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An apparatus for emptying powder from a container, such as an original shipping box includes a support having a vibrating unit for loosening the powder within the container. A powder pick-up tube and an attached powder pump draw powder from the container and transfer the powder to a powder spray gun

An apparatus for emptying powder from a container, such as an original shipping box includes a support having a vibrating unit for loosening the powder within the container. A powder pick-up tube and an attached powder pump draw powder from the container and transfer the powder to a powder spray gun. The lower end of the pick-up tube includes a positively pressurized fluidization unit for locally fluidizing the powder at the pick-up tube inlet. The pressurized fluidization unit primarily assists in providing a consistent draw of powder up the pick-up tube.

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1. Apparatus for delivering powder from a powder container to a powder spray coater, the apparatus including:a source of negative air pressure; a tube including a first lengthwise passage connected to the source of negative air pressure and having a powder inlet and a powder outlet, the powder inlet

1. Apparatus for delivering powder from a powder container to a powder spray coater, the apparatus including:a source of negative air pressure; a tube including a first lengthwise passage connected to the source of negative air pressure and having a powder inlet and a powder outlet, the powder inlet communicating between the outside of the tube and the first lengthwise passage such that powder located outside the tube may be suctioned through the powder inlet, into the first lengthwise passage, and through the powder outlet, fluidization structure connected with the tube adjacent the powder inlet and including a pressurized air outlet oriented generally toward the powder inlet to direct air generally down into the powder container and constructed to prevent substantial radially outward directed air flow from the air outlet, an air diffusing member located at the air outlet for diffusing the air discharged from the air outlet, and a source of positive air pressure connected to the air outlet for delivering positively pressurized air to the air outlet and fluidizing the powder as the powder is suctioned into the powder inlet by the negative air pressure.