US 10,369,592 B2Granted

Moble UVA curing system for collision and cosmetic repair of automobiles

OwnerJohn Wilson, Robert Schenkinventors

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Abstract

The present invention is directed to a mobile radiation system that comprises a mobile radiation device coupled to a control unit; a radiation blocker having an adaptor opening for receiving said mobile radiation device when said mobile radiation device is in a seated position on said radiation blocker; and a mobile carrier comprising a first compartment for housing said radiation blocker, a second compartment for housing said control unit, and one or more carrier motion devices. The adaptor opening can dimensionally fit the mobile radiation device to block radiations from the mobile radiation device when said mobile radiation device is in the seated position. The mobile radiation device can produce radiation having peak radiation wavelength in a range of from 250 nm to 450 nm and can have a peak irradiation power in a range of from 0.5 W/cm2 to 10 W/cm2.

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Dependent claims

A method for curing a radiation curable coating disposed on a vehicle part, comprising:

providing a mobile carrier comprising a mobile radiation device coupled to a control unit via one or more coupling devices and a radiation blocker having an adaptor opening for receiving the mobile radiation device when the mobile radiation device is in a seated position on the radiation blocker wherein the adaptor opening dimensionally fits the mobile radiation device to block radiation from the mobile radiation device when the mobile radiation device is in the seated position on the radiation blocker;
removing the mobile radiation device from the seated position to a position located a predetermined irradiation distance from the vehicle part;
powering on the mobile radiation device;
exposing the curable coating to radiation emitted from the mobile radiation device at an irradiation power sufficient to cure at least a portion of the curable coating;
and
returning the mobile radiation device to the seated position on the radiation blocker.

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Facts

Application: 15/889,267Filed 6 Feb 2018 · continuation
Priority: 1 Mar 2013
Published: US 2018/0221913 A19 Aug 2018
Granted: 6 Aug 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B05C 21/00
Accessories or implements for use in connection with applying liquids or other
B05D 3/067
After-treatment: curing or cross-linking the coating
B41F 23/00
Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in
F26B 3/28
Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat: by radiation, e.g. from the sun

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Application61/771,168Us provisional application · filed 1 Mar 2013
Application13/973,841Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Aug 2013
Application14/664,822Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Mar 2015
US 9,035,271 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 19 May 2015
US 2018/0221913 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 Aug 2018
US 9,919,338 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2014/0246602 A1Published application
US 2017/0043368 A1Published application
US 10,369,592 B2This patent

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