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Tooling fixture assembly for use in a coating operation

US9789513B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims

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Assignee

Praxair S.T. Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Albert Feuerstein · Neuberg, DE
Andrew Thomas Westfall · Brownsburg, US
Thomas F. Lewis · Raleigh, US
David A. McPherson · Coatesville, US
Ardy Kleyman · Carmel, US
Don Lemen · Indianapolis, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 7, 2012
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC23C14/505
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A modular, rotisserie type tooling fixture assembly for use in a coating operation and method of its use are disclosed. The tooling fixture assembly includes an arbor or shaft and a retaining base with a plurality of anchor members disposed in a prescribed radial orientation from the center of the retaining base, the anchor members are uniquely configured or adapted to retain a plurality of workpieces to be coated. The tooling fixture assembly further comprises a unique workpiece masking arrangement that employs a unitary masking cap having a plurality of solid walls or surfaces adapted to cover portions of the plurality of workpieces in a masking relationship.

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