118/313 118/323 118/324 workpiece conveyor, the machine including a rotat- 118/1); 134/99 able vertical column with two carrying arms at right [5 Int Cl 5/00 angles and a complete independent liquid circulation [58] Fie'id 324 323 system for each applicator head, the-applicator heads l 18); 17/105 and liquid circulation systems being rotatable together withthe vertical column so that, when one arm and [56] References Cited applicator head is in the operation position above the i conveyor line, the other arm and applicator head is UNI-TED STATES PATENTS positioned alongside the conveyor line.
  • the invention relates to a machine for the application. of liquid coatings to workpieces, and in particular to a machine for the continuous application of such coatings to the surface of workpieces, where, in a continuous liquid circulation system, the workpieces in the form of conveyed plates or continuous webs, or in the form of patterns of flexible material, are coated by using the principle of a flow curtain falling freely from an applicator head onto the workpieces.
  • a further objective of the invention is to permit the change-over between four different kinds of liquid with essentially the same machine structure.
  • the invention proposes to attain this objective by suggesting that the interchangeable liquid applicator units be arranged on two horizontal carrying arms extending from a common rotatable vertical column mounted alongside the conveyor line, the two horizontal arms being rotatable in unison around the axis of this vertical column so that, while one arm extends over the conveyor line for operation, the other arm is positioned alongside the conveyor line for servicing.
  • the vertical column includes a common lifting mechanism for the two arms, and the rotatable structure on the vertical column carries with it the liquid containers for the separate applicator heads.
  • the rotatable applicator unit would consist essentially of two parts, a liquid applicator head and a liquid container.
  • the two rotating arms with their applicator heads are arranged at an angle of to one another.
  • a further development of the invention suggests the arrangement of two applicator heads on each of the two carrying arms, each applicator head being part of a separate liquid circulation system. This arrangement brings with it the possiblity to apply the particular advantages of the invention to coating operations where two liquids are used simultaneously.
  • Coatings where this type of operation is necessary include, for example, DD-lacquers, polyester coatings, and two-component glues which, if they would be combined in the applicator head, would harden too quickly.
  • the machine can be used for the simultaneous application of two components, and it can also be changed over to two different components with a minimum of change-over time required,
  • the invention further suggests a releasable catch device arranged between the applicator head and the collecting trough.
  • a catch device permits the automatic catching and holding of the collecting trough, when the carrying arm'with its applicator head is lowered toward the collecting trough.
  • the carrying arm is raised again, it carries with it the collecting trough, thus permitting rotation of the combined applicator head and collecting trough away from the conveyor line.
  • liquid container is not mounted on the carrying arm directly but, in order to give it a larger liquid capacity, is arranged directly on the vertical column in such a manner that it follows the rotation of the carrying arm.
  • large-capacity liquid containers are preferably provided with casters running on the machine floor or with rollers engaging a circular track. At their inner side, the liquid containers are connected to the rotating portion of the vertical column without following the vertical motion of the carrying arms.
  • the liquid containers are interchangeably attached to the column hub by means of screws, or arranged to be hooked onto the latter, whereby the liquid containers envelop the vertical column on an angle of approximately 225.
  • This arrangement affords the additional advantage that, for the cleaning operation, the container with coating liquid can be quickly unhooked, and another container holding cleaning fluid can be attached in its place.
  • the general arrangement of the machine thus permits the performance of the change-over and cleaning operations in the area immediately alongside the conveyor line, with a minimum of floor space requirement.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic plan view of a coating machine embodying the invention, where one applicator head is shown in operational position while the other applicator head is shown in its non-operating position;
  • FIG. 2 shows the machine of FIG. 1 in an elevational view along arrow 3 of FIG. 1, the two applicator heads having been rotated by 90;
  • FIG. 3 is similar to FIG. 2, showing a cross-section of the machine of FIG. 1 taken along the line AA thereof;
  • FIG. 4 shows a partial elevational side view of the machine of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 shows a plan view corresponding to FIG. 4, the applicator heads being removed to show the arrangement of the collecting trough between two sections of the conveying line;
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show, in a further simplifiedplan view, another embodiment of the invention, the machine being equipped with two applicator heads on each carrying arm, both rotational positions being shown;
  • FIG. 8 shows, in a schematic elevational view, the coating applicator portions of the machine of FIGS. 6 and 7 in their operational position;
  • FIG. 9 is similar to FIG. 8, showing the two applicator heads in a lowered position in which the collecting troughs are attached to the applicator heads by means of a catch device;
  • FIG. 10 is again similar to FIGS. 8 and 9, the collecting troughs being raised together with the applicator heads for removal from the conveying line by rotation around the vertical column.
  • a liquid circulation system including a liquid container 6 with a pump 7 and a motor 8, an applicator head 9, a collecting trough 10, a feed pipe 11, and a return pipe 12, is arranged to create the free-falling liquid curtain 4.
  • the liquid contained in this circulation system is kept in continuous circulation by the pump 7 and the motor 8. Only that amount of liquid is spent which is carried away on the workpieces l, the excess liquid falling from the applicator head 9 being collected in the collecting trough 10 and returned via the return pipe 12 to the liquid container 6.
  • the conveyor belts 2 and 5 are supported on a machine frame 13 which includes a conveyor drive 14 mounted on the base 15 of the machine frame.
  • the applicator head 9 is mounted on a vertical column 16 which is rotatable around its vertical axis, so that the applicator head can be rotated in a horizontal plane in a manner known as such, in order to remove it from the area of the conveyor belts 2 and 5.
  • a second applicator head 19 is also arranged on the vertical column 16 at a -angle from the first applicator head 9.
  • the applicator head 9 can move between the positions 17 and 18, while the applicator head 19 can move between the positions 20 and 17.
  • the applicator heads 9 and 19 have a common hub 27 supporting them on the vertical column 16, a stationary index pin 21 securing the two rotational positions on the vertical column.
  • the rotation of the vertical column 16 can be operated by hand or performed mechanically by an electric motor, pneumatic controls, or hydraulic controls.
  • the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1 3 uses a pneumatic ram 22 for this purpose, one end of the ram being fastened to'the machine frame 13 and the other end being linked to the vertical column by a lever 23.
  • the machine For the vertical movement of the applicator heads 9 and 19, the machine includes a lifting device which includes, for example, an electric gear motor 24, a lifting spindle 25, and a spindle nut 26. The latter engages the hub 27 to which are attached the applicator heads 9 and 19. Operation of the lifting device thus permits thelowering of the applicator heads 9 and 19 toward their respective collecting troughs l0 and 28, allowing attachment of the latter to the applicator heads by means of a catch device so that when the applicator heads 9 and 19 are raised again, they carry with them the collecting troughs ll) and 28. This permits convenient removal of the collecting troughs l and 28 from their operational position in the gap between the conveyor end rollers 29 and 30.
  • a lifting device which includes, for example, an electric gear motor 24, a lifting spindle 25, and a spindle nut 26. The latter engages the hub 27 to which are attached the applicator heads 9 and 19. Operation of the lifting device thus permits thelowering of the applicator heads 9 and
  • the raised collecting troughs can now be rotated horizontally out of or into the conveyor area while they are attached to the respective applicator heads.
  • the earlier-mentioned catch device preferably consists of a pair of vertical catch rods 31 which cooperate with spring loaded pins 32 (FIG. 4) which automatically snap into the catch rod 31, when the latter are lowered into the catch device mounted on the collecting trough.
  • spring loaded pins 32 FIG. 4
  • Each of the two separate liquid circulation systems includes a liquid container ti or 34. respectively, which is connected to a pump 7 or 35, anda'motorfi or 36.
  • The-pumps and motors supply a liquid to their respective applicator heads 9 and 19 through the supply pipes l l.
  • Return pipes l2 allow the excess liquid to flow back to the liquid containers.
  • the two liquid containers 6 and 34 make the same horizontal pivoting motion as the vertical column 16, and for this purpose, they are arranged in close proximity thereto.
  • the liquid containers 6 and 34 include casters 37m their base, the casters rolling on the surface of the machine floor. Instead of these casters, the containers may be equipped with guide rollers rolling on a circular track.
  • the liquid containers 6 and 34 are attached to the vertical column 16 by means of screws or by means of quickly releasable pins 38.
  • each applicator head 41 and 42, or 43 and 44 is part of a separate, independent circulation system.
  • Each of these systems includes a corresponding liquid container 45 and 46, or 47 and 48, with corresponding pumps 49 and 50, or l and52, all of them? pivoting horizontally in unison with the carrying arms 39 and 4t).
  • a particular advantage of this arrangement resides in the fact that the associated pairs of applicator heads which alternately are moved into the operating position above the gap between the conveyor belts 2 and 5 are always returning into exactly the same operating position above the conveyor line. This leads to a simplified and above all compact construction in the area of the collecting troughs, or pairs of collecting troughs, as the case maybe, while permitting operation with two or four liquid circulation systems, either alternatingly or collectively.
  • FIGS. through is illustrated schematically the operative procedure for the removal of the two collect.- ing troughs 33 by lowering the pair of applicator heads 53 and 54. While the free-falling liquid curtains 57 and 58 remain in operation, the applicator heads 53 and 54 are lowered until the catch rods 31 engage their respective index pins in the collecting troughs, thereby coupling the troughs to the applicator heads.
  • the collecting troughs follow the subsequent lifting and horizontal 6
  • a machine for the continuous application of liquid coatings to a succession of conveyed workpieces or to a moving web under a free-falling curtain of such liquid coating comprising in combination:
  • a generally flat conveyor line and drive including at least two successive, synchronized conveyor belts with a transverse conveyor gap between the adjacent ends of the two conveyor belts;
  • an elongated machine frame carrying the conveyor line and its drive including a column base mounted on one side thereof adjacent to the machine frame and facing the conveyor gap;
  • a vertical column movably mounted in the column base for rotation around its vertical axis, including means for rotating the column between at least two predetermined angular positions;
  • a hub enclosing the vertical column in its upper portion, the hub being rotatably fixed with respect to the column, but vertically movable relative thereto, including means for vertically moving the hub by raising or lowering it along the vertical column;
  • At least two rigid carrying arms extending generally horizontally from the hub at a level above the conveyor line and mounted at an angular distance from one another which corresponds to the rotational positions of the vertical column so that rotation of the vertical column between its predetermined positions brings adifferent carrying arm into alignment with the conveyorgap in each column position;
  • each liquid circulation system including: an elongated applicator head arranged on the carrying arm for the creation of the free-falling liquid curtain in a manner known as such, a liquid collecting trough below the applicator head, a liquid container, and means for circulating the liquid through the applicator head and back into the liquid container via the collecting trough.
  • each liquid circulation system the applicator head is permanently attached to its carrying arm, the liquid collecting trough below it is suspendable from the carrying arm and releasable therefrom, when the carrying arm is in the operating position above the conveyor gap, for depositing the troughin the gap below the plane of the moving workpieces.
  • the hub moving means include a vertical spindle, a spindle nut engaging the hub while travelling on the spindle, and an electric gear motor mounted on top of the vertical column, the gear motor driving the spindle.
  • the column rotating means include a double-acting pneumatically actuated horizontal ram, one end of the ram being connected to the machine frame, while the other end of the ram is connected to the rotatable vertical column at a distance from its rotational axis.

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