Electrostatic spraying apparatus
AssigneeJ. Wagner GmbH
InventorsWilli Huber, Markus Schmidhauser
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Abstract
An electrostatic spraying apparatus for applying a liquid coating material to a work piece, and which comprises a rotating bell-like or disc-like atomizer head and an annular gap coaxial therewith which is connected to a compressed air source is provided with an improvement of a further annular gap connected to a compressed air source, the additional gap coaxially surrounding the first annular gap, and the gap width of at least one of the two annular gaps being adjustable.
Claims9
Electrostatic spray apparatus for applying a liquid coating material to a workpiece, comprising:
- a rotatable bell-like atomizer head for receiving and centrifugally atomizing liquid coating material and propelling the same as a cloud towards the workpiece;
- first means defining a first annular gap coaxial about said atomizer head for connection to a compressed air supply for controlling the outer limits of the cloud;
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- second means defining a second annular gap coaxial about said first annular gap for connection to a compressed air supply for returning to the cloud those particles of the liquid coating material which erupt out of the cloud,
- each of said first and second means comprising a first element including a first section limiting the respective air gap, and a second ring element mounted on and coaxially movable with respect to said first element and including a second section limiting the respective air gap.
Electrostatic spray apparatus for applying liquid coating material to a work piece, comprising:
- a rotatable bell-shaped atomizer head including an inner surface for receiving liquid coating material and a catapult edge for emitting particles centrifuged therefrom as a cloud towards the work piece;
- a first member concentric about said atomizer head including a section defining one side of a first annular gap;
- a second member axially movable with respect to said first member and adjustably defining a second side of the first annular gap;
- a third member carried on said first member and defining one side of a second annular gap coaxial with the first annular gap;
- a fourth member axially movable with respect to said third member and adjustably defining a second side of the second annular gap;
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- means for connecting the first and second annular gaps to at least one compressed air supply to jacket the cloud with a first containing air jacket to limit the cloud and an outer second air jacket to return erupting particles to the cloud.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.