Arc thermal spray gun extension with conical spray
First Claim
1. An arc spray extension apparatus for spraying into holes, comprising a spray gun body, a pair of tubular wire guides held convergingly by the gun body so as to guide two metal wires to a region of contact at tips of the wires, a wire feeding mechanism operatively connected to feed the wires respectively through the wire guides, and a gas cap affixed to the gun body and extending forwardly therefrom, the wires being receptive of an arc current to effect an arc and thereby molten metal at the wire tips;
- the gas cap having a plurality of orifices therein receptive of pressurized gas to generate gas jets, the orifices being disposed with substantially equal spacing arcuately such that the jets are directed with a radially inward component toward the region of contact to effect atomization of the molten metal into a spray stream, the orifices having axes that are uniformly offset forwardly and tangentially from radial so as to create a vortex flow such that the spray stream is effected in the form of a conical fan, whereby insertion of the spray stream centrally into a hole can effect a coating circumferentially on an inside surface of the hole.
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Abstract
In a two-wire arc spray extension two metal wires are guided into contact, and a gas cap is affixed to a gun body. The feeding wires receive an arc current to effect an arc and thereby molten metal at the wire tips. The gas cap has a plurality of orifices therein that receive pressurized gas to generate gas jets. The orifices are disposed with substantially equal spacing arcuately such that the jets are directed with a radially inward component toward the tips to effect atomization of the molten metal into a spray stream. The orifices have axes that are offset forwardly and tangentially from radial so as to create a vortex flow such that the spray stream is effected in the form of a conical fan. Insertion of the spray stream centrally into a hole can effect a coating circumferentially on an inside surface of the hole.
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1. An arc spray extension apparatus for spraying into holes, comprising a spray gun body, a pair of tubular wire guides held convergingly by the gun body so as to guide two metal wires to a region of contact at tips of the wires, a wire feeding mechanism operatively connected to feed the wires respectively through the wire guides, and a gas cap affixed to the gun body and extending forwardly therefrom, the wires being receptive of an arc current to effect an arc and thereby molten metal at the wire tips;
the gas cap having a plurality of orifices therein receptive of pressurized gas to generate gas jets, the orifices being disposed with substantially equal spacing arcuately such that the jets are directed with a radially inward component toward the region of contact to effect atomization of the molten metal into a spray stream, the orifices having axes that are uniformly offset forwardly and tangentially from radial so as to create a vortex flow such that the spray stream is effected in the form of a conical fan, whereby insertion of the spray stream centrally into a hole can effect a coating circumferentially on an inside surface of the hole. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A gas cap for producing an angled spray stream from an arc spray extension apparatus, the apparatus comprising a spray gun body, a pair of tubular wire guides held by the gun body so as to guide two metal wires to a region of contact at tips of the wires, and a wire feeding mechanism operatively connected to feed the wires respectively through the wire guides, the wires being receptive of an arc current to effect an arc and thereby molten metal at the wire tips;
the gas cap comprising a base and a projection extending therefrom, the base being adapted for affixing the gas cap to the gun body with the projection extending forwardly, the projection having a plurality of orifices therein receptive of pressurized gas to generate gas jets, the orifices being disposed with substantially equal spacing arcuately such that, with the gas cap affixed to the gun body, the jets are directed with a radially inward component toward the region of contact to effect atomization of the molten metal into a spray stream, the orifices having axes that are uniformly offset forwardly and tangentially from radial so as to create a vortex flow such that the spray stream is effected in the form of a conical fan, whereby insertion of the spray stream centrally into a hole can effect a coating circumferentially on an inside surface of the hole. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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