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A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7644872 | Powder port blow-off for thermal spray processes A powder port blow-off system for a plasma spray process includes a faceplate that includes a bore therein that is co-radially aligned with a nozzle of a plasma spray gun, which emits a plasma plume. A plurality of powder feed ports are arranged circumferentially ar... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7216814 | Apparatus for thermal spray coating A system for thermal spray coating of a particulate material onto a substrate includes a spray gun apparatus having dual vortex chambers for the mixing of fuel gas and oxygen. The apparatus provides a jet flame resulting from a compression wave formed by compressed ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210638 | Electric arc spraying system An electric arc spraying system includes a spraying gun for thermally spraying an inner surface of an object such as a cylinder block by blasting compressed gas substantially perpendicularly to the supplying direction of target wires. The spraying gun is rotated by ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7176411 | Wire feeder A wire feeder for supplying consumable welding wire to a welding gun includes a housing and a wire advancing mechanism connected to the housing for paying wire from a wire spool to a welding gun. A storage tray is formed with the housing. A wire spool support is con... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7124960 | Electric arc wire burner The invention relates to an electric arc wire burner for spraying an electric arc, comprising at least two burner tubes (3) for feeding electrodes which are embodied in the form of wire (5). Said electrodes are guided through the burner tube (3)... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111389 | Apparatus for adhering a clamp to a hose An apparatus for attaching a clamp to a hose assembly, preferably automatic or semi-automatic, incorporates precisely located mounting devices for receiving clamp tooling, cooperating hose guiding and positioning tooling which can support a unique hose assembly and ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6997405 | External mix air atomizing spray nozzle assembly An external mix air assisted spray nozzle assembly having a nozzle body, and an air cap for a directing pressurized air streams on a discharging liquid stream external to the liquid discharge orifice of the nozzle assembly for atomizing and forming the liquid into t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6983893 | Arc metalizing unit A microprocessor controlled arc metalizing unit includes a wire cassette and a drive mechanism cassette engaged in a separable manner. By disengaging the wire cassette and drive mechanism cassette, an operator has much greater control of the unit since the wire load... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6924007 | HVOF wire spray system In a thermal spray process, a wire is fed into a flame-jet to heat said wire to the melting point, atomize and projected high velocity the droplets so formed against a surface to buildup a coating of material on the surface. The wire is fed into the flame by alignin... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6902768 | Method of producing thermally sprayed metallic coating with additives The cylinder walls of light metal engine blocks are thermally spray coated with a ferrous-based coating including aluminum using an HVOF device. A ferrous-based wire is fed to the HVOF device to locate a tip end of the wire in a high temperature zone of the device. ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6886757 | Nozzle assembly for HVOF thermal spray system A nozzle assembly for a HVOF thermal metallic spray coating system includes an inner tube, a middle tube and an outer tube which are concentrically arranged about an axis of the nozzle assembly and are spaced to provide annular, concentric gas flow passages for oxyg... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6663013 | Arc thermal spray gun apparatus An arc spray gun has a pair of wire guides that guide two metal wires to an arc zone near the wire tips where an electric current through the wires effect an arc, thereby melting the wire tips. The wire guides are of a two-part design. One part is easily ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6513728 | Thermal spray apparatus and method having a wire electrode with core of multiplex composite powder its method of manufacture and use A thermal spray or welding apparatus including a cored wire electrode with a sheath and a multiplex powder composite. The composite comprises micron-sized particles and sub-micron sized particles, including nano-scale particles, the particles mechanically... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6168090 | Flame spray system with splatter blocking and automated rod delivery apparatuses A flame spray system employs splatter blocking and automated rod delivery apparatuses. The splatter blocking apparatus includes a barrier member and an actuation mechanism. The barrier member is adapted to be moved between a blocking position in which the... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6076742 | Arc thermal spray gun extension with conical spray In a two-wire arc spray extension two metal wires are guided into contact, and a gas cap is affixed to a gun body. The feeding wires receive an arc current to effect an arc and thereby molten metal at the wire tips. The gas cap has a plurality of orifices... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5964405 | Arc thermal spray gun and gas cap therefor An arc spray gun has a pair of tubular wire guides that guide two metal wires to a point of contact at the wire tips where an arc current through the wires effect an arc, thereby melting the tips. Primary gas channeling on a central axis issues a primary ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5935458 | Wire thermal spray apparatus with dual motors A wire thermal spray gun such as a two-wire arc gun has a speed regulator for a DC pull motor in the gun. Armature current corresponds to pulling torque on the pull motor depending on load resistance of the wires. A DC push motor is between a wire supply ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5791560 | Method and apparatus for spraying metal to form a coating An arc spray bead for uniformly distributing molten metal. The head includes a pair of contact tips, a primary nozzle and a plurality of side nozzles. Wire is fed through the contact tips into an arc zone where the wire tips are melted. The plurality of s... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5449118 | Apparatus for controlling the rate of feeding of a rod of heat fusible material A control apparatus is coupled to a flame spray gun for controlling the rate of feeding of a rod of heat fusible material through the gun. The control apparatus includes an electric motor adapted to be drivingly coupled to a flame spray gun and being oper... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5275336 | Wire thermal spray gun and method In an angular gas cap on a wire thermal spray gun, a forward channel extends from a rearward channel at an oblique angle thereto so as to have a lateral directional component. The rearward channel at the nozzle has a channel axis parallel to the central a... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5074469 | Wire pistol The invention relates to a wire pistol comprising a wire feed mechanism including a wire feed pulley rotated by a DC motor and a counterpulley for biasing the wire into engagement with the feed pulley. It is an object of the invention to provide a wire pi... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4967958 | Apparatus for producing a solid aerosol An apparatus for producing a solid aerosol, such as a carbon aerosol, in which aerosol particles are produced by spark discharge via particle-supplying electrodes and the particles are entrained by a gas flow. Electrodes having parallel, adjacent end face... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4964568 | Shrouded thermal spray gun and method A powder or wire thermal spray gun, useful for spraying a low oxide coating of oxidizable material, comprises a nozzle member with a nozzle face, and a gas cap extending from the nozzle member and having an inwardly facing cylindrical wall defining a comb... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4720044 | Electric arc spray metalizing apparatus An electric arc spray metalizing apparatus includes a spray gun which delivers a metalizing coating to the substrate, and a wire feed drive mechanism which pushes wires to the spray gun through cables. The wire is pushed by a pair of drive contact rollers... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4568019 | Internal burner type flame spray method and apparatus having material introduction into an overexpanded gas stream The products of combustion of compressed air and fuel fed to an internal burner issue through one or more orifices into a single large diameter expansion or nozzle bore open to the atmosphere. Solid rod or solid particle material to be sprayed is passed c... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4492337 | Metal spray A metal spray gun of the arc spray type has a nozzle-positioner member of electrically insulating material that is disposed between a gas inlet and an arc zone. A primary stream of gas is flowed through a through passage in the nozzle-positioner member, a... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4356971 | Metal spraying apparatus A metal spraying apparatus comprises a gun having convergent guide passages (36,38) through which metallic wires are fed. An electrical potential is applied across the wires, by conductor elements (54), to cause arcing between the wires where they emerge ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4325512 | Flame spray gun A flame spray gun (10) for feeding and melting rods (R) of heat fusible material and spraying molten droplets thereof onto a substrate comprising an improved main supply valve connected to air, fuel gas and oxidant conduits (14-22) (44-48) including air, ... | 04/20/1982 |
