Bell cup skirt
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorJohn Schaupp
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Abstract
A dispensing device for dispensing a material. The dispensing device includes a somewhat cup-shaped interior opening in a first direction in which the material is to be dispensed from the dispensing device. The interior terminates at a discharge edge. The dispensing device further includes a skirt extending from the discharge edge in a second direction generally opposite the first direction. The skirt includes multiple passageways substantially equally spaced around a perimeter of the skirt.
Claims25
A dispensing device for dispensing a material, the dispensing device having a somewhat cup-shaped interior opening in a first direction in which the material is to be dispensed from the dispensing device, the interior terminating at a discharge edge, and a skirt extending from the discharge edge in a second direction generally opposite the first direction.
In combination, a dispensing device for dispensing a material, a housing surrounding the dispensing device, the housing and dispensing device including cooperating first and second features, the dispensing device being movable relative to the housing, the first and second features at least partly enclosing a region defined between the housing and the dispensing device, the cooperating first and second features include a skirt and a groove for receiving the skirt.
In combination, a first source of a compressed gas or mixture of gases, a second source of material to be dispensed, a rotator, a dispensing device mounted on the rotator for rotation thereby, the second source being coupled to the dispensing device, a housing surrounding the dispensing device, the housing and dispensing device including cooperating first and second features, the first and second features at least partly enclosing a region defined between the housing and the dispensing device, one of the first and second features including at least one passageway, the first source being coupled to the region, compressed gas from the first source being exhausted from the region through the passageway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.