Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “In painting lines of automobiles and other vehicles, robot pa inting using robots has become the mainstream. In such robot painting, a paintin g machine (rotary atomizing type painting machine) in which a rotary atomizing t ype painting head is mounted at the tip of a multi-joint robot is used. In addit ion, for example, as disclosed in Patent Literature 1, a configuration with a pa inting agent returning device (11) so as to circulate unnecessary painting agent in a print head (10) is disclosed.”