Patent ReferencesInventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 05/872671 filed on 01/26/1978US Classes:427/462, Flock or fiber applied427/206, Flock or fibers applied427/472Positioning, orientation, or application of nonsprayed, nonatomized coating material solely by electrostatic charge, field, or forceExaminersPrimary: Newsome, John H.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesB05B 5/03 (20060101)B05B 5/025 (20060101) AbstractA method for depositing flock wherein flock fibers are fed at a controlled rate from a storage hopper through a screen into a propelling air stream. The air stream carries the fibers in a rotationally stabilized flow whereby turbulence is prevented, to an applicator gun where they may be electrostatically charged, and they are propelled by the air stream and deposited on the adhesively coated surface to be coated. | |