Coating mechanism

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR COMPRESSING A POWDERED COATING MATERIAL UPON A CORE, THE COMBINATION OF A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL ROTARY BED HAVING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ARRANGED DIE POCKETS THEREIN, A MOVABLE TOP PUNCH AND A MOVABLE LOWER PUNCH FOR EACH DIE POCKET, ACTUATING MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING THE PUNCHES TO COMPRESS THE MATERIAL IN THE DIE POCKETS, EACH DIE POCKET BEING CONSTRUCTED TO RECEIVE POWDERED BOTTOM COATING MATERIAL, BOTTOM COATING FEEDING MEANS FOR DEPOSITING COATING MATERIAL SUCCESSIVELY INTO THE BOTTOM OF EACH DIE POCKET, A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL CORE FEED WHEEL MOUNTED OVER THE DIE POCKETS IN A PERIPHERAL POSITION OF THE ROTARY BED AND ROTATABLE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE ROTARY BED, SAID FED WHEEL HAVING PERIPHERAL POCKETS FOR CARYING THE CORES AND BEING ROTATABLE ON A SHAFT SO LOCATED WITH RESPECT TO THE SHAFT OF THE ROTARY BED THAT THE CORES ARE MOVED INTO TANGENCY WITH THE DIE POCKETS, MEANS FOR DRIVING BOTH THE ROTARY BED AND THE CORE WHEEL AT SUCH SPEEDS THAT THE CORES ARE SUCCESSIVELY MOVED INTO COINCIDENCE WITH THE DIE POCKETS AND DEPOSITED UPON THE BOTTOM COATING MATERIAL, TOP COATING FEEDING MEANS DISPOSED IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE DIE POCKETS BEYOND THE POINT OF COINCIDENCE FOR SUCCESSIVELY DELIVERING COATING MATERIAL UPON THE CORE IN EACH DIE POCKET, AND A SUPPORT PLATE MOUNTED IN FIXED RELATION TO THE MACHINE UNDER A PERIPHERAL PORTION OF THE CORE FEED WHEEL AND OVER A PERIPHERAL PORTION OF THE ROTARY BED, SAID PLATE BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE SAID PERIPHERAL PORTIONS AND PROVIDING A SUPPORT FOR THE CORES CARRIED BY THE FEED WHEEL AND HAVING AN EDGE PORTION NEAR THE POINT OF TANGENCY OVER WHICH THE CORES ARE PUSHED ONTO THE BOTTOM COATING MATERIAL.