Patents Assigned to Trinity Industrial Corp.
  • Patent number: 9738985
    Abstract: An immersion-type surface treatment tank includes a treatment tank body including: a single tank internal space elongated in a plan view, and a nozzle that ejects an electrodeposition paint into the tank internal space. The treatment tank body includes: a first tank inner side surface extending along a longitudinal direction of the tank internal space; a second tank inner side surface facing the first tank inner side surface and extending along the longitudinal direction; and a rectifying plate that is formed halfway in the longitudinal direction and changes a flow direction of the electrodeposition paint such that the electrodeposition paint flowing horizontally along the first tank inner side surface is directed toward the second tank inner side surface. The rectifying plate changes the flow direction of the electrodeposition paint, thereby forming, in the tank internal space, at least two horizontal swirl flows adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TRINITY INDUSTRIAL CORP.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Nagasaka, Keiichi Fujiwara, Kenichi Furuta, Suguru Nakamura, Akio Takada, Issei Nozaki, Isamu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160312375
    Abstract: An immersion-type surface treatment tank includes a treatment tank body including: a single tank internal space elongated in a plan view, and a nozzle that ejects an electrodeposition paint into the tank internal space. The treatment tank body includes: a first tank inner side surface extending along a longitudinal direction of the tank internal space; a second tank inner side surface facing the first tank inner side surface and extending along the longitudinal direction; and a rectifying plate that is formed halfway in the longitudinal direction and changes a flow direction of the electrodeposition paint such that the electrodeposition paint flowing horizontally along the first tank inner side surface is directed toward the second tank inner side surface. The rectifying plate changes the flow direction of the electrodeposition paint, thereby forming, in the tank internal space, at least two horizontal swirl flows adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TRINITY INDUSTRIAL CORP.
    Inventors: Kazutaka NAGASAKA, Keiichi FUJIWARA, Kenichi FURUTA, Suguru NAKAMURA, Akio TAKADA, Issei NOZAKI, Isamu TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9415407
    Abstract: An electrostatic coating apparatus includes: a spray gun configured to spray a coating material onto a coating object; a voltage application device configured to apply a high voltage to the spray gun; and a current measurement device configured to measure electric current flowing through the spray gun. When the spray gun, which is in a state of not spraying the coating material onto the coating object and is under application of the high voltage from the voltage application device, is located at a distance from the coating object, the electric current flowing through the spray gun is measured by the current measurement device. A grounded state of the coating object is checked, based on the measured electric current. This shortens the time required for checking the grounded state, while allowing for downsizing and simplified configuration of production equipment and reduction of equipment cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: TRINITY INDUSTRIAL CORP., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Umeki, Akihiro Kawamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara, Isamu Yamasaki, Yasunori Asada, Kimiyoshi Nagai
  • Patent number: 8016001
    Abstract: A painting material charging device may comprise a cartridge attaching unit, a painting material supplying path, a first switching unit, a painting material supplying unit, a discharging path, a second switching unit, a painting material sensor and a controlling unit. The controlling unit may be configured to be connected to the painting material sensor and the second switching unit. The controlling unit may be configured to cause the second switching unit to fully close the discharging path in a case where the painting material sensor detects the painting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Trinity Industrial Corp.
    Inventors: Isamu Yamasaki, Takanobu Mori, Shinichi Nakane, Noriyuki Achiwa, Kohta Harada
  • Publication number: 20100212774
    Abstract: A painting material charging device may comprise a cartridge attaching unit, a painting material supplying path, a first switching unit, a painting material supplying unit, a discharging path, a second switching unit, a painting material sensor and a controlling unit. The controlling unit may be configured to be connected to the painting material sensor and the second switching unit. The controlling unit may be configured to cause the second switching unit to fully close the discharging path in a case where the painting material sensor detects the painting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TRINITY INDUSTRIAL CORP.
    Inventors: Isamu Yamasaki, Takanobu Mori, Shinichi Nakane, Noriyuki Achiwa, Kohta Harada
  • Publication number: 20070290081
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a rotary atomizing head that paint supplied to an inner peripheral surface is spread on the inner peripheral surface uniformly so as to improve the quality of coating and to lengthen the life of the rotary atomizing head. An inner peripheral surface 67 diametrically expanded from the center of the rotary atomizing head to a peripheral edge 61b is formed and centrifugal force generated by the rotation is applied on the paint supplied to the inner peripheral surface 67 so as to discharge the paint outside atomizingly. A step part 68 is formed at the middle portion of the inner peripheral surface 67 between paint supply holes 65d, supplying paint or solvent to the inner peripheral surface 67, and the peripheral edge 61b of the inner peripheral surface 67.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TRINITY INDUSTRIAL CORP.
    Inventors: Masaru Murai, Makoto Ichimura
  • Patent number: 6071346
    Abstract: A multi-color small amount painting system of the present invention stores small unit amounts of paint having a variety of paint colors and may selectively feed desired color paint to a painter of a painting robot or the like. The painting system stores the paint having a large number of paint colors in a stock unit in the form of paint cartridges. The paint cartridge of the paint color selected is picked up from the stock unit and carried by a carrier and is loaded on the painting robot or an automatic painting device. Subsequently, the paint within the paint cartridge loaded is fed to the painter of the painting robot or the automatic painting device by a paint feeding mechanism. In addition, the system ensure an advantage that the painting system is high in efficiency of painting work including the exchange of colors and is small in size as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignees: Hino Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd., Trinity Industrial Corp.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Yamauchi, Tohru Takeuchi, Noriyasu Yamaguchi, Shinji Toshimitsu, Takao Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 4957710
    Abstract: A catalytic combustion type exhaust gas processing device wherein noxious/smelly components contained in exhaust gases are deodorized and purified through sequential oxidative decomposition by at least one catalyst layer composed of platinum and/or palladium catalyst and a copper-cerium catalyst comprising chemically active species of copper and cerium in a compounded form. The device can be applied effectively to a drying furnace, for example, used in a coating for automobile use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chou Kenkyusho, Trinity Industrial Corp.
    Inventors: Teizi Nagai, Yasuo Tokushima, Sadao Kubota, Kenichirou Suzuki, Yoshiyasu Fujitani, Taisuke Yoshimoto, Hideaki Muraki, Hideo Tachi
  • Patent number: 4745011
    Abstract: A two-component mixing type coating method which is utilized for coating car components, and the like. A main component solution and a hardner solution are run together at an intermediate portion of a supply conduit and are mixed. The mixture solution is sent to a coating spray gun and injected from the gun for coating. The two-component mixing type coating method of the present invention is characterized in that check valves and stop valves are disposed at positions of the flow conduits upstream from the junction, an escape valve is connected to a flow conduit at a portion downstream from the junction, and when the coating spray operation from the coating spray gun is stopped, the escape valve is opened and then the stop valves are closed by control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Trinity Industrial Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Fukuta, Matsuo Komiyama, Kazuo Katsuyama, Minoru Tanno