Turbine Coating Apparatus And Spray Gun Assembly Therefor
AssigneesHarmonium International Inc., Wilfrid Jacques
InventorsWilfrid Jacques, Francine Mondou
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a turbine coating apparatus and a spray gun assembly therefor. More specifically, the present invention relates to a spray gun assembly comprising a gun support mountable to the turbine coating apparatus and at least one spray gun mounted to the gun support. The spray gun is adapted for providing a spray of a coating substance onto a cluster of solid forms to be coated in the apparatus, where the spray defines a spray angle of less than 90 degrees relative to the coating plane defined by the cluster of solid forms in movement.
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1-12. (canceled)
A turbine coating apparatus provided with a perforated drum rotatably mounted in a housing, the rotation of said perforated drum gathering solid forms in a cluster defining a coating plane, said turbine coating apparatus comprising:
- a gun support mounted to said turbine coating apparatus;
- and
- at least one spray gun mounted to said gun support for providing a spray of a coating substance onto said cluster of solid forms, said at least one spray gun being positioned into said perforated drum in rotation for said spray of a coating substance to define a spray angle of less than 90 degrees relative to said coating plane defined by said cluster of solid forms.
A method for coating and sealing solid forms, said method comprising:
- (a) providing a turbine coating apparatus comprising a perforated drum rotatably mounted in a housing;
- (b) providing at least one spray gun positionable into said perforated drum for providing a spray of a coating substance;
- (c) loading said solid forms into said perforated drum;
- (d) urging rotation of said perforated drum, said rotation of said perforated drum gathering solid forms in a cluster defining a coating plane;
- (e) positioning said at least one spray gun into said perforated drum for said spray of a coating substance to define a spray angle of less than 90 degrees relative to said coating plane;
- (f) providing said spray of a coating substance onto said cluster of solid forms until a predetermined amount of weight gain has been provided to said solid forms;
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- (g) collecting the coated solid forms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.