Spray containment systems and welding gun nozzle cleaning systems including spray containment systems
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsJagdev Singh Khakh, Jeffrey G. Wells, Bradley Eugene Whipple
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Abstract
An anti-spatter spray containment system includes: an enclosure having a nozzle insertion orifice on a first side and a drain orifice on a second side of the enclosure; a spray nozzle configured to spray fluid toward a nozzle inserted into the nozzle insertion orifice, wherein the enclosure is configured to funnel the fluid in a direction toward the second side; and a baffle configured to block at least a first portion of sprayed fluid from the spray nozzle from exiting the enclosure via the nozzle insertion orifice, the first side configured to block at least a second portion of the sprayed fluid from the spray nozzle that is not blocked by the baffle.
Claims17
An anti-spatter coating system, comprising:
- an enclosure having a cover plate comprising a nozzle insertion orifice on a first side of the enclosure, and a drain orifice on a second side of the enclosure;
- a spray nozzle configured to spray fluid toward a nozzle inserted into the nozzle insertion orifice, wherein the enclosure is configured to funnel the fluid in a direction toward the second side;
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- a baffle plate configured to block at least a first portion of sprayed fluid from the spray nozzle from exiting the enclosure via the nozzle insertion orifice, the cover plate configured to block at least a second portion of the sprayed fluid from the spray nozzle that is not blocked by the baffle plate, and the baffle plate is internal to the enclosure and separated from the cover plate by a gap.
A welding gun nozzle cleaning system, comprising:
- a reamer configured to remove spatter from a welding gun nozzle;
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- an anti-spatter coating system comprising:
- an enclosure having a cover plate comprising a nozzle insertion orifice on a first side of the enclosure, and a drain orifice on a second side of the enclosure, the nozzle insertion orifice configured to permit insertion of the welding gun nozzle through the nozzle insertion orifice;
- a spray nozzle configured to spray fluid toward a nozzle inserted into the nozzle insertion orifice, wherein the enclosure is configured to funnel the fluid in a direction toward the second side;
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- a baffle plate configured to block at least a first portion of sprayed fluid from the spray nozzle from exiting the enclosure via the nozzle insertion orifice, the cover plate configured to block at least a second portion of the sprayed fluid from the spray nozzle that is not blocked by the baffle plate, and the baffle plate is internal to the enclosure and separated from the cover plate by a gap.
An anti-spatter coating system, comprising:
- an enclosure having a nozzle insertion orifice on a first side and a drain orifice on a second side of the enclosure, wherein the nozzle insertion orifice does not include a seal or o-ring;
- a spray nozzle configured to spray fluid toward a nozzle inserted into the nozzle insertion orifice, wherein the enclosure is configured to funnel the fluid in a direction toward the second side;
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- a baffle plate configured to block at least a first portion of sprayed fluid from the spray nozzle from exiting the enclosure via the nozzle insertion orifice, the first side of the enclosure configured to block at least a second portion of the sprayed fluid from the spray nozzle that is not blocked by the baffle plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.