Means for and method of painting

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PAINTING AN ARTICLE WITH A PAINT INCLUDING A VOLATILE SOLVENT THE VAPOR OF WHICH IS TOXIC AND HEAVIER THAN AIR, WHICH COMPRISES HEATING A BODY OF SAID PAINT AND THEREBY PRODUCING IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE A VAPOR OF SUCH SOLVENT, COOLING SUCH SPACE EFFECTIVE FOR PRODUCING THEREIN A LOWER CONCENTRATED VAPOR ZONE AND AN UPPER PAINTING ZONE AND OVERLYING AND OPENING INTO SAID CONCENTRATED VAPOR ZONE AND SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF SOLVENT VAPOR, DISPOSTING THE ARTICLE IN SAID PAINTING ZONE, PROJECTING ONTO THE ARTICLE IN SAID PAINTING ZONE HOT PAINT WITHDRAWN FROM SAID BODY OF PAINT WHILE MAINTAINING SAID PAINTING ZONE FREE OF SOLVENT VAPOR IN CONDENSIBLE AMOUNT, DRYING THE PAINT ON THE ARTICLE IN THE PAINTING ZONE BY RAPID EVAPORATION OF THE SLOVENT CONTENT OF THE PAINT BY THE HEAT THEREOF SUPPLEMENTED BY THE SURFACE HEAT OF THE ARTICLE, AND REMOVING THE PAINTED ARTICLE FROM SAID PAINTING ZONE THROUGH AN EXIT AREA FREE OF SOLVENT VAPOR.