Projecting nozzle for powder coating

• US 3,977,607 A
• Filed: 09/24/1975
• Issued: 08/31/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ransburg Corp. (Illinois Tool Works Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ransburg Corp. (Illinois Tool Works Inc.)
• Inventors: Hayashi, Hiroshi, Shiki, Satoshi, Kobayashi, Kunio, Saito, Eiji
• Primary Examiner(s): Love, John J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Application Number:
  US05/616,449
• Time in Patent Office: 342 Days
• Field of Search: 239/15, 239/145, 239/292, 239/297, 239/299, 239/300, 239/403, 239/420, 239/3
• US Class Current: 239/145
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/55 using cleaning fluids
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 5/032 for spraying particulate materials

Abstract

The projecting nozzle for powder coating is a device for dispersing finely divided powder paint particles in a pattern controlled by swirling air without accumulating unwanted powder particles. A hollow nozzle is located concentrically to a guide member forming a gap through which the powder is projected. Orifices and, or slits located in the guide member direct compressed air in a swirling motion. A porous plate, forming the front of the guide member allows air to pass therethrough and thereby prevents the accumulation of powder particles.

Claims

1. A projecting nozzle for powder coating capable of adjusting the projection pattern of powder paint projected through a slit between a hollow nozzle and a paint guide member positioned within the nozzle, characterized in that said projecting nozzle comprises:

A hollow nozzle having an open front end and a rear end portion to be connected to a powder paint supply tube;

A paint guide member provided with a front end portion having a peripheral side face whose dimensions gradually increase toward its front end, and positioned within said hollow nozzle and spaced apart from the inner wall of the nozzle to extend said front end portion forwardly beyond the front end of the nozzle;

An adjusting compressed air passage formed within said paint guide member through the central portion of the member, and having a rear end portion to be connected to an adjusting compressed air supply tube;

A cavity formed within the front end portion of said paint guide member, and having a front end opening in the front end face of the member and a rear end portion communicating with said adjusting compressed air passage;

A pattern adjusting member provided with a front end portion having a peripheral side surface of about the same configuration as that of said cavity, and positioned within said cavity to form, between the peripheral side surface of its front end portion and the inner wall of the front end portion of the cavity, an adjusting compressed air discharge slit of increasing size communicating with said adjusting compressed air passage; and

An air chamber formed in the front end portion of said pattern adjusting member to open its front end over most of the area of the front end face of the pattern adjusting member and communicating with said adjusting compressed air passage, and an air venting member partially closing the front end opening of said air chamber.

2. A projecting nozzle for powder coating as set forth in claim 1 with the addition that the peripheral side face of the paint guide member is of conical shape.

3. A projecting nozzle for powder coating as set forth in claim 1 with the addition that the peripheral side face of the paint guide member is of concaved shape.

4. A projecting nozzle for powder coating as set forth in claim 1, wherein the paint guide member is positioned coaxially within the hollow nozzle.

5. A projecting nozzle for powder coating as set forth in claim 1, wherein the cavity within the front end portion of the paint guide member is a conical cavity which lies coaxially within said chamber.

6. A projecting nozzle for powder coating as set forth in claim 1, wherein the pattern adjusting member is of conical shape.

7. A projecting nozzle for powder coating as set forth in claim 1 wherein the air venting member is in the form of a thin plate of porous material.

8. A projecting nozzle for powder coating capable of adjusting the projection pattern of powder paint projected through a slit between a hollow nozzle and a paint guide member positioned within the nozzle, characterized in that said projecting nozzle comprises:

A hollow nozzle having an open front end and a rear end portion to be connected to a powder paint supply tube;

A paint guide member provided with a front end portion having a peripheral side face of generally conical shape whose radius gradually increases toward its front end, and positioned within said hollow nozzle generally coaxially with the nozzle and spaced apart from the inner wall of the nozzle to extend said front end portion forwardly beyond the front end of the nozzle;

An adjusting compressed air passage formed within said paint guide member through the central portion of the member, and having a rear end portion to be connected to an adjusting compressed air supply tube;

A cavity formed within the front end portion of said paint guide member having a front end opening in the front end face of the member and a rear end portion communicating with said adjusting compressed air passage; and

A pattern adjusting member having an air swirling chamber defined by a peripheral side wall and a rear end wall to have an open front end and a plurality of compressed air inlet apertures spaced along the rear end portion of said peripheral side wall in a direction generally tangential to the inner surface of the wall to communicate said air swirling chamber to said adjusting compressed air passage, and fitted air tightly within the front end portion of said cavity so that the front face of the pattern adjusting member lies generally in the plane of the front face of said paint guide member.

9. A projecting nozzle for powder coating as claimed in claim 8 wherein the swirling chamber is cylindrical and the plurality of compressed air inlet apertures are spaced at equal distances along the peripheral side wall.

10. A projecting nozzle for powder coating as claimed in claim 8 wherein there are eight compressed air inlet apertures.