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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096264 | Repulsion ring A method and apparatus for coating articles with a coating material comprise forming a charged body of coating material, atomizing coating material from the charged body to form charged atomized coating material particles, and repelling the charged coating material ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7966967 | Electrostatic coating system An electrostatic coating system (1) comprising a coating gun (2) for spraying a coating material toward an article (9) to be coated, and a robot arm (3) for moving the coating gun (2) with respect to the article (9) to be co... | 06/28/2011 |
| 6982004 | Electrostatic loading of drugs on implantable medical devices An apparatus and method for electrostatic loading of drugs on an implantable medical device is disclosed. ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6890475 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a thin-walled article The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thin-walled article, wherein a single- or multi-component, essentially polymer-based material (1), such as plastics, elastomers, and/or the like, is sprayed in an elecrical field (E) in an electrically cha... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6071348 | Electrostatic powder coating system The present invention provides a method of operating a powder coating system, comprising at least one coating device, a coating compartment and a suction system in the coating compartment. In the method, a workpiece is passed through a coating compartment... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5629051 | Method and apparatus for forming an insulator on a uniaxial tension focus mask of a color selection electrode A method and apparatus for forming an insulator 62 on one major surface of a uniaxial tension focus mask 25 includes the steps of: positioning a mask sheet 27, having a multiplicity of openings 42 that extend from a first major surface of the mask sheet t... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5584931 | Electrostatic spray device An electrostatic spray device contains a tube-like spray element (3); at least one charging electrode (12) to transfer electrostatic charges to the powder; at least one counterelectrode (44) arranged in the vicinity of the charging electrode (12), which i... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5324359 | Material deposition device A material deposition device places droplets on a substrate. A conveyer on a chassis moves the substrate relative to a plane so a deposition means on the chassis may release material onto the substrate moved by the conveyer. A movable support means attach... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5316800 | Spraying of liquids A coating is applied to a substrate by conveying the substrate past a number of liquid spraying nozzles (32) to which high voltage is applied to produce spray in the form of liquid ligaments which deposit as such, or in the form of droplets, on the substr... | 05/31/1994 |
| 4543908 | Material for filtering spray coating particles from air A conductive filter material or cloth is utilized in spray booths, (1) to eliminate "bleed through" due to electrostatic force to grounded supporting structure, (2) to reduce clogging of the openings between the fibers of the filter material, and (3) to e... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4510170 | Process and apparatus for electrostatic coating of poorly conductive or non-conductive products In the electrostatic application of a coating material on to a product to be coated, the product leaves a supply hopper over a tube enlargement and falls freely in a chamber in the form of a tubular curtain. The tubular curtain falls around a central, elo... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4378158 | Developing apparatus A developing apparatus used to develop the latent image on the latent image holding body, which has a developing agent holding roller established in proximity or in contact with the latent image holding body and a developing agent supplying roller which s... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4354451 | Device for spray-coating a workpiece with powder particles A booth forming a spraying chamber for workpieces to be coated with powder particles has a substantially fully open front side, giving access to an electrostatic spray gun, and a substantially fully open rear side adjoining a housing of a detachable powde... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4205112 | Process for forming high viscosity coating compositions for fabric substrates A process for forming a high viscosity coating composition from low viscosity polymeric colloidal dispersion by substantially effecting the thickening of the colloidal dispersion in a mixing head, and for producing from the mixing head a range of high vis... | 05/27/1980 |
| 3981020 | Ink dust removal for ink jet system printer In an ink jet system printer wherein ink droplets are emitted from a nozzle toward a recording paper, objectionable ink dust is formed and diffused in various directions after the ink droplets impinge upon the recording paper. When the diffused ink dust a... | 09/14/1976 |