Coating processes – Nonuniform coating – Mask or stencil utilized
Patent
1995-12-04
1997-04-15
Lusignan, Michael
Coating processes
Nonuniform coating
Mask or stencil utilized
118 46, 417326, 417393, 427288, 4273899, B05D 132, B05D 500
Patent
active
056207468
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for pumping and recapturing high viscosity paints. The apparatus comprises a double diaphragm pneumatic pump having means for controlling the air exhaust rate from the diaphragms to thereby reduce the diaphragm cycling rate. The decreased diaphragm cycling rate enables high viscosity paint to be drawn into the pump chambers and thereby avoids cavitation and increases the output flow rate. In a preferred embodiment, the bleed port, which vents air from the diaphragms to the atmosphere, is fitted with a needle valve, enabling the exhaust rate to be variably controlled. An alternative embodiment comprises a pump fitted with a valve received by the main exhaust of the air motor to thereby control the exhaust rate from the diaphragms. The pump system comprises a pump as described above and a four-port, two-way valve, which is rotatable by 90.degree., such that the flow within the system is reversed when the valve is rotated. By reversing the fluid flow within the system by merely rotating a valve, the pump can maintain a single direction of operation and flow.
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Lusignan Michael
Mann, P.A. Michael A.
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