Mold in plumbing for wax application
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKyle Justin Legrand
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Abstract
A system and method include a frame member and an applicator. The frame member includes a hollow frame and a distribution component arranged in the interior of the frame. The distribution component includes a base component and a conduit on its exterior surface. The applicator delivers a fluid, which can include an anti-corrosion material, to the distribution component, which fluid is then delivered by the conduit throughout the interior of the frame and ejected through discharge openings of the conduit onto the interior surface of the frame to coat the frame with the fluid. The fluid may form an anti-corrosion coating on the interior surface of the frame.
Claims20
A frame member comprising:
- a frame defining an interior and including an access opening that provides access to the interior;
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- a distribution component arranged entirely in the interior of the frame, the distribution component including a base component and a conduit on an exterior surface of the base component, the conduit comprising an intake opening and a discharge opening;
- wherein the access opening is sized such that the distribution component is nonremovably arranged in the interior of the frame, the distribution component defining a permanent structure confined entirely within the interior of the frame;
- wherein the intake opening is arranged at the access opening and is operable to receive a fluid from an exterior of the frame, through the access opening, and into the conduit;
- wherein the conduit is operable to transport the fluid from the intake opening to the discharge opening;
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- wherein the discharge opening is operable to eject the fluid out of the conduit onto an interior surface of the frame.
A method of applying a coating to an interior surface of a frame, the method comprising:
- providing the frame and a distribution component, the frame defining an interior and including an access opening that provides access to the interior, the distribution component including a shell and a conduit on an exterior surface of the shell, the conduit comprising an intake opening and a discharge opening;
- arranging the distribution component entirely in the interior of the frame such that the intake opening is arranged at the access opening, and sizing the access opening such that the distribution component is nonremovably arranged in the interior of the frame, the distribution component defining a permanent structure confined entirely within the interior of the frame;
- delivering a fluid from an exterior of the frame, through the access opening, through the intake opening, and into the conduit;
- transporting the fluid through the conduit from the intake opening to the discharge opening;
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- discharging the fluid from the discharge opening onto the interior surface of the frame to thereby form the coating of the fluid on the interior surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.