IP Library Granted Patent US 9,481,001
Granted Patent B2
US 9,481,001 · App. 13/015,715 · Granted Nov 1, 2016

Intermediate storage unit for the intermediate storage of objects to be painted

Inventor: Wolf-Hasso Schaefer (Tiefenbronn, DE)
Assignee: Dürr Systems GmbH
B05B13/02B05B15/1207B05B15/1288B05C3/10B05B15/1266
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Patent No.
US 9,481,001
App. No.
13/015,715
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide an intermediate storage unit for the intermediate storage of objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or parts of vehicle bodies and/or for the transport of objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or parts of vehicle bodies from one process section of a paint shop to another process section of the paint shop, which allows the objects to be painted to also be stored in the intermediate storage unit over a lengthy period of time, e.g. during a shift change, overnight or over a weekend, without impairment to the quality of the painting of the objects to be painted, it is proposed that the intermediate storage unit is configured as a clean-room area.

Claims (23)

1. Intermediate storage unit for the intermediate storage of objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or driver's cabins for lorries and/or for the transport of objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or driver's cabins for lorries from one process section of a paint shop to another process section of the paint shop,

wherein the intermediate storage unit is configured as a clean-room area,

wherein an air supply device is provided for generating an excess air pressure within the intermediate storage unit,

wherein the intermediate storage unit is stationary and fixed in location and comprises a plurality of storage bays for objects to be painted that are stationary and fixed in location and can be selectively filled and

wherein at least one of the storage bays is provided with a cover arranged above a respective storage space for an object to be painted, which cover is stationary and fixed in location to the storage bays and prevents contaminants from dropping onto an object to be painted stored in the storage bay provided with the cover when storing or retrieving an object to be painted in a further storage bay of the intermediate storage unit arranged above the storage bay provided with the cover.

2. Intermediate storage unit according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate storage unit is configured as a high-bay storage unit.

3. Intermediate storage unit according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate storage unit is provided with a housing, which separates the intermediate storage unit from the building interior of a building shell, in which the intermediate storage unit is arranged.

4. Intermediate storage unit according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate storage unit comprises at least one entry tunnel.

5. Intermediate storage unit according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate storage unit comprises at least one exit tunnel.

6. Intermediate storage unit according to claim 5 , wherein the intermediate storage unit comprises at least one entry tunnel and at least one exit tunnel, wherein at least one entry tunnel and at least one exit tunnel of the intermediate storage unit lie on different levels.

7. Intermediate storage unit according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate storage unit comprises at least one lock chamber and at least one device for generating an air current through the lock chamber.

8. Intermediate storage unit according to claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises a covering film.

9. Paint shop for painting objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or driver's cabins for lorries, comprising

at least one intermediate storage unit for the intermediate storage of objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or driver's cabins for lorries and/or for the transport of objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or driver's cabins for lorries from one process section of the paint shop to another process section of the paint shop,

wherein the intermediate storage unit is configured as a clean-room area

wherein the paint shop comprises an air supply device for generating an excess air pressure within the intermediate storage unit, and wherein the intermediate storage unit is stationary and fixed in location and comprises a plurality of storage bays for objects to be painted that are stationary and fixed in location and can be selectively filled and

wherein at least one of the storage bays is provided with a cover arranged above a respective storage space for an object to be painted, which cover is stationary and fixed in location to the storage bays and prevents contaminants from dropping onto an object to be painted stored in the storage bay provided with the cover when storing or retrieving an object to be painted in a further storage bay of the intermediate storage unit arranged above the storage bay provided with the cover.

10. Paint shop according to claim 9 , wherein the paint shop comprises a building shell, which encloses a building interior, in which at least one treatment area for treatment of an object to be painted and the at least one intermediate storage unit are arranged, wherein the intermediate storage unit is configured as a clean-room area separated from the remaining building interior.

11. Paint shop according to claim 10 , wherein the paint shop comprises a first transport level, on which objects to be painted can be transported through at least one open treatment area, and

at least one second transport level, from which objects to be painted can be dipped into at least one dip tank,

wherein at least one object to be painted can be transported from one transport level of the paint shop into the intermediate storage unit and can later be transported out of the intermediate storage unit into another transport level of the paint shop.

12. Paint shop according to claim 11 , wherein at least one object to be painted can be transported out of a drier on the second transport level into the intermediate storage unit.

13. Paint shop according to claim 11 , wherein the paint shop comprises at least two intermediate storage units, by means of which objects to be painted can be transported from one transport level of the paint shop onto another transport level of the paint shop.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 5, 2017
From: DÜRR SYSTEMS GMBH
To: DÜRR SYSTEMS AG
Reel/Frame 042166/0752 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2011
From: SCHAEFER, WOLF-HASSO
To: DURR SYSTEMS GMBH
Reel/Frame 026012/0063 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2008 036 322 · Jul 29, 2008 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2009059102 · Jul 15, 2009
Related Publication 20110165833A1 · Jul 7, 2011