Paint mask and a method for utilizing the same
AssigneeFord Global Tech., Inc.
InventorsGary Farquhar, Malgorzata M. Skender
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Abstract
A non-contact mask 10 which is selectively deployed in close proximity to an object 12 and which has a certain type of electrical charge. A substance 16, to be selectively applied to the object 12, is provided with the certain type of electrical charge and the electrical charge of the mask 10 and the electrical charge of the substance 16 cooperate to substantially prevent the substance 16 from being applied to the mask 10.
Claims15
An electrically charged mask which is movably deployed between an object that receives an electrically charged certain substance and an emitter of said certain substance, wherein said mask has the same electrical charge as said certain substance which substantially prevents said certain substance from contacting said mask.
A mask assembly comprising:
- an electrically charged mask which is in close proximity to an object that receives an electrically charged certain substance, wherein said mask has the same electrical charge as said certain substance which substantially prevents said certain substance from contacting said mask;
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- a wiper assembly which selectively contacts said mask.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.