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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7279045 | Apparatus for wetting a running filament strand An apparatus for wetting an advancing filament bundle. A fluid is applied by means of a nozzle in the form of a fluid spray jet to the filament bundle advancing in spaced relationship with the nozzle. A portion of the spray jet is shielded before impacting upon the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7077740 | Paint spray booth A paint spray booth is provided containing a plenum packed with a contact material for treatment of paint overspray generated during operation of the paint spray booth. The contact material is packed to provide a relatively large surface area and a relatively large ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072630 | Adaptive data rate determination for a reverse link communication in a communication system A method and apparatus for determining the data rate of a reverse link communication of an access terminal includes receiving a reverse activity bit (RAB) from an access point in the communication system, and passing the RAB to a digital filter to produce a filtered... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066091 | Methods and apparatus for controlling impurity levels in an enclosed printing press environment Methods and apparatus for controlling impurity levels in an enclosed printing press environment are disclosed. A disclosed system controls impurity levels by using variable speed fans to control the intake of air into the enclosed environment and the exhausting of a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7049824 | Differential particulate detection system for electronic devices A method, apparatus and program product for differential particle detection in electronic devices is provided. A first particulate sensor is positioned in proximity to an air intake of the electronic device. A second particulate sensor is positioned in proximity to ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045013 | Spray booth systems and methods for accelerating curing times One embodiment of the invention provides a spray booth that comprises a spray booth housing having a ceiling and side walls that define an interior for holding an object to be sprayed. A pressurized air plenum is disposed above the ceiling and is adapted to supply a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6968633 | Paint drying system A paint drying system for drying a painted body (4), such as a painted motor vehicle, includes a spraybooth (1) having an enclosure (2) through which air flows from an air inlet (6) to an air outlet (16, 18). The spraybooth (1 | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964708 | Booth for coating objects with powder A booth for coating objects with powder, in particular for powder painting, comprises in a manner known per se a housing, in which there is situated at least one application device, with which powder can be applied to the objects. Situated in the upper region of the... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6186891 | Assembly for reducing energy costs and restricting the entry of contaminants into a controlled environment room A regulating assembly for a controlled environment room including one or more work product openings comprising a positive pressure air chamber mounted in direct fluid communication with each of the work product openings and an airsupply assembly connected... | 02/13/2001 |
| 5922130 | Spray booth for applying coatings to substrate A spray booth includes an outer enclosure in which the temperature and humidity of a fluid (such as air) is not controlled and a fluid handling unit within this enclosure, which circulates and controls the temperature and humidity of a smaller volume of t... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5679071 | Paint spray booth plenum module A plenum for a paint spray booth including at least one improved plenum module having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls each comprised of a truss adapted to cooperate with a plurality of stilts thereby independently supporting the plenum above ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5634975 | Air distribution arrangement for paint spray booth An air distribution apparatus in a paint spray booth plenum for increasing the uniformity of down draft velocities from the plenum to the spray booth paint application zone. The increased uniformity of down draft velocities correspondingly increases paint... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5456023 | Advance cure paint spray booth An advanced cure paint spray booth in which a high volume flow of air is directed over the surfaces of a freshly painted workpiece such as an automobile to accelerate drying. A squirrel cage blower or other high volume blower directs a flow of spray booth... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5356334 | Apparatus and method for airborne particulate booth Apparatus and method for an airborne particulate booth, such as a dust or paint, include a velocity sensing device for detecting the velocity of the air flow in the booth, utilizing, in a preferred form, a pendulum mounted sail. The air flow from the boot... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5178679 | Paint spray booth with longitudinal air flow A paint spray booth utilizes longitudinal air flow along paths parallel to a path of travel through a tunnel in the booth of objects to be painted, the air flow directed inwardly from both entrance and exit ends of the tunnel. An exhaust duct for the inwa... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5133690 | Booth with controlled environment for aircraft maintenance Disclosed is a large-scale controlled environment booth for performing maintenance operations such as painting an aircraft. The booth is a building within a building having an air circulation system, filter banks, heating and air conditioning equipment, a... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5090136 | Paint booth thermal reclamation system for space heating A paint spray and bake booth hasash an air heating and circulating system with two blowers and a combination of dampers and ducts which provide different air circulating circuits for the spraying and baking steps. A gas fired furnace with heat exchanging ... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4951600 | Painting machine and control unit for use in a painting booth A painting machine unit including a painting booth having a side wall with a substantially vertical wall portion insertable in an opening in the booth side wall and having a viewing window therethrough. The unit also includes a painting machine attached t... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4952221 | Gas cleaning apparatus containing a centrifugal type paint mist separator A centrifugal separator type paint mist containing gas cleaning apparatus having a concave guide face extending downwardly from a downstream side end of a cleaning liquid flow-down face in a flowing down direction of cleaning liquid, the concave guide fac... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4926746 | Work chamber with shifting ventilation zone A ventilated work chamber, e.g., a paint booth, large enough to allow a worker to move about inside is improved by confining the zone (or path) of the fresh ventilating air to just a portion of the cross section of the chamber, and providing means for shi... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4924801 | Spray booth for lacquer A spray booth for coating photographs with lacquer has a hooded work area exhausted through a filter to capture overspray and solvents. A perforated work holding platen is provided together with a pre-heating and drying air supply to minimize blushing of ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4874412 | Paint spray booth and filter therefor A paint spray booth with a filter and means within the spray booth to incinerate paint from the filter. A filter particularly adapted for collecting paint overspray in a paint spray booth. The filter has a plurality of members with a first portion paralle... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4787330 | Self-cleaning powder coating booth A spray booth for collecting excess electrostatically sprayed powder. A powder coating chamber is formed by a plurality of interconnected walls spaced apart and mounted to a plurality of outer interconnected walls. A pressurized gas chamber positioned bet... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4681026 | Spray coating chamber free from painting mist leakage A spray coating equipment or chamber system consists of a single paint spray chamber at the axial central part of the equipment, a plurality of intermediate air curtain compartments at the axial outer sides and a pair of outermost air curtain compartments... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4653387 | Method of operating an air-feed type spray booth A method of operating an air-feed type spray booth, which comprises forcively feeding an air from an air conditioner to the inside of a spray booth by a feed fan, drawing the air in the spray booth together with painting mists, or the likes by an exhaust ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4649710 | Method of operating an air conditioner In a method of operating an air conditioner for supplying an air from the air conditioner to the inside of a chamber, the temperature of the air supplied to the inside of the chamber upon starting the operation of the air conditioner is increased to an ai... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4621187 | Paint spraying and curing booth A sheet metal enclosure is used for spray painting automobiles and for heat curing the paint. A fan draws filtered air through the enclosure. An air supply permits spray painting. Quartz tube radiant heaters are mounted flush with the interior walls of th... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4587927 | Painting- and evaporation cabin with air-return ventilation Apparatus for applying of coating material on target objects (11), consisting of at least one painting cabin (10). A conveyor is passing the objects (11) step wise through the cabin (10) and through an adjacent evaporation cabin (30). The painting cabin (... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4493718 | Paint spray filter system A paint spray filter for use in a paint spray booth. The filter comprises a grid having a plurality of vertical and horizontal members, attachment means secured to the grid extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom, and a sheet of fiberglass filter mater... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4422370 | Method to recover heat from treatment premises and apparatus for achieving the method A method and apparatus to recover thermal energy from the exhaust air from a paint spray booth for painting of automobile chasses, whereby heat from the relatively warm exhaust air is transferred to the relatively cold supply air to the booth. The outgoin... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4313369 | Painting plant and method for painting articles with reduced running cost A painting plant comprising a painting booth through which articles are conveyed to be painted, an air conditioning device by which the air to be fed into the painting booth is conditioned in temperature and humidity, and cleaning means for cleaning the a... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4261256 | Air throughput adjustment device, notably for paint spray chambers A device for adjusting to a predetermined value the rate of flow of air introduced into an enclosed space having at least one inlet for introducing warm or cold air by means of a fan into the enclosed space includes structure for controlling the velocity ... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4258656 | Device in spray booths for e.g. spray-painting The invention relates to spray booths intended for spraying or painting of articles and designed to be passed by a stream of atmospheric air admitted through inlet ducts and exhausted through outlet ducts and therebetween forced through a water curtain fo... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4230032 | Spray booth with ventilation In a paint spraying booth having a fresh air inlet at one end and an exhaust at the other end, the inlet end is provided with a solid end wall and a filtering wall parallelly spaced therefrom. Through the ceiling of the booth and in the region between the... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4207833 | Protected conveyor system A protected conveyor for a spray chamber or spray booth is provided with a pressurized housing and an air curtain means which substantially isolates the conveyor from the deleterious fluids within the spray booth and substantially isolates the articles fr... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4117833 | Exhaust hood with adjustable air injection nozzle An exhaust hood for kitchens, spray booths, etc., is provided with an air intake plenum having a nozzle spout which is adjustable to inject air from the plenum into the hood on selectively different injection paths. The nozzle spout desirably has an adjus... | 10/03/1978 |
| 3942420 | Spray booth for electrostatic powder coating The disclosure is directed to a spray booth for electrostatic power coating processes, including a hopper section, and a removably secured housing section. The housing portion consists of a basic skeleton of structural supporting members, to which are rem... | 03/09/1976 |