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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435152 | Apparatus and method for centrifugal material deposition and products thereof A centrifugal dispensing apparatus with a centrifugal dispensing drum that can be divided into compartments and that has at least one open inner volume for retaining a volume of flowable material, an exit aperture for each open inner volume for allowing flowable mat... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7128279 | Method and apparatus for fluid delivery to a backside of a substrate A fluid delivery device for delivering fluid to the backside of a substrate while minimizing waste is provided. The device includes an inner cylindrical tube having a top opening and a bottom opening. An upper cap overlying a top portion of the inner cylindrical tub... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6988673 | Rotary atomizing head type coater Segmental outward projections (12) are provided at radially opposite positions on the circumference of a tubular mount portion (7) of a main body (5), and truncated side portions (13) are provided between and at the opposite sides of the ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6832734 | Media discharge device A media discharge device includes a support member, a telescoping device supported by the support member, and a media discharge port provided at a first end of the telescoping device. The telescoping device is supported via a joint structure that allows the telescop... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6702202 | Method and apparatus for fluid delivery to a backside of a substrate A fluid delivery device for delivering fluid to the backside of a substrate while minimizing waste. The device includes an inner cylindrical tube having a top opening and a bottom opening. An upper cap overlying a top portion of the inner cylindrical tube... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6651898 | Method and device for atomizing liquids The present invention is a device for atomizing liquids which has: a) a rotatable apparatus for the reception of liquids to be atomized, the apparatus is defined by a cylinder having an interior chamber that runs the length of the cylinder with an internal... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6601778 | Centrifugal humidifier with sawtooth ridged impingement surface A centrifugal humidifier having a rotatable body for propelling water outwardly on to an impingement surface that brake up the propelled water into droplets which are then entrained in a stream of air and discharged to the surroundings, wherein the imping... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6453814 | Device and process for transverse sizing of printed products A device for transversely sizing printed products that uses individual application devices such as nozzles that are provided on a roller. The method includes moving individual application devices in at least one sizing position where the relative speed be... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6341734 | Rotary atomizer and bell cup and methods thereof A rotary atomizer for a coating apparatus has a bell shaped body, e.g., a bell cup, having a cavity and a detachable flow control device, e.g., face cover, that substantially closes a portion of the cavity. The two-piece construction eases maintenance, su... | 01/29/2002 |
| 5947136 | Catch cup cleaning system The present invention provides a cleaning system. In one embodiment, the system includes a rotating member, a rinse member held to the rotating member, including a channel extending from an inner location to an outer edge of the rinse member for delivery ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5788156 | Segment rotary nozzle A device for spraying a liquid has a rotating surface, preferably one with an edge apron which is angled obliquely toward the outside, from whose possibly serrated outer spraying edge the liquid is flung out. The rotating surface is partially covered by a... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5374312 | Liquid coating system A liquid coating system according to the present invention comprises, a liquid supply source, a nozzle having an inlet communicating with the liquid supply source and a substantially linear liquid discharge portion, a pressure feed unit for feeding the li... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5346132 | Mist generator A device for generating a spray of mist or fine droplets includes a spinning rotor within a mist chamber. The rotor has inner walls which taper conically outwardly from the open bottom of the rotor to a hole near the top of the rotor. Liquid is pumped by ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5248092 | Pulsating spray nozzle A pulsating nozzle which includes a rotating head driven by reaction forces of high pressure water passing through outlets disposed at an angle to a plane normal to the axis about which the head rotates and through a plurality of spaced passages extending... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5032222 | Spray drier for the preparation of powders, agglomerates and the like A spray drier (1) for the preparation of powders, agglomerates or the like, by the drying of pumpable products, has at an inlet (6) of its exhaust discharge line or lines (7) for the drying gas used in its drying chamber (3), a wind sifter (9) with a rota... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4997130 | Air bearing rotary atomizer A rotary atomizer includes a manifold assembly adapted to be attached to a mechanism for moving the atomizer and an air bearing turbine motor housing assembly releasably secured to the manifold assembly. Sources of pressured fluid for actuating the atomiz... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4978069 | Method and apparatus for the formation of droplets A method and an apparatus for dividing a liquid into droplets is disclosed. One or several disks (35) rotate about an axis (A) and are provided, at their outer peripheral edges, with circumferentially equidistant, uniform cusps. A distributing device (20)... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4792094 | Rotating spraying type coating apparatus A rotating spraying type coating apparatus which includes a rotating drive device having a rotary shaft, a spraying head attached to the rotating drive device, a paint supplying passage connected to the base end of the spraying head, a paint radiating par... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4743456 | Apparatus and method for applying a uniform coating to food Apparatus and method for uniformly coating pieces of food with a viscous, particulate-containing composition in which the coating, e.g., a flavored oil containing, for example, spices, is fed to a rotatable, enclosed, frustoconical reservoir enclosed with... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4728035 | Application of particles to a substrate Apparatus for producing a spray of particles includes a shroud for restricting the spray produced by an atomizer, leaving a restricted arc or arcs over which particles can be ejected from the apparatus. The shroud includes at least one shielding element c... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4616783 | Constant flow rotary spraying device A spraying device for spraying liquid from a liquid supply is disclosed herein and includes a two stage pump system having first and second stage pumps, a reservoir with a liquid level control, pump and spray impeller, and a spray control chamber.... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4591096 | Centrifugal sprayer having interchangeable feed mechanism A centrifugal sprayer of the type having an electric motor driving a disc element, and coupled to a feed mechanism, wherein the feed mechanism is suspended in immersion in the liquid to be sprayed, including interchangeable hollow cone feed members having... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4553700 | Centrifugal sprayer having hollow cone feeder A centrifugal sprayer of the type having an electric motor driving a disc element, and coupled to a feed mechanism suspended in immersion in a container of liquid to be sprayed, including an external axially supporting bushing surface about the cone feede... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4488684 | Precision liquid coating apparatus for an electrolytic printer Apparatus for effecting controlled and accurate moistening of an object is described. A hollow rotor is provided with at least one shaped portion in its surface, that portion having a row of nozzles therein. The nozzles are drilled completely through the ... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4414918 | Distributor head for a pipe lining machine A distributor head for throwing mortar onto the wall of a pipe (12) being lined. A set of inner rotating vanes (56) throw the mortar onto an outwardly flared conical surface (40 ) and the mortar travels along the surface (40) to the outer vanes (48) on it... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4408720 | Demountable wheeled liquid sprayer A demountable wheeled liquid sprayer comprised of an elongated handle having an angulated forward end portion supporting a battery driven electric motor with a depending drive shaft rotatably mounting a cup having inwardly and upwardly extending sidewalls... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4392614 | Portable paint sprayer A portable paint spraying device for generating a paint spray by centrifugally impelling liquid paint from the edge of a vertically oriented spinning disc. The disc is driven by an electric motor which also drives a conveyor screw used to lift the paint u... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4379523 | Sprinkler A swivelling fan-jet sprinkler which is convertible from a coarse sprinkling mode in which it covers a relatively large irrigation area to a gentler spraying mode in which it covers a smaller area, the conversion being achieved by means of a removable spi... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4368849 | Spray apparatus Apparatus for distributing flowable material over a base surface comprising 3 rotary members with mask means arranged to interrupt 40 to 60 percent of the flowable material from said first and second members and means for conducting the interrupted flowab... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4338876 | Application of liquids to textiles The application of liquid to a moving fabric is effected by delivering same to a rotatable spinning disc which centrifugally impels the liquid against the fabric. This action overcomes surface tension causing the liquid droplets to break up into a fine mi... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4235377 | Portable paint spraying device A portable pump spraying device includes a container for the liquid to be sprayed, a housing positioned above the container having a spraying chamber, a pumping unit to elevate the liquid to the spraying chamber, and a rotating disc in the spraying chambe... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4187264 | Carburetor for an internal combustion engine A carburetor for an internal combustion engine comprising a fuel chamber arranged in the mixing compartment of a suction tube and rotatable about the lower end of a fuel-infeed conduit secured in the mixing compartment by means of an impeller wheel rotata... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4078725 | Spray apparatus A hand-operated liquid spray apparatus operates on the air-lift pump principle wherein the air-forcing member and the spray-forming member are one and the same. Such an apparatus requires no nozzles or valves and no permanent pressurization of the sprayed... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4049197 | Spray dispenser A spray dispenser for dispensing liquid in spray form, having a housing, a rotatable spraying disk mounted to the housing, a liquid feeder for supplying liquid from a receptacle to the underside of the disk, and a fixed member spaced below the underside o... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4019684 | Atomizer A rotary atomizer comprising an axially apertured disc of reticulated metal foam, means for feeding liquid to be atomized to the surface of the aperture, and means for rotating the disc at such speeds that the liquid to be atomized travels radially throug... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4006858 | Spray apparatus A method and apparatus for distributing a flowable material over a base surface and wherein said flowable material is centrifuged from the peripheral region of a rotary member to produce an annular spray pattern, concentric with the rotational axis of the... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3994438 | Spray apparatus A method and apparatus for distributing a flowable material onto a base surface and wherein a rotary member is rotatably supported concentrically within a mask, a flowable material supply to the rotary member deposits said material on the rotary member an... | 11/30/1976 |
