Acoustic force assisted painting system
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorsSandeep Patil, Nanzhu Zhao
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Abstract
An acoustic force assisted painting system includes a housing, a nozzle, and at least one first transducer. The conduit is configured to receive paint from an external source. The nozzle is disposed in the housing. The nozzle has an inlet that is fluidly connected to the conduit and is configured to receive paint from the conduit. The nozzle has an outlet configured to dispense the paint. The at least one first transducer is disposed in the housing at a location downstream of the nozzle outlet in a flow direction of the paint.
Claims20
An acoustic force assisted painting system comprising:
- a housing having a conduit configured to receive paint from an external source;
- a nozzle disposed in the housing, the nozzle having an inlet that is fluidly connected to the conduit and configured to receive paint from the conduit, the nozzle having only one outlet configured to dispense the paint, a first diameter of the nozzle inlet being larger than a second diameter of the nozzle outlet;
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- at least one first transducer disposed in the housing at a location downstream of the nozzle outlet in a flow direction of the paint, the at least one first transducer being spaced from the nozzle, the at least one first transducer emitting an acoustic force toward the paint dispensed from the nozzle outlet and increasing a velocity and a kinetic energy of the dispensed paint with the emitted acoustic force.
An acoustic force assisted painting system comprising:
- a housing having a conduit for receiving paint from an external source;
- at least one nozzle disposed in the housing, the at least one nozzle having an inlet that is fluidly connected to the conduit to receive paint from the conduit, the at least one nozzle having only one outlet that dispenses the paint, a first diameter of the nozzle inlet being larger than a second diameter of the nozzle outlet;
- a paint channel disposed in the housing and extending from the nozzle outlet to an outer surface of the housing, the paint channel inlet receiving the paint from the nozzle and the paint channel outlet dispensing the paint from the housing;
- an acoustic chamber disposed in the housing, the nozzle passing through the acoustic chamber;
- at least one first transducer disposed in the housing at a location downstream of the nozzle outlet in a flow direction of the paint, the at least one first transducer being spaced from the nozzle, the at least one first transducer emitting an acoustic force toward the paint dispensed from the nozzle outlet and increasing a velocity and a kinetic energy of the dispensed paint with the emitted acoustic force;
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- at least one second transducer disposed in the acoustic chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.