Quotables
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. "
Ambose Bierce
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7918409 | Multiple charging electrode A device for dispensing coating material includes at least two electrodes for coupling to at least one high-magnitude potential supply so that the at least two electrodes are maintained substantially at two different high-magnitude potentials so that an electric fie... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7784718 | Electrostatic paint sprayer An electrostatic paint sprayer 10 includes a body member 12 defining a paint passage 12a for flowing liquid paint supplied from a paint source 44, a nozzle assembly 16 adapted to be mounted to the end of the body member 1... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7617998 | Power spray-coating gun and gun-housing A powder spraycoating gun and its gun housing. The spraygun housing is a plastic, integral body constituting a stock fitted with a powder discharge tube and a grip fitted with a powder intake tube. ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7552882 | Spray gun for electrostatic painting A spray gun for electrostatic painting in which an external electrode sustaining a high voltage can be fixed/removed while sustaining insulation from a spray unit on the ground potential side by limiting current supply to paint appropriately when electrostatic paint... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7427037 | Anti-clogging showerhead device A showerhead facilitating draining of water retained following shut-off. The showerhead includes a housing swivelably fitted on a ball-adapter which in turn includes an integral threaded segment for attachment to a water feed line. An air pathway is formed to extend... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7401745 | Powder diffuser nozzle for an electrostatic dusting device with oriented jet The invention relates to a powder diffuser nozzle (2) for an electrostatic dusting device, which is designed to be positioned at the end of an applicator gun. The inventive nozzle (2) comprises: a lateral wall (49) which defines a passage that e... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7360724 | Electrostatic spray nozzle with internal and external electrodes A nozzle is provided for use in a dynamic electrostatic air filter, in which the nozzle includes an internal electrode that charges a semiconductive liquid, and includes an external electrode that assists in breaking the liquid into droplets in a predetermined direc... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7326302 | Apparatus and method for processing a substrate An apparatus for processing a substrate has a liquid supply unit, a nozzle unit, a first valve and a second valve. The liquid supply unit has an output port and an input port, and a processing liquid is output from the output port. The nozzle unit has a first port a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7296759 | Ratcheting retaining ring A retaining ring for a coating material dispenser including a nozzle for the discharge of coating material and a cap having a plurality of orifices arrayed in a spatial orientation with respect to the nozzle to supply a flow of gas or a mixture of gases to aid in di... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296760 | Indexing valve A valve for controlling the flow of a gas or mixture of gases through a passageway in a coating material dispensing device includes first and second valve portions. The first valve portion is adjustable with respect to the second valve portion selectively to adjust ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7204431 | Electrospray ion source for mass spectroscopy The invention provides an electrospray apparatus with an auxiliary electrode, and a method of using. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7185833 | Method for fluid jet formation and apparatus for the same A nozzle having a housing and an assembly including at least two conjugated parts separated by a spacer seal. The assembly is arranged in the housing so as to form a nozzle outlet. At least one of he housing, the parts, and the spacer seal are deformable so as to de... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7134615 | Nozzle insert for mixed mode fuel injector A fuel injector includes a homogenous charge nozzle outlet set and a conventional nozzle outlet set controlled respectively, by first and second needle valve members. The homogeneous charged nozzle outlet set is defined by a nozzle insert that is attached to an inje... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7078046 | Electrostatically-sprayable topical compositions having insulating external phase and conductive internal phase Disclosed are electrostatically-sprayable topical compositions, more particularly topical emulsion compositions, and methods of treating the skin by electrostatic application of such compositions. In one aspect the composition comprises an insulating external phase ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7045726 | Pressure regulator for a paint ball gun A pressure regulator for a paint ball gun includes a cylinder, a piston unit, an elastic member, a top connector and a switch bolt. The cylinder includes upper and lower chambers. The piston unit includes a ring plate and a tube. The ring tube is disposed in the upp... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6969057 | Method and apparatus for adjusting and positioning air caps A device and a method are provided for positioning an air cap of a pneumatically aided atomizer. The air cap has air horns extending from its face to provide flows of air to aid in atomizing and shaping the atomized particle stream. The method and apparatus contempl... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6916023 | Self-adjusting cartridge seal A seal includes a first seal retainer, a seal holder and a second seal retainer. A somewhat cup-shaped recess of the first seal retainer opens in a first direction of motion of a movable member against which the seal is to seal. The seal holder includes a first some... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6833029 | Spray booth with improved electrostatic disk A spray booth comprising an electrostatic disk (1) that is suitable to move along a shaft in order to position it at a chosen height with respect to a piece to be coated, the electrostatic disk (1) being provided with a plurality of electrodes (3 | 12/21/2004 |
| 6702197 | Anti-electrostatic discharge spray gun apparatus and method An anti-electrostatic discharge spray gun apparatus and method for preventing crystallization of particles formed as a result of electrostatic discharge from forming on a spray gun nozzle and an associated pair of oppositely charged electrodes disposed on... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6695234 | Liquid fuel injection nozzles A liquid fuel injection nozzle to supply atomized droplets of fuel to a combustion chamber arrangement in a gas turbine engine combustion system. The fuel droplets leave the passage through its upper end defined by an annular sharp edge of a tubular elect... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6679441 | Electrohydrodynamic spraying means The invention concerns electrohydrodynamic spraying means enabling electrohydrodynamic spraying, in the air and at atmospheric pressure, of liquids with high surface tension such as water. The means are characterised in that they comprise at least a liqui... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6557789 | Manual spray coating gun A manual spray-coating gun comprising at least one manual setting/operating element (40, 42) to manually change operational values and transmitting the desired operational values to a control unit (4) situated outside the gun.... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6354522 | Electrostatic sprayer In an electrostatic sprayer, a pulsating voltage developed using a battery or a generator as a power supply is stepped up using a step-up transformer. A resultant high-voltage pulse is rectified and applied to an electrostatic electrode. A spray jetted fr... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6326062 | Spraying devices An electrostatic spraying device for use in spraying inter alia personal care and personal hygiene products comprises an outlet (94) from which the product issues in the form of an electrostatically charged spray and a control member (60, 60a) for attenua... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6227466 | Electrostatic spray module An electrostatic spray module for applying agricultural liquids such as a pesticide to crops where, externally to the spray module the number of connections is reduced to three, one for the liquid pesticide, one for compressed air and one for a low voltag... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6053420 | Dispersion apparatus and process for producing a large cloud of an electrostatically charged powder/air mixture A process and a dispersion apparatus for shaping a powder cloud emerging from a powder spraying apparatus achieve large powder clouds and good electrostatic charging by directing control air in a tangential direction towards a powder/air stream flowing th... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5938126 | Spray gun having a current monitored anti-back-ionization probe A powder spray coating system includes a power source and an electrical supply line connected to the power source. A spray gun sprays powder in a spray pattern onto a part. The spray gun includes an electrode which charges powder as the powder is dispense... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5916640 | Method and apparatus for controlled particle deposition on surfaces An atomizer has a chamber holding a liquid containing particles of a desired material. Aerosol particles are formed by using an aspirating nozzle or ultrasonic vibrator and the aerosol particles are carried in a gas flow. The aerosol particles are treated... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5915621 | Electrostatic powder coating method and apparatus An electrostatic powder coating gun for dispersing aggregate powder onto substrates. The gun includes swirling air passage outlets to form a vortex of air inside the spray gun tip to reduce powder adhesion and assist in pulverizing the powder material. Th... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5865380 | Rotary atomizing electrostatic coating apparatus A rotary atomizing electrostatic coating apparatus having a rotating spray head, and a paint nozzle for feeding paint on the front surface of the spray head, in which the spray head is comprising a spray head main body made of an electrically insulating m... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5850976 | Powder coating application gun and method for using the same A spray gun for applying powder to coat a work piece uses triboelectric and optionally a corona discharge electrode to charge powder particles electrostatically. The gun communicates with a source of pressurized air through a handle with an air valve cont... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5775598 | Rotary atomizing head type coating machine In a rotary atomizing head type coating machine, paint mist is prevented from depositing on a shaping air ring and synthetic resin cover. Shaping air ring includes an inner ring of a metallic material, an outer ring of an insulating synthetic resin materi... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5749529 | Method of producing corona discharge and electrostatic painting system employing corona discharge An electrostatic painting system for painting an object or article under corona discharge. The system comprises a spray gun which is formed at its tip end with annular air ejection opening through which air is ejected under pressure to atomize liquid pain... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5685482 | Induction spray charging apparatus Induction charging apparatus for HVLP spray guns and air-assisted airless spray guns includes an air cap having a central orifice for receiving a spray gun nozzle. The cap includes one or more charging electrodes adjacent the orifice and carrying a voltag... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5582347 | Particle spray apparatus and method A particle spray apparatus includes a spray gun having a deflector connected with a housing assembly. An electrode arrangement extends from the housing assembly into the deflector and is exposed to the flow of air with particles entrained therein to elect... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5482214 | Electrostatic powder-coating gun An electrostatic powder-coating gun is provided which comprises a powder duct which is connected to a supply conduit for a powder-air-mixture and arranged along the longitudinal axis of the gun barrel and having an open mouth towards the work to be coated... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5409162 | Induction spray charging apparatus Induction charging apparatus for HVLP spray guns includes an air cap having a central fluid exit orifice for receiving the spray gun nozzle. The cap includes one or more charging electrodes surrounding the orifice and carrying a voltage sufficiently large... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5351903 | Electrostatic powder paint gun with trigger control variable voltage A hand held electrostatic powdered paint spray gun that has a trigger which allows the user to vary the voltage and the paint density supplied to the gun. The trigger is coupled to a potentiometer that provides an output voltage to circuits that control t... | 10/04/1994 |
