Abstract: An apparatus for electrophoretically depositing a coating on an article is disclosed which includes a tank for holding a supply of the suspension of the material which is desired to be deposited on the article, a holding means for supporting the article in the suspension and providing a voltage of a first polarity to the article which will attract the particles from the suspension, a pair of electrodes adapted to be suspended into the suspension and which can be supplied to the article being coated, and a distribution means for supplying and circulating the suspension within the apparatus in a smooth, laminar, non-turbulent manner. The distribution means includes a manifold for introducing the suspension uniformly within the apparatus and guide plates for guiding the suspension into the tank below the surface of the suspension in a laminar flow pattern without causing turbulence.