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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7384671 | Apparatus and process for forming a powder coating on a substrate using a fluidised bed and tribostatic charging of the powder coating composition An apparatus and process for forming a coating on a substrate, including establishing a fluidised-bed having a fluidising gas and a powder coating composition, immersing the substrate wholly or partly in the fluidised bed, the substrate being either electrically iso... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7097897 | Powder coated strap and method for making same A corrosion-resistant coated strap is formed from an elongated metal strap base element having a width and a thickness and defining first and second sides and a pair of edge regions. A coating is applied and cured onto the base element. The coating has a substantial... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082948 | Method of and apparatus for automatically coating the human body In a system for coating human skin, a chemical composition, such as a cosmetic or medical formulation, is uniformly coated over the entire body or selected parts of the body of the person being coated. The system includes atomization of the coating composition, cont... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7051670 | Equipment for preparing for electrostatic painting three-dimensional articles with a predominantly flat extension The equipment for preparing for electrostatic painting three-dimensional articles (P) with a predominantly flat extension, made from dielectric or low-conductivity material, which move on and are supported by a horizontal conveyor (T), presents the feature that the ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7041089 | Automated system for coating the human body: virtual motion In a system for coating human skin, a coating composition, such as a cosmetic or medical formulation, is uniformly coated over the entire body or selected parts of the body of the person being coated. The system includes atomization of the coating composition, conta... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041340 | Powder coating process with tribostatically charged fluidized bed A process for forming a coating on a conductive substrate, including the steps of: establishing a fluidised-bed of a powder coating composition, thereby effecting tribostatic charging of the powder coating composition, the fluidised-bed including a fluidising chambe... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7004932 | Overspray collection booth A booth for the collection of tanning fluid overspray comprising a booth and a collection system. The booth is sized and shaped to enclose a person having a first side wall and a second side wall, the booth having an open portion sized and shaped for ingress and egr... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6905546 | Conveyor and powder paint collection and method A conveyor system for a powder paint spray booth including spaced continuous parallel first and second moving belts supported by a plurality of spaced rollers enclosed within a sealed housing and a powder paint collector located below the powder paint spray booth wh... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6866717 | Powder coating spray booth with air curtain A powder spray booth includes a booth canopy wall arrangement to contain powder during a spraying operation; and a booth floor that is rotatable relative to the booth wall during a spraying operation. The floor can be rotated about an axis that is also the longitudi... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6846362 | Powder coated strap and method for making same A corrosion-resistant coated strap is formed from an elongated metal strap base element having a width and a thickness and defining first and second sides and a pair of edge regions. A coating is applied and cured onto the base element. The coating has a substantial... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6830620 | Powder coating booth containment structure A powder coating booth containment structure including first and second canopy halves, each of which is a substantially nonconductive, seamless, structural composite to substantially reduce oversprayed powder particle adhesion to the booth inner surfaces. The compos... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6736899 | Electrostatic processing chamber arranged in electrostatic flocking apparatus and electrostatic coating apparatus In order to obtain an evenly flocked and an evenly coated surface of a strip-like elongated workpiece, any slack of the strip-like elongated workpiece is removed not to affect the workpiece when the workpiece travels through an electrostatic flocking and an electros... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6589346 | Pipe coating apparatus and method An apparatus for and method of coating the outer surface of a non-rotating pipe with a fluid including a fluid reservoir for containing fluid to be discharged onto the surface of a pipe, and a pipe receiving chamber extending through and separate from the... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589345 | Powder spray-coating cabin A powder spray-coating cabin, in particular a vertically cylindrical cabin, has its air suction flows shifted away from the center of spray coating toward object wall passages.... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6559064 | Method and apparatus for removing photoresist on semiconductor wafer For removing a photoresist formed on a semiconductor wafer by using an ozone-dissolved water, until just before a low temperature ozone-dissolved water generated by an ozone-dissolved water generator is discharged from a discharge nozzle onto a semiconduc... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6506455 | Triboelectric fluidizded bed method and apparatus for coating an object The present invention relates to as triboelectric fluidized bed method and apparatus for coating an object with powder prior to heating to form a coating. The methods includes arranging a bed of fluidixed powder in a vat where the powder can be charged by... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6458209 | Powder coating booth containment structure A powder coating booth containment structure including first and second canopy halves, each of which is a substantially nonconductive, seamless, structural composite to substantially reduce oversprayed powder particle adhesion to the booth inner surfaces.... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6280798 | Fluidized bed powder coating process utilizing tribostatic charging A process for forming a coating on a conductive substrate, which comprises establishing a fluidized bed of a powder coating composition, in which the mechanism for particle charging is tribostatic charging immersing the substrate wholly or partly within t... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6245391 | Powder fluidized bed and coating method utilizing a circulating powder stream This invention pertains to a powder coating apparatus and a method for using the powder coating apparatus. The apparatus includes a booth that defines a coating space, a holder to hold an object within the coating space, electrodes positioned within the c... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6129947 | Powder duster The present invention is a means and method for powder dusting various manufactured products such as extrusions, sheet materials, thin films, and piece parts. The powder dusting system includes a regenerative compressor which propels an air/dust mixture t... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6056821 | Electrostatic powder coating apparatus A chemically washed workpiece is heated and degreased by a heating and degreasing section in a process for delivering the workpiece in a base which is then cooled down in a cooling section. The workpiece is then delivered onto the base by a lift-up unit a... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6042892 | Apparatus for coating zinc on steel sheet, and method therefor An apparatus and a method for coating zinc on steel sheets for use on automobiles and electronic apparatuses are disclosed. A fluidized bed forming chamber is provided to fluidize zinc powders in carrying out a zinc coating on a heated steel sheet, so tha... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6037012 | Process for applying water-based products such as paints and varnishes to glass objects A process for applying water-based paints and/or varnishes to the surface of a glass article which includes the steps of charging a composition of water-based product to a potential of a given polarity, spraying the composition of the water-based product ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6030665 | Method and a device for application of powder on a cable The invention concerns a method and a device for application of talcum powder of a super-absorbent powder (SAP) type or the like, the latter containing polyacrylate and/or a salt, such as a sodium salt, on a strip, such as a power cable. In accordance wit... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5997959 | Method and apparatus for electrostatically painting parts made of dielectric or low-conductivity material A method for painting a parts made of dielectric or low-conductivity material using a paint spraying unit including a chamber connected to both a paint outlet and to a paint supply. At least one electrode is mechanically and electrically connected to the ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5895622 | Method and apparatus for composite manufacture A composite manufacturing system moves a multi-fiber tow through a processing space. A resin particle source provides particles to the space. This source may include an airstream entrained with particles which is discharged into the space through an orifi... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5833751 | Powder coating booth having smooth internal surfaces A powder coating booth comprising a pair of identical polycarbonate shells disposed opposite each other to define a coating chamber having smooth, curvilinear internal surfaces to facilitate the recovery and recycle of excess coating powder. Narrowed down... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5773097 | Vertical electrostatic coater having vortex effect The electrostatic fluidized bed coating apparatus and system employ a vertically extending gaseous vortex of charged particles. Effects of variations in particle distribution, size, and electrostatic charge strength are minimized by the vertical orientati... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5769703 | Paint spray booth with protective curtain A protective curtain or liner is detachably mounted to the walls of a paint spray booth so that the paint which would otherwise contact walls would instead contact the curtain and the paint would then be disposed of by removing the curtain.... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5738727 | Device for electrostatic spraying of a coating product An electrostatic coating product spraying device comprising: at least one sprayer having an electrostatic charging mechanism; and a support structure supporting the at least one sprayer, the structure including elements which are at ground potential, wher... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5714007 | Apparatus for electrostatically depositing a medicament powder upon predefined regions of a substrate Apparatus and a concomitant method for electrostatically depositing select doses of medicament powder at select locations on a substrate. Specifically, the apparatus contains charged particle emitter for generating charged particles that charge a predefin... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5695826 | Electrostatic powder coating apparatus and method An electrostatic powder coating apparatus comprising a powder reservoir, a gas flow injection chamber, a diffusion chamber and a coating chamber and method for coating a substrate or target objects. The injection chamber receives powder from the reservoir... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5618589 | Method and apparatus for coating elongate members This method and apparatus provide for uniformly coating a hot elongate member with a powder coating. The elongate member and power carry an electrostatic charge which aids in providing the uniform powder coating. This method and apparatus electrostaticall... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5540776 | Apparatus for applying a powdered coating to a workpiece Apparatus for applying powdered coating to a workpiece--particularly to electric motor armatures and stators--including features relating to handling and masking of workpieces before, during and after coating, is provided. A first feature of the invention... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5527564 | Method and apparatus for repelling overspray in spray paint booths A method of electrostatically painting and an apparatus for producing an electric field within a booth includes a paint spray gun charged to a first potential and a target to be painted to a second potential with one of the panels in the booth charged to ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5482556 | Apparatus for mounting and moving coating dispensers Apparatus for mounting and moving coating dispensers within the interior of a spray booth, and particularly the coating dispensers located above an object moving through the booth. A first embodiment comprises a dispenser housing having an aerodynamically... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5476689 | Method for electrostatic powder coating of fasteners magnetically suspended from a conveyor A continuous, automated method and apparatus for transporting and electrostatically powder coating articles such as fasteners. Articles in an unoriented state are oriented one behind another, transferred in succession to and magnetically retained on a fac... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5474609 | Methods and apparatus for applying powder to workpieces An apparatus for spraying powder coating material includes a rotatable turret which moves articles to and from a work station. A powder spray gun is operable to spray a pattern onto each of the articles in turn while the article is at the work station. Th... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5453304 | Method and apparatus for coating glassware In a system and method for forming a metal oxide coating on glassware, heated glassware is provided in a coating zone, preferably by a grounded conveyor. An electrostatic charging and depositing field is established to a surface of the glassware in the co... | 09/26/1995 |
