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US 2012/0231174 A1Published application
Device and method for applying paints
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorStefan FRIESE
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Abstract
A device is provided for applying paints that includes, but is not limited to an apparatus for producing a stream of paint particles, a guide element with a surface for limiting the stream of paint particles in space. The guide element is realized in such a way that an area situated adjacent to its surface for limiting the stream of paint particles in space can be kept free of paint particles.
Claims16
A device for applying paints, comprising:
- an apparatus that is configured to produce a stream of paint particles;
- and
- a guide element with a surface that is configured to limit the stream of paint particles in space,
- wherein the guide element is configured such that an area is situated adjacent to a surface that is configured to limit the stream of paint particles in space is kept substantially free of paint particles.
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A method for applying paints, comprising:
- producing a stream of paint particles;
- directing the stream of paint particles at a surface to be painted in a controlled fashion,
- wherein the stream of paint particles is limited to a fraction of a cross section prior to impacting a surface to be painted by deflecting paint particles from the fraction of the cross section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.