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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7472850 | Ultrasonic standing-wave atomizer arrangement The invention relates to an ultrasonic standing-wave atomizer arrangement for producing a paint spray mist for painting a workpiece, with a sonotrode, with a component arranged lying opposite the sonotrode, a standing ultrasonic field being formed in the intermediat... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7351232 | Nasal rinser and outlet portion therefor An outlet portion for nasal rinsers includes an outlet end, a connection end and a nozzle shaped channel, showing a restriction and an expanded outlet, in between. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7240861 | Method and apparatus for dispensing paint powders for powder coatings A corona charge spray gun for dispensing powders for powder coatings. The spray gun includes a housing defining a chamber terminating in an outlet passageway. A high voltage electrode is mounted in the chamber spaced upstream of the outlet passageway and a ground el... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7191966 | Universal flexible powder coating tip/nozzle This Universal Flexible Powder Coating Tip/Nozzle (7) will greatly enhance the application of Powder Coating coverage in hard to reach area's do to the ability to bend the flexible tip/nozzle (7) & (10) to reach into those difficult to reach are... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186445 | Method for electrostatic coating of a paper web A method for preliminary treatment of particles of a powder in a dry surface treatment process before applying the powder particles on a surface of a substrate by utilizing an electric field created by electrodes. The Electrodes are located at opposite sides of the ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7134618 | Dry powder injector Methods, processes, and apparatuses for the large scale synthesis of carbon nanostructures are provided. Metal catalysts having small diameter and narrow distribution of particle sizes are prepared and continuously injected as aerosols into a reactor. The metal cata... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6951309 | Powder spray coating device A powder spraycoating apparatus includes at least one compressed-air outlet (8) connected to a source (14) of compressed air from which it receives compressed air (15) at such a rate and such pressure that the compressed air at the compressed-ai... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6796519 | Powder spray gun An electrostatic spray gun apparatus includes a spray gun housing and a nozzle attached to a spray end of the housing, and a powder path that extends in a substantially straight line along an axis of the housing from the powder inlet to the powder outlet. The powder... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6732960 | System and method for blowing loose-fill insulation A system for blowing loose-fill insulation includes a loose-fill blowing machine including a discharge hose. An ionizer is disposed in the flow path of the insulation through the discharge hose, wherein the ionizer reduces the static charge developed on the insulati... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6467705 | Tribo-corona powder application gun The invention provides a gun for spraying a powder onto a work piece to form a coating and includes a pistol-grip housing having an air valve coupled to a source of pressurized air. The housing also supports a source of variable electrical potential. A po... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6254684 | Powder-spraying appliance A powder-spraying appliance for electrostatic powder coating of work pieces. In order to achieve particularly good charging of powder particles, the powder-spraying appliance contains a chamber, into which a powder/air mixture is introduced transversely t... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6252129 | Dispensing device and method for forming material A dispensing device and method for forming a least partially solid or gel-like material from a liquid. At least one liquid issuing from an outlet is subjected to an electric field causing the liquid to form at least one electrically charged jet which, aft... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6027699 | Material forming apparatus using a directed droplet stream Systems and methods are described for rapidly forming precision metallic and intermetallic alloy net shape parts directly from liquid metal droplets. A directed droplet deposition apparatus includes a crucible with an orifice for producing a jet of materi... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6012657 | Powder spray head for fan-like patterns An improved apparatus for applying coating material includes a spray head having a housing which encloses a deflector. The deflector and housing cooperate to form a plurality of coating material flow channels which diverge in a direction of flow of coatin... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5997643 | Apparatus for powder coating welding cans Methods and apparatus are disclosed for spraying powder into the interior of welded hollow can bodies from a spray gun mounted to the welding arm of a can forming machine. The spray gun can either apply a stripe of highly charged powder on the welded seam... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5820941 | Powder spray coating Apparatus for powder spray coating comprises means (4) for electrostatically-charging powder entrained in air, a conduit (6) for transporting the electrostatically charged powder from the charging means (4) to an internal chamber (12) in a spray head (8),... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5779162 | Spraying device An electrostatic spraying device for use in spraying liquids having resistivities of the order of 5×106 ohm.multidot.cm and viscosities of the order of 1 Poise at a spraying rate up to at least 4 cc/min (especially paint formulations) is provi... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5725670 | Apparatus for powder coating welded cans Methods and apparatus are disclosed for spraying powder into the interior of welded hollow can bodies from a spray gun mounted to the welding arm of a can forming machine. The spray gun can either apply a stripe of highly charged powder on the welded seam... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5711489 | Electrostatic powder coating method and apparatus An electrostatic powder coating apparatus is provided which includes a spray gun and a powder supply unit. The spray gun includes facilities for dually functioning to both pulverize and disperse the aggregated powder and powder adhesion preventing facilit... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5402940 | Tribo-electric powder spray gun A tribo-electric powder spray gun includes a diffuser for mixing powder with a conveying gas, a charging portion downstream of the diffuser, and a sprayhead at the outlet of the charging portion for dispensing the charged powder. The charging portion has ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5344082 | Tribo-electric powder spray gun A tribo-electric powder spray gun includes a diffuser for mixing powder with a conveying gas, a charging portion downstream of the diffuser, and a sprayhead at the outlet of the charging portion for dispensing the charged powder. The charging portion has ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5154358 | Repulsion device for low capacitance electrostatic painting systems An electrostatic repulsion device is provided in an electrostatic spray paint booth having a grounded ceiling and conveyor to improve transfer efficiency in applying the paint to a workpiece and maintain a safe working environment without requiring protec... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4815666 | Powder spray gun for quick color changes systems A powder spray gun for use in spraying particulate powder material of different colors is constructed of a number of individual parts which are quickly and easily disassembled from one another so that each part which comes into contact with particulate po... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4811898 | Electrostatic powder spray gun with adjustable deflector and electrostatic shield An electrostatic spray device having a gun barrel formed with a powder delivery passageway connected to a source of particulate powder material, a nozzle mounted at the forward end of the gun barrel which is formed with a discharge opening for emitting co... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4749125 | Nozzle method and apparatus A nozzle apparatus and method for electrically charging and dispensing fluids and other flowable materials, comprising a fluid reservoir and a housing. The housing includes walls which define a chamber having an elongated slot at the tip thereof. The slot... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4726521 | Process for the production of electrically charged spray mist of conductive liquids The spray mist is produced by ejecting the liquid from one or more nozzles (1) in the form of jets (2) disintegrating into drops and the liquid formed from the drops is then conveyed to a spray system (4) which is electrically insulated from the nozzles (... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4634058 | Powder spray gun A powder spray gun for spraying solid particulate powder material wherein there is a venturi sleeve mounted internally of the gun barrel, within the rear of an extension tube, for increasing the velocity of powder conveyed therethrough and for generating ... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4509694 | Cross-current airfoil electrostatic nozzle The electrostatic nozzle may be used to spray one or more charged clouds in different areas of an enclosed room to allow different materials to be deposited on different sections of the surfaces. The nozzle includes a conduit through which air passes over... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4470550 | Electrostatic spraying process and apparatus A hand-held electrostatic sprayer for use in a process for the electrostatic spraying of pesticides by producing a descending cloud of charged pesticide particles and impressing a lateral component of motion upon the cloud with the aid of a laterally disp... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4399945 | Powder sprayer The invention relates to a powder sprayer with electrostatic charging capacity and by means of which in a simple and effective manner by way of example a coloring powder can be electrostatically charged, so that it will be completely charged all over the ... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4380320 | Electrostatic powder spray gun nozzle A nozzle assembly for an electrostatic powder spray gun is disclosed. The powder spray gun includes an electrically non-conductive barrel through which a high voltage electrical path passes. The nozzle assembly is mounted in the open forward end of the ba... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4310474 | Method and apparatus for generating a vapor stream A method of generating a vapor stream is disclosed which comprises the steps of providing a jet of electrostatically chargeable liquid particles and electrostatically controlling the jet so as to meter some of the liquid particles into a vaporizer for a p... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4135667 | Apparatus for the electrostatic coating of workpieces An electrostatic spray apparatus wherein a charging chamber is formed as an enlargement in the conduit feed to the spray nozzle. The charging electrode is disposed axially of the conduit with a pointed end located at the exit end of the enlargement and fa... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4114564 | Electrostatic coating apparatus An apparatus for electrostatically coating conductive articles with powder. A mixture of powder and air is delivered through a passage of uniform cross-section and a short section of rotating tube to a rotating bell of nonconductive material having a surf... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4072129 | Electrostatic powder deposition Powder to be deposited electrostatically by spraying from a nozzle is charged tribo-electrically. The powder is admitted at a controlled rate to a housing through which an air stream is caused to flow and becomes charged by frictional impact with the surf... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4069974 | Electrostatic powder coating apparatus An apparatus for applying powder coating material to a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: (A) an electrostatic spray gun for dispensing a mixture of electrostatically charged powder coating particles and a gas (e.g., air) inert to said parti... | 01/24/1978 |
| 3994480 | Mixing method A method for mixing liquids and solids to form a mixture, and preferably nitrogen phosphorus potassium fertilizers in which the liquid is introduced tangentially into a mixer to establish a continuous vortex and the solids in the form of a stream are defl... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3977607 | Projecting nozzle for powder coating The projecting nozzle for powder coating is a device for dispersing finely divided powder paint particles in a pattern controlled by swirling air without accumulating unwanted powder particles. A hollow nozzle is located concentrically to a guide member f... | 08/31/1976 |