公开(公告)号：US5820676A

公开(公告)日：1998-10-13

申请号：US526447

申请日：1995-09-11

申请人： Albrecht B. Bauerle

发明人： Albrecht B. Bauerle

IPC分类号： B05C3/04 ,  B05C3/20 ,  B05C11/02 ,  B05C13/02 ,  B05C3/02

CPC分类号： B05C3/20 ,  B05C11/021 ,  B05C13/025 ,  B05C3/04 ,  Y10S118/11 ,  Y10S118/12

摘要： An apparatus for applying precise, uniform, coatings to elongated shafts, such as golf club shafts. Shafts are held by a gripper in a downwardly hanging array. A paint head assembly is moved upwardly over each shaft in sequence to apply a paint coating to a selected portion of the shaft length. The paint head assembly includes a flexible container including a central hole, a vertically moveable edge frame and an expander for changing the area of the hole. Raising the frame forms the container into a bowl like configuration, so that paint will contact a shaft extending through, and in contact with, the hole. The assembly is moved up along the shaft to apply a layer of paint, with the hole area varied to accommodate shaft taper, steps, etc. When the desired shaft length has been painted, the frame is lowered, changing the container to a trough-like configuration with pint away from the hole region. The expander widens the hole out of contact with the shaft and the assembly is lowered to below the shaft end. The sequence repeats with the next shaft. Mechanisms for intermittently moving shafts into and out of the painting location and for continuously agitating paint in the container are included.

摘要翻译： 一种用于对诸如高尔夫球杆杆之类的细长轴施加精确均匀的涂层的装置。 轴由夹持器保持在向下悬挂的阵列中。 油漆头组件依次向上移动到每个轴上以将油漆涂层施加到轴长度的选定部分。 油漆头组件包括柔性容器，其包括中心孔，可垂直移动的边缘框架和用于改变孔的面积的膨胀器。 提升框架将容器形成碗状配置，使得涂料将接触延伸通过孔并与孔接触的轴。 组件沿着轴向上移动以施加一层油漆，其中孔面积变化以适应轴锥度，台阶等。当所需的轴长度已经被涂漆时，框架被降低，将容器更换为槽形， 类似配置，远离孔区域。 膨胀机加宽了与轴接触的孔，并将组件降低到轴端的下方。 该序列与下一个轴重复。 包括用于间歇地将轴进入和离开涂装位置并连续搅拌容器中的油漆的机构。