Splash plate retention method and apparatus
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsDavid M. Seitz, Joe Louis Bates, Kurt Granville Miller
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Abstract
A splash plate assembly is retained in a rotary bell cup by a barbed skirt that interfaces with an inner surface of the bell cup. The splash plate assembly includes a splash plate or deflector that is secured to the front side of an insert. The insert has barbed extensions that may form a skirt around an outer periphery thereof. The insert is snapped into the front bell opening of a bell cup, and the barbed extensions elastically deform and snap back outwardly to interface with a shoulder formed in the bell cup inner surface.
Claims20
A rotary bell cup assembly for atomizing paint or a flowable coating, comprising:
- a bell cup having an internal pathway for channeling fluid towards an outlet;
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- a splash plate assembly comprising a splash plate disposed in front of the outlet and an insert to which the splash plate is secured, the insert comprising a barbed section configured to enter into snapping engagement with an inner surface of the bell cup to secure the splash plate assembly in the bell cup.
A rotary bell cup assembly for atomizing paint or a flowable coating, comprising:
- a bell cup having an internal pathway for channeling fluid towards an outlet;
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- a splash plate assembly comprising a splash plate disposed in front of the outlet and an insert to which the splash plate is secured, the insert comprising a single piece having integral means for interfacing with an inner surface of the bell cup to secure the splash plate assembly in the bell cup.
A splash plate assembly for a rotary bell cup assembly for atomizing paint or a flowable coating, comprising:
- a splash plate configured to be disposed in front of an outlet of a bell cup;
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- an insert to which the splash plate is secured, the insert the insert comprising a barbed section configured to enter into snapping engagement with an inner surface of the bell cup to secure the splash plate assembly in the bell cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.