Fluid containment device
AssigneeIngersoll-Rand Company
InventorGirten O. Allerton
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Abstract
A nozzle spray containment apparatus contains a fluid being sprayed onto a work surface. A containment portion contains the spray being applied to the work surface. The spray is applied through an opening formed in the containment portion. An adapter is mounted in a portion of the opening to modify the opening, the adapter being provided for adapting engagement of the containment portion to variations in the work surface and for varying the opening to accommodate the variations in the work surface. A vacuum portion is in fluid communication with the containment portion whereby a negative pressure may be created in the containment portion. Various devices may be used to position a nozzle within the containment portion which applies the spray as desired.
Claims21
A nozzle spray containment apparatus, comprising:
- containment means for containing sprayed material being applied from a nozzle to a work surface, the sprayed material being applied through an opening formed in a portion of the containment means;
- one of a plurality of adapter means, being at least partially rigid, replacably connected to the containment means, forming said opening for adapting engagement of the containment means to said work surface, rigid portions of each adapter means having at least two non-planar configurations thereby permitting the nozzle spray containment apparatus to conform to work surfaces of different contours.
A nozzle spray containment apparatus, comprising:
- containment means, being at least partially rigid, for containing sprayed material being applied from a nozzle to a work surface, the sprayed material being applied through an opening formed in a portion of the containment means;
- one of a plurality of adapter means, being at least partially rigid, interchangeably mounted to the containment means adjacent the opening for adapting engagement of the containment means to said work surface for accommodating variations in the work surface, rigid portions of the adapter means having at least two non-planar configurations thereby permitting the nozzle spray containment apparatus to conform to work surfaces having different contours;
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- vacuum means in fluid communication with the rigid containment means.
A nozzle spray containment apparatus comprising:
- containment means, being at least partially rigid, for containing sprayed material being applied from a nozzle to a work surface, the sprayed material being applied through an opening formed in a portion of the containment means;
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- adapter means, being at least partially rigid, removably mountable to the containment means adjacent the opening for adapting engagement of the containment means to said work surface for accommodating variations in the work surface, rigid portions of the adapter means and the containment means, adjacent said opening primarily conform the contour of the opening to contact and encompass the work surface along at least two distinct planes.
An adapter apparatus for use with a containment means for containing a sprayed material being sprayed onto a contoured work surface from a nozzle within the containment means the sprayed material being applied through an opening formed in a portion of the containment means, the adapter apparatus being partially rigid and being mountable on said containment means to define said opening, the adapter apparatus having at least two non-planar configurations forming a contacting engagement with the work surface, rigid portions of the adapter apparatus defining a contour of the opening to conform the containment means to the contour of said work surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.