System for the treatment of objects, in particular the cataphoretic dip painting of objects, in particular vehicle bodies

US9283587B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Eisenmann GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Gerd Schneider · Dillingen/Saar, DE
• Alexander Schurba · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 27, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 18, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G49/0459
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A system for treating objects having at least one dipping tank, the objects being introducible into and removable out of said dipping tank by a transport carriage which moves on two parallel rails in an operating position and has a shaft that extends from one rail to the other rail in a transverse manner with respect to the two rails in the operating position. At least one pivoting arm is connected to the shaft, said pivoting arm having a supporting frame for the object. The shaft is pivotally hinged to the body of the transport carriage in an end region that adjoins one of the two rails such that said shaft can rotate together with the pivoting arm and the supporting frame into a space-saving position, in which said shaft runs approximately parallel with respect to one of the two rails. In this manner, the transport carriage can be converted into a single-track vehicle when returning from the unloading position of the objects into the loading position.