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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896265 | Coating apparatus The coating apparatus comprises a body part, a head part detachably installed to this body part, and a connecting ring connecting the body part with the head part. The body part is provided with a cascade that boosts and outputs electric power and a plurality of tub... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7837136 | Electrostatic coating device An atomizer including an air motor and a rotary atomizing head is mounted in a front side of a housing member, outer surfaces of which are covered in a cover member. Further, a high voltage discharge electrode assembly is provided around a front side of the housing ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7770826 | Rotary sprayer for spray coating material, an installation including such a sprayer, and a method of verifying the operation of such a sprayer The invention concerns a rotary nozzle combination (P) for coating product comprising an atomizing bowl (3) and a rotor (11) adapted to rotate the bowl about a geometrical axis (X-X′), and means (4, 5, 6, 7) for controlling the presence and/or... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7384670 | Coating method and atomizer A rotary atomizer (1) has a rotary atomizing head (4) driven by an air motor (2) at a rotational speed of 4,000˜5,000 rpm, for example. A coating material is supplied to a central portion of the rotary atomizing head (4) through a paint ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7347649 | Powder purge tube To supply a powder lacquer sprayer, the coating powder is pressed by a pig through the supply line and, in the process, it is fluidized from the side of the pig which is turned toward the powder. The fluidization air can be led to the powder, for example, by a centr... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337993 | Electrostatic atomisation device An atomization device comprises a conduit containing liquid to be atomized, a spray electrode (1) and a discharge electrode (3). Each electrode is adjacent to a dielectric (5) and they are connected in an electrical circuit (10) to enable... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322793 | Turbine motor of a rotary atomizer A turbine, e.g., with a blade arrangement, which receives an air flow in the radial direction and which is located on a carrier surface of the turbine wheel, is used as a drive motor for a rotary atomizer. The drive channel, which contains the turbine blades and whi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320387 | Load adaptive damper with transient air signal restrictor A shock absorber for a vehicle suspension includes a pneumatic actuator that is fluidly connected to a compressed air source in the vehicle suspension, such as a suspension air bag. The pneumatic actuator cooperates with an adjustment mechanism housed within the sho... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7275702 | Valve unit for an electrostatic coating installation The main needle valve of an electrostatic atomizer has an opto-electronic sensor device with optical waveguides whose faces are opposite a reflecting element of a component moveable with the valve needle for potential-free switch position interrogations. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7235136 | Device for reading the rotational speed of a paint sprayer provided with a rotating bowl The invention device measures the instantaneous rotation speed of a turbine (6) which is housed inside the body (3) of the paint sprayer (2) and which rotationally drives the rotating bowl (5) when the paint sprayer is mounted on the end ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223075 | Turbine wheel for driving rapidly rotating tools A turbine wheel for driving rapidly rotating tools, in the form of a circular disk or ring, configured for mounting so as to be rotatable about an axis. Disposed thereon in circular formation are turbine blades having axially parallel front and back faces curved in ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7150412 | Method and apparatus for electrostatic spray A method and apparatus to improve the atomization of liquid and the efficiency of depositing liquid particles onto target objects, or to coat the target object with a thin film of liquid, to reduce the risk of high-voltage electrical shock, and to reduce the weight ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143963 | Rotary atomizer and coating method by it A coating machine 3 serving as a rotary atomizer comprises a hollow unrotary paint nozzle shaft 5 provided in the center of a motor shaft 10 serving as its rotary shaft. The paint nozzle shaft 5 is provided at a tip thereof with a gun-spr... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134611 | Air nozzle for pneumatic tools The present invention discloses an improved air nozzle of a pneumatic tool for being connected to the pneumatic tool that will not be tangled easily due to the rotation of the pneumatic tool during its operation, and thus preventing any hinder to the pressurized gas... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131601 | Rotational atomizer turbine and rotational atomizer A rotational atomizer turbine of the present invention is designed to drive a bell-shaped disk in a rotational atomizer for a coating unit. The rotational atomizer turbine includes a housing, a rotatable turbine wheel with several turbine blades connected to a shaft... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128277 | Powder bell with secondary charging electrode A method and apparatus for dispensing electrically charged particles of a coating material. A source provides the coating material to a coating material dispenser. An electrical supply supplies electrical charge. A first electrode provides charge to the coating mate... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7115300 | Method of coating implantable medical devices A method of coating a medical device, such as a stent is provided. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7070130 | Rotatable electrode ring and use thereof in electrostatically assisted high-speed rotary application of spray coating agents An electrode ring suitable for providing electrostatic assistance to the high-speed rotary application of spray coatings and having electrode fingers comprising electrode tips, wherein the electrode ring is constructed so as to be capable of performing rotational mo... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7036750 | Axial shaping air design for paint atomizer Rotary atomizer for coating work pieces, with a rotating bell-shaped plate shaft for a bell-shaped plate for discharging a spray stream of a coating agent, at least one steering air outlet for discharging steering air for shaping the spray stream, a housing, and als... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7018679 | Coating installation with an atomizer change station A change station for atomizer (7) and other tools that contains a carousel-like rotatable and/or linearly movable mount (112) is arranged on the wall of the cabin of a coating installation. The arrangement is such that the storage locations of the chan... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6972052 | Rotational atomizer with external heating system In a coating device with a rotary atomizer, for preventing the condensation of spray cabin air on components cooled by the lower-pressure exhaust air of the drive turbine of the atomizer, a heating device is provided, which can heat air flowing through the atomizer ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6929823 | Process for the high-speed rotary application of liquid, pigmented coating agents A process for the high-speed rotary application of a liquid coating agent containing at least one pigment and/or at least one extender onto a substrate, wherein the process comprises the steps: (a) directly supplying at least two l... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6915963 | Spraying method and a spray system for coating liquids Cooling gas is fed through a cooling-gas line (14) to a liquid atomizer, preferably an atomizing bell (4) in order to cool its end surface (24) configured underneath streaming coating liquid and therefore in contact with the ambient air. The coo... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913214 | Powder bell purge tube In a powder atomizer for series coating of workpieces, additional air is led from a separate channel into the path of the powder-air mixture which exits from the powder channel of the atomizer, air which can be used during the coating to influence and change the mix... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6896735 | Integrated charge ring For improving external charging in electrostatic atomizers for conductive coating material and for reducing the structural size of the atomizer, particularly for robot applications, the charging electrodes are embedded in a ring part made of insulating material, whi... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6896211 | Method and apparatus for reducing coating buildup on feed tubes A bell cup includes an interior defined by an axially rearward metal back region, an axially forward metal discharge edge, and a metal side region extending from the back region toward the discharge edge and terminating at the discharge edge. The back region include... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6889921 | Bell cup skirt A dispensing device for dispensing a material. The dispensing device includes a somewhat cup-shaped interior opening in a first direction in which the material is to be dispensed from the dispensing device. The interior terminates at a discharge edge. The dispensing... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6817555 | High-speed rotary atomizer for applying powder coating A high-speed rotary atomiser for applying powder coating includes a housing together with a rotatable bell disc arranged at the front of housing A guidance air arrangement in the form of a rotationally symmetrical air guidance body coaxial to bell disc is provided f... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6758423 | Spray gun with data device and method of control A system and method of storing and reading parameter data associated with an electrostatic spray gun power supply is provided. The method includes, for example, the steps of reading parameter data associated with a power supply for a particular spray gun from a data... | 07/06/2004 |
| RE38526 | Electrostatic rotary atomizing spray device with improved atomizer cup An electrostatic, liquid spray, rotary atomizer has an atomizer housing, a power supply within the housing and an atomizer cup at a front end of the housing. The atomizer cup, which is formed of a non-conductive material, has several elongate conductive pathways emb... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6742722 | Cartridge type coating system A paint cartridge is provided with a wash fluid passage in communication with a paint chamber, along with a wash fluid valve adapted to open and close the wash fluid passage. Provided on the side of a replenishing stool are a replenishing valve which supplies or dis... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6722591 | High-speed rotary atomizer for applying powder coating A high-speed rotary atomizer for applying powder coating includes a housing to the front end of which a bell disc is rotatably mounted. Bell disc is driven by a motor arranged inside housing. At least one powder supply channel passes through housing, and emerges at ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6672521 | High-speed rotation atomizer for application of powder paint A high-speed rotary atomizer for applying powder coating comprises in a known manner a housing (1), in which a motor (13) is accommodated. The motor (13) rotates a bell-shaped plate (16) which is disposed at the front of the housing (1). At least one powd... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6659367 | Sprayer device for spraying a liquid coating product A device for spraying a liquid coating product includes a hub forming or accommodating a liquid feed pipe and a divergent centrifugal deflector having a distribution surface whose overall shape is that of a trumpet bell. Applications include electrostatic... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6581857 | Externally pressurized gas bearing spindle A spindle for an electrostatic painting machine has a main spindle and a rotor coupled to the rear end of the main spindle. The main spindle and the rotor are rotatably supported through bearing gaps of externally pressurized gas bearing portions, and a p... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6578779 | Rotary atomizer with bell element A rotary atomizer including a bell element having a paint tube, a deflector having a conical distribution surface opposite the paint tube outlet, including a tip portion within the paint tube, directing paint to a paint overflow surface through an annular... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6565021 | High speed rotary atomizer with directing air ring A rotary atomizer with external charging which can be used for applying conductive paints, in particular water-based paint, to a surface of a body to be coated. The rotary atomizer has a directing air ring at a high-voltage potential and an earthed sprayi... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6513729 | Two-package-mixing discharging device and two-package-mixing coating device A base compound supply passage and a hardener supply passage supply a base compound and a hardener, respectively, fed under pressure from first and second color changing valve mechanisms to a coating gun. The base compound supply passage and the hardener ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6439485 | Rotary spray atomizer A rotary spray atomizer for applying electrically conductive paint, in particular water-based paint, to surfaces, includes a housing. A spray head is fitted on front of the housing for receiving a supply of paint and discharging the supply of paint in a s... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6409104 | Silicon-doped amorphous carbon coating for paint bell atomizers A wear resistance coated bell atomizer (32) and method for making same. The coating applied to the outer surface of a bell cup (36) of the bell atomizer (32) is preferably a silicon-doped amorphous carbon coating. This silicon-doped amorphous carbon coati... | 06/25/2002 |
