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US 4,515,105 AGranted
Dielectric powder sprayer
OwnerWilliam E. Danta, Frank H. Adamsinventors
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A plastics material covered metal electrode maintains an electrostatic field dissipating the particles of fine dry powdered dielectric material such as flour or starch to create a cloud or dry mist of the powder in the path of freshly inked sheets as they are discharged from a printing press to prevent smudging of the ink and sticking together of the successive sheets as they are stacked. The electrostatic field is formed across the path of the powder as it is discharged from a supply trough by energizing the electrode with a high voltage current. The plastic covered electrode replaces heretofore required neon gas filled glass tubes which are fragile and burn out. The preferred plastic covering for the electrode is a thermoplastic polyetherimide resin marketed under the name of "Ultem" by General Electric Company of Pittsfield, Mass.
In a dry powder sprayer forming a mist of dispersed powder particles for use in printing presses of the type discharging printed sheets successively onto a stack and having an elongated container for dry powder with an outlet spanning the path of the discharging sheets and positioned above the stack and means controlling the feeding of powder through said outlet, the improvement which comprises an elongated electrode in the path of powder discharging from the outlet, said electrode having an electric current conducting core spanning the full length of the electrode and surrounded by a high dielectric plastics material cover, and means for feeding a high voltage current through the length of said core to provide an electrostatic field surrounding the electrode receiving controlled amounts of powder from said outlet.
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