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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6786369 | Fluid dispenser A fluid dispenser including: an entraining gas reservoir (10) provided with an actuator (12′) suitable for pressurizing the gas contained in the reservoir; a fluid reservoir (3); and a dispensing orifice (21) serving to pass a mixture m... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6705545 | Quick color change powder paint system A paint system including at least one spray gun located, a paint line changing assembly and a plurality of differently colored paint sources. The paint line changing assembly is configured to selectively connect the at least one spray gun with one of the plurality o... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6676039 | Pressurized abrasive feed and metering system for waterjet cutting systems The present invention provides an improved abrasive delivery system for delivering an abrasive material to a waterjet cutting nozzle which has no external pressure effects on the orifice metering the flow of abrasive material from a container for the mate... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6601780 | Paintgun with pneumatic feeding and discharging process The present invention relates to a paintgun with pneumatic feeding and discharging process which mainly includes a pneumatic delivery mechanism. The pneumatic delivery mechanism consists of a flow-guiding body, a flow-guiding piston and a delivery tube. T... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6540109 | Rechargeable containers and dispensers Rechargeable containers and dispensers, in particular spray bottle dispensers including at least one chemical reservoir for recharging the spray bottle dispenser. Preferably, a plurality of separate chemical reservoirs containing chemical concentrate are ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6126092 | Twin chopper device for spray-up molding The twin chopper of the present invention consists of a pair of roving choppers, each chopper being disposed on either side of a resin spraying nozzle. Each chopper comprises a rotatably driven cutter roller, a rotatable friction roller cooperating with t... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6113003 | Compressed air duster with rotatable agitator A hand-held compressed air duster apparatus comprises a pressurizable vessel for containing a fine particulate dusting material. The vessel has an upper shoulder provided with a sealable top opening, in which a hand pump is mounted and sealably connected ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5662272 | Powder coating product sprayer device A device for delivering a finely divided coating product to a sprayer. The device includes a conveyer composed of a tube and a worm screw mounted in the tube for transporting the coating product, and a motor coupled to the worm screw for rotating the worm... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5615830 | Apparatus and method for supply and transport of powder particles An improved powder particle supply and transport apparatus and method include a hopper filled with powder particles, an ejection chamber spaced from the hopper and a movable conveying member with a plurality of cavities formed therein. During operation, t... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5351890 | Applicator having a glitter container including a venturi pump and static reducing tinsel An apparatus has a cylindrical container with an intermediate floor containing a multiplicity of air holes through which air is pumped upward to keep glitter within the container above the intermediate floor in movement. A vertical housing within the cont... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5328099 | Compressed gas device for spraying a single dose of a fluid substance in finely divided form A compressed gas device is disclosed for spraying a single dose of a fluid substance in finely divided form. The device comprises a tank containing the single dose having an inlet orifice for compressed gas, and an outlet orifice. The device further compr... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5240185 | Powder paint supply device A fluidized type paint powder tank has a fluidizing chamber for fluidizing paint powder and a storage chamber into which the paint powder in the fluidizing chamber is fed to keep it still. There is also provided a paint supply device for an electrostatic ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5186388 | Production of composite structures using lightweight low cost matrix extender materials A process and apparatus are provided for injecting dry lightweight particulate material into a stream of catalyzed resin. The dry lightweight particulate material is stored in a fluidizing tank. The fluidized dry particles are conveyed from the tank under... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4963392 | Fiber spray system A fiber spray system for depositing fibers onto a substrate or article comprises a vibrating feeder bowl having an opening in its sidewall covered by a grid or screen through which fibers loaded into the feeder bowl are discharged therefrom into the fiber... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4948054 | Pneumatic drywall texture bazooka A low cost, hand-held sprayer that is pneumatically powered so that a wall or ceiling may be textured. The sprayer includes a hollow J-shaped body that is filled with a liquid texture material. An air passage communicates with an air supply and extends th... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4781329 | Combined power duster and ULV aerosol generator A portable dust or aerosol dispenser has a motor-driven air compressor operable to supply compressed air to a coiled hose. A hand-operated valve assembly connected to the hose is selectively attached to a duster unit or an aerosol unit. The duster unit ha... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4775105 | Electrostatic powder spray gun An electrostatic powder spray gun comprises a powder cup and is constructed such that the powder cup comprises a removable cover which is secured to the pistol tube of the gun in an easily-detachable manner, whereby a conveying tube and an air tube extend... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4764057 | Device for producing a solid aerosol An apparatus for producing a solid aerosol from a heap, with a solids container, a feed piston, a rotary brush, an air intake and an outlet passage. To improve the constancy of the particle output the outlet passage has a non-increasing cross-section over... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4650004 | Portable dry chemical fire extinguisher A fire extinguishing apparatus for dispensing a dry chemical agent from a container by using a suitable supply of compressed gas such as carbon dioxide. The compressed gas is used to fluidize the chemical agent and carry the agent to a hand manipulated no... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4391860 | Device for the controlled feeding of powder material The invention contemplates a powder-feeding system for gas-propelled delivery of a powder to be controllably supplied, as to a flame-spraying gas torch or to a transferred-arc plasma torch. A fluidizing chamber receives (a) fluidizing-gas flow from below ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4090320 | Smoke ring box A smoke ring device that permits the user to create through an outlet on the housing thereof a series of smoke rings created from a fine powder by generating means contained within the housing having associated therewith pumping means for manually obtaini... | 05/23/1978 |