CN101175574A - Canister for electrostatic applicators - Google Patents

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CN101175574A
CN101175574A CNA2006800163784A CN200680016378A CN101175574A CN 101175574 A CN101175574 A CN 101175574A CN A2006800163784 A CNA2006800163784 A CN A2006800163784A CN 200680016378 A CN200680016378 A CN 200680016378A CN 101175574 A CN101175574 A CN 101175574A
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戴维·M.·塞茨
约翰·P.·武伊齐克
加法尔·卡兹卡兹
詹姆斯·P.·巴尔兹
罗杰·T.·锡奥兹
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A canister (12) for a coating applicator system has a flexible barrier separating a coating-containing region in the canister (12) from a region containing a force applicator for moving the barrier to dispense the coating. While the volumes of each region change upon movement of the barrier, surfaces defining the regions remain in the same region through out all movement of the barrier.

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The container that electrostatic sprayer is used
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to coating applicators, especially, the present invention relates to be suitable for fast the electrostatic sprayer of the various different coating of spraying continuously.
Background technology
Automatically spray applicator expects that being coated with of spraying number of different types this respect on the object has the scope of application of broad in manufacture process.For example: the body portion of automobile is had robot device's coating of spray applicator usually.Robot is programmed and carries out a series of action, and body portion is covered fully and accurately with the fast method of minimum waste coating.
Spray applicator is often used in the amount that reduces overatomize, cuts the waste further.In known spray applicator, the cup of toroidal is with rotation at a high speed, and coating material for example paints then, is provided to the cup inside of toroidal.When paint or other coating move to the toroidal cup in appearance and because centrifugal force when breaking away from the surface, coating is atomized into tiny mist of oil and is sprayed directly on the object.As everyone knows, air stream straight along the appearance of cup to the border and the coating that is atomized of guiding towards coated object.Everybody also knows, owing between charged mist and the object of preparing coated ground connection electromotive force is arranged, therefore, coating material attracted on the object, further reduces the coverage rate that overspray and improvement are coated to erose target object.
In existing processing method,, part color transfer sequence is at random arranged along production line such as body of a motor car.Therefore, for each coated object, the coating type that changes painting color or be used for an object is necessary.30 kinds or more kinds of different color may be suitable for buying the consumer of automobile, and all may be necessary in any color of any point of manufacture method for the object of the coating before being placed on robot.Preferably to lack from the time that a kind of coating switches to another kind of coating, so that the performance of spray robot does not constitute the limiting factor of an important manufacturing speed on assembly line.A useful system, changing the required time of coating should be no longer many to the time of spraying position than transmitting a complete object and transmit next target object from the front of robot.
Suggestion is used and is had a series of interchangeable flush coaters that the container of various types of coatings is housed, as the paint of different colours.Between coating spraying, applicator relinquishes one empty and accept a full container that is used for next object that suitable coating is arranged.One fluid hose stretches out and is inserted into by flush coater near the inside of the broadening formation cup that is used to supply the coating broadening formation cup and is used for atomizing subsequently from container.Yet, to insert and move and the pipe of container one may be heavy, and pipe is placed on one when being large enough to hold in the passage of pipe, the position of pipe may be very at random.So supplying to the bell-mouthed coating of atomizing also can be more or less at random with inconsistent.Also have, if a kind of special coating is without commonly used, and the container that comprises this coating do not use for a long time, and being kept in the said vesse coating in the pipe on a small quantity may hardening, also may block pipe.
In the system of another suggestion, container is constrained in the storage vault of a container.Each container is filled dissimilar coating, and can be placed on selectively in the supply lines that is communicated with the flush coater fluid, and directly is not attached to or is installed on the flush coater.
When coating is assigned with or when container was filled once more by coating, the structure of the above-mentioned container of mentioning may encounter problems.In a kind of structure, container has one be the wall of rigidity substantially what internal tank slided, when coating is assigned with reducing volume, and when coating is added in the container increase volume.Interface between the installed surface of sliding wall and container keeps water-tight seal to meet difficulty.In other words, further, when sliding wall slided in container when sliding wall, the surface of sliding wall had constituted a part of coating volume and a part of non-coating volume.When container was poured out coating, the film of coating remained on the sliding wall.If container is full of dissimilar coating, remaining film will pollute new coating.If sliding wall moves by the fluid that a dielectric feed fluid is pumped in the container, paint film on sliding wall pollutes the fluid of feed, and if coating conduct electricity, then change the dielectric property of feed fluid subsequently.
The multiple structure that utricule or insert are arranged that other has been used all has effect in various degree.The container of a flush coater that is used to spray is necessary, and it can be unloaded fast and connect, and the empty container of change is filled up between the step of using apace fully.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides multiple structure of container, the dividing plate in container is isolated a coating containment region from a zone that comprises a powerful flush coater, is used for moveable partition board and distributes coating.When partition movement, each regional volume changes, and the surface that the zone forms remains in the unique zone of their formation.
On the one hand, the invention provides the container that is used to hold coating that uses in a kind of spray applicator.Container has outside fixed volume shell and the flexible baffle in housing, and dividing plate has formed the general distributor between second variable volume of the opposite side of first variable volume on one side of dividing plate and dividing plate.The dividing plate that cooperates with housing is exposed to the open air in a unique volume, when volume is varying sized down to the surface and the dividing plate of housing.One actuator moveable partition board is with size that changes first volume and second volume and the passage that flows into and flow out coating material from volume.
In yet another aspect, the invention provides the container that is used to hold coating that uses in a kind of spray applicator, it has shell with volume and dividing plate movably, and dividing plate separating husk body bulk becomes variable coating material volume and variable actuator volume.The actuator moveable partition board is to change the size and the actuator volume of coating material volume.During regional in moveable partition board changes cavity volume, one of coating material volume and actuator volume can expand in coating material volume and the actuator volume another to.
Another aspect the invention provides the container that is used to hold coating that uses in a kind of spray applicator.Container has the shell that forms shell volume, and movably dividing plate is separated into variable coating material volume and variable feed fluid displacement with shell volume.One of coating material volume and actuator volume can expand in coating material volume and the feed volume another to and a volume surface be not transformed into another volume surface.The feed fluid passage flows into and flows out the feed fluid displacement, and the coating material passage flows into and outflow coating material volume, and these passages have import and export in the same end of housing.
An advantage of the invention is provides a kind of container that has the utricule that is used to hold coating, and utricule is configured and is applicable to mean allocation feed fluid around utricule, when the feed fluid is shot in in the container, then compresses utricule and spray paint from utricule.
Another advantage of the present invention provides a kind of container that can be used to hold electrically-conducting paint and electrical insulating property coating.
Another advantage of the present invention provides a kind of coating material container that has utricule, and this utricule can be discontinuously and emptying and filling up fifty-fifty, and do not form the sack that independent being used to keeps coating.
Further advantages of the invention provide a coating material container of can be easily and being installed on effectively on the flush coater and unloading from flush coater.
The present invention more further advantage provide a container and flush coater valving, it can seal, with the exposure of avoiding coating with reduce the possible obstruction that is formed by the coating of doing.
Indicate the Figure of description of corresponding characteristics with reference to the detailed description that the following describes book with by numeral, other characteristics of the present invention and advantage are conspicuous for one of ordinary skill in the art.
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view that has the spray applicator of container for paint of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a flush coater shown in Figure 1 cutaway view along the 2-2 hatching line;
Fig. 3 is the perspective view of the amplification of the container for paint that shows of a Fig. 1 and Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the cutaway view along hatching line 4-4 of container shown in Figure 3;
Fig. 5 is the cutaway view according to improved container for paint of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the cutaway view according to the improved container for paint of another kind of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the cutaway view of the designed another kind of container for paint of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is according to the schematic diagram of a specific embodiment job of utricule of the present invention;
Fig. 9 is according to the perspective view of another specific embodiment work of utricule of the present invention;
Figure 10 is the cutaway view of utricule shown in Figure 9;
Figure 11 is the cutaway view of another specific embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 12 is the cutaway view of further embodiment of this invention; With
Figure 13 is the perspective view of yet another embodiment of the invention.
Before describing specific embodiments of the invention in detail, should be appreciated that the restriction of arrangement of the element of that the present invention is not described below or accompanying drawing illustrated.The present invention also has other specific embodiment and multiple execution or embodiment.Also have, be to be understood that the wording and the term that use for description can not provide constraints to the present invention yet.Here " the comprising " of Shi Yonging, " by ... forming " and is to comprise projects and the equivalent of listing thereafter thereof by the meaning that the vocabulary of its differentiation is stated, and addition Item and equivalent thereof.
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More accurately with reference to accompanying drawing especially Fig. 1, shown rotary-atomizing coating applicators assembly 10 below.Flush coater assembly 10 comprises container 12 of the present invention, and it is connected on the flush coater 14 that can use this container 12.One of ordinary skill in the art can understand at an easy rate that flush coater 10 is mounted and by robot (not shown) operation, be used for carrying out a series of control action suitably and continuously to apply a series of target in manufacture process.For example: such flush coater generally is used to partly spray paint to body of a motor car.Yet such flush coater also can be used to paint with other coating and sprays multiple different target.Should be appreciated that further the present invention can be used for different styles and dissimilar flush coaters, and here, the demonstration of the precision architecture of flush coater assembly 10 and describe an example of the appropriate device that only is the container 12 that is used.
Flush coater 14 comprises main body 16 and linking arm 18.Container is set at an end of main body 16 to welding fixture 20, and swinging atomising head 22 is set at the other end that is equipped with the main body 16 of welding fixture 20.
Below with reference to the profile of Fig. 2, the internal structure of flush coater 14 will be described in detail very much.Linking arm 18 comprises robot adapter 24, is used to provide flush coater accessory 10 is connected to structure on the robot (not shown).Robot adapter 24 physical connection flush coater assemblies 10 arrive robot, and the fluid feed system of multiple air pressure, electricity and robot and being connected of paint station are arranged.Linking arm 18 inside, the mode that high pressure leaf grating 26 is known with affiliated field make the atomised coating particulate charged.
Atomising head 22 comprises covering 28 that is used for main body covered 16 front ends and the air turbine 30 that is positioned at main body 16.Swinging atomizing cup 32 is effectively connected on the air turbine 30, so that the mode of knowing with affiliated field is rotated and the coating material that atomizes.Air turbine 30 receives a certain amount of compressed air by a pressurized air lines 34, and pressurized air lines 34 is communicated with the air connector that is positioned at robot adaptor 24, and provides from the compressed air of robot and the outflow of paint station (not shown).The pressurized air lines (not shown) is provided to the multiple outlet in the covering 28 in addition, the atomizing coating material figure of ejection from atomizing cup 32 with control and improvement.
In view of foregoing description, all affiliated field of element in the main body 16 and linking arm 18 is known, and therefore, does not further describe.
Robot adaptor 24 further comprises a feed fluid connector 40, can be communicated with the feed fluid source by fluid connector flush coater assembly 10.The feed fluid source is dielectric feed fluid such as butyl acetate or other non-electrically conductive liquid preferably.The feed fluid hose 42 that is positioned at linking arm 18 makes connector 40 be communicated with the feed fluid hose 44 that is positioned at main body 16.Feed fluid shut-off valve 46 is set at container to the interface place of container in the welding fixture 20 12 with main body 16.Feed fluid shut-off valve 46 is included in the shut off valve 48 in the main body 16 and is positioned at the shut off valve 50 of container 12.
Main body 16 further comprises the coating material supply pipe 52 that reaches atomising head 22 from container butt joint anchor clamps 20, and coating material is provided to atomizing cup 32 by the coating material supply pipe from container 12.Coating material shut-off valve assembly 54 is set at the end of container to supply pipe 52 in the welding fixture 20 usually, at the interface place of container 12 and main body 16.Coating material shut-off valve assembly 54 is included in the shut off valve 56 in the main body 16 and the shut off valve that is positioned at container 12 58 of adjacency.
Feed fluid shut-off valve 46 and coating material shut-off valve assembly 54 provide the shut off valve 48,50 and 56,58 of cooperation respectively, can be broken away from the main body 16 and remove with Bedpan 12, and do not have the waste of feed fluid or coating material to flow out.Valve module 46 and 54 is so-called " being connected fast " assemblies that are used for hydraulic system, and it comprises the element of adjacency, and when taking apart, above-mentioned adjacent element closure is opened mutually when connecting so that fluid flows.Therefore, when container 12 was connected to flush coater 14, the shut off valve 48 and 50 in feed fluid shut-off valve 46 started mutually, and was connected to each other immediately to offer the materials flow body.Shut off valve 56 in coating material shut-off valve assembly 54 and 58 starts mutually and is connected to each other immediately so that flowing of coating material to be provided.When container 12 when flush coater 14 is pulled down, each valve 48,50,56 and 58 cuts out and prevents flowing of feed liquid or coating material.
Below with reference to the local amplification view of Fig. 4, container 12 will be by detailed description, container 12 comprise have a first end 72 and an opposite second end 74, be the shell 70 of rigidity substantially.First end 72 has formed the syndeton of a flush coater, container 12 by this structure be connected to main body 16 to welding fixture 20 places.Vacuum is formed in the vacuum chamber 76 of first end 72, by being resisted against the O type ring sealing on the main body 16.Vacuum chamber 76 is evacuated after container 12 is placed on the main body 16, and as long as container 12 is communicated with main body 16, vacuum chamber just keeps vacuum.Butt joint ring, clamp and pin also are suitable for fastening container 12 on main body 16, and as preferred, for avoiding arc through to use vacuum environment, can produce low pressure and compare penetration range bigger in an atmospheric pressure environment in electrostatic coating system.
First end 72 further comprises shut off valve 50 in the feed fluid shut-off valve 46 and the coating material shut off valve 58 in the coating material shut-off valve assembly 54.
The second end 74 formed comprise coating material intake valve assembly 80 fill up the station syndeton again.Container 12 is connected to and fills up station docking structure (not shown) again for supplying with coating material to container 12.
Have first and second ends 72 and 74, formed the fixed volume of container 12 inside respectively.Utricule 82 is disposed in the inside, and utricule 82 forms bladder interior volume 84.When adding from utricule 82 or discharging coating material, internal capacity 84 is variable.Therefore, between utricule 82 and shell 70, form variable actuator or feed fluid displacement 86, its feed fluid passage 88 with feed fluid shut off valve 50 is communicated with.
Utricule 82 is installed and prolongation between first and second ends 72 and 74 by an outlet flange 90 and the inlet flange 92 at the second end 74 at first end 72.Outlet flange 90 and inlet flange 92 have formed outlet and inlet respectively, and the internal capacity 84 of utricule 82 is respectively by first and second ends 72 and 74.The opening of flange 90 and 92 sealing utricules 82 is so that isolate the internal capacity 84 of utricule 82 from the feed fluid displacement 86 of utricule 82.Therefore, the coating material of utricule 82 inside flows out from utricule 82 by outlet flange 90, and coating material flows into internal capacities 84 by inlet flange 92, and is that feed fluid with feed fluid displacement 86 inside separates.
Utricule 82 can comprise elastomeric material, non-elastic material and half elastomeric material by multiple material manufacturing, selects according to the type of wherein coating material.When selecting suitable material, the composition of coating material, the expansion and the shrinkage character of molten, the other utricule of coating material and feed fluid, laminated construction etc. can cause that the factor of fatigue fracture all should be considered.Ethylene propylene diene rubber is a kind ofly to be used for water based paint or other have the suitable material of the coating material of low concentration of ordinary dissolution.
Siphon pipe 94 is set at the inside of utricule 82.Siphon pipe 94 stretches out between first end 72 and the second end 74, and is communicated with inlet flange 92 and outlet flange 90.Therefore, siphon pipe 94 can be arranged in the coating material supply source fluid that recharges the structure (not shown) and be communicated with, coating material is provided to utricule 82 immediately.When container 12 was docked on the main body 16, siphon pipe 92 can also be communicated with coating material supply pipe 52 fluids of the main body 16 of coated material shut-off valve assembly 54.Siphon pipe 94 comes down to rigidity, has formed the installation site that is used for utricule 82 at outlet flange 90 and inlet flange 92 places.Therefore, when utricule 82 expands or dwindles, its any action also is inappreciable mainly along radial direction even variation longitudinally has.The so expansion and contraction of control utricule 82 reduces the possibility that forms pocket or container when utricule 82 expands or shrinks.
Siphon pipe 94 comprises at least one or is preferably several openings 96 along its length between outlet flange 90 and inlet flange 92.Opening 96 provides the fluid flow between the internal capacity 84 of the inside of siphon pipe 94 and utricule 82 to be communicated with.Therefore, coating material is provided to siphon pipe 94 by inlet flange 92 and flow in the internal capacity 84 by opening 96 then.Further, enter siphon pipe 94 from the coating material of the internal capacity 84 of utricule 82 by opening 96, and after this can flow into coating material supply pipe 52 and atomizing cup 32 by coating material shut-off valve assembly 54.
Discharge coating material from utricule 82, the feed fluid is pumped in the feed fluid displacement 86.When the feed fluid is added in the feed fluid displacement 86, utricule 82 is compressed, and discharges coating materials by siphon pipe 94 as previously mentioned.Advantageously, the feed fluid is a dielectric fluid.
Mild feed fluid around utricule 82 is provided, and its outer surface has formed groove 98 to promote the mild feed fluid that flows by feed fluid displacement 86.Groove 98 can be formed by pit on the surface of utricule 82 or be formed by the ridge of utricule 82 outer surfaces.Groove can be longitudinal direction, angled or other positions on utricule 82 surfaces.Provide around and along the mild feed fluid that flows of utricule 82, with provide along with around the equipressure of utricule 82 and further auxiliary formation of removing pit and contraction.Yet further, utricule 82 can be configured to different geometries, to promote flowing of mild and the feed fluid coordinated.
Fig. 5 illustrates utricule 100, that is to say to form the shape that comprises vertical salient angle 102,104 and 106.Each salient angle 102,104,106 substantially for good and all is installed on the contiguous shell 70, can fully connect by bonding agent or materials similar.In other words, when utricule was drained, utricule 100 can perfect rigidity ground maintenance shape as shown in Figure 5.Siphon pipe 92 extends by the center of utricule 100, to play the aforesaid effect of this paper.Movable bladder walls 108,110 and 112 is provided at salient angle 102 and 104 respectively; Between salient angle 104 and salient angle 106 and salient angle 106 and the salient angle 102.Bladder walls 108,110 and 112 as shown in Figure 5 when utricule 100 by the recessed position of emptying fully and between the expanding position (not shown) that utricule 100 is fully filled up flexibly and action movably.At expanding position, bladder walls 108,110 and 112 is left from siphon pipe 94, and basic near contiguous shell 70.Therefore, when the feed fluid was provided in the feed fluid displacement 86, bladder walls 108,110 and 112 depressions promoted that the distribution peace unhurried current of feed fluid displacement 86 internally feeding fluids is moving.Should be appreciated that than three more or less salient angles of salient angle among the figure and also can use, comprise the situation of two salient angles in a flat fully utricule when empty.
Fig. 6 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the invention.One further improves utricule 120 is shown, and it has first end 122 and the second end 124.First end 122 is near the 88 feed fluids that flow into and have the diameter more smaller than the second end 124 of utricule 120 from the feed fluid passage.Therefore, owing to reduce the zone that prolongs from the feed fluid intake, when utricule 120 was compressed by siphon pipe 94 spraying and applying materials, the feed fluid flowed gently and glibly along utricule.
Fig. 7 illustrates another and has the container assemblies 200 that there is folding utricule 204 outer body 202 and its inside.
Container assemblies 200 is configured to have link 206, and coating material is filled in the utricule 204 by this end, and the coating material in the utricule 204 is dispensed into flush coater by this end then.Therefore, connecting end 206 comprises having to be used to import be coated with and expects utricule 204 and be used for from the coating material conduit 208 of the suitable valve arrangement 210 of utricule 204 dispensing coating.Feed fluid hose 212 is communicated with a space between the inner surface of utricule 204 and outer body 202.
Utricule 204 generally is bulbiform and spherical.Fig. 9 and 10 has shown that one is generally compressed globular utricule 204.In Figure 10, can be clear that, be installed on the basic receiving terminal 216 for the cypriot valve components 214 of rigid material is attached substantially for flexible bladders 218.Bladders 218 can be shaped by multiple different molding or manufacturing process, can be used as one individually matrix be shaped or be formed by connecting along a circumferential seam by welding or other methods of attachment utricule base sheet with two separation.
Bladders 218 is flexible with folding basically, and can be provided with the more grid of multiple stiffness and less rigidity, so that promote bladders 218 to become flat effect at coating when discharge the inside of utricule.Fig. 8 illustrates the structure of bladders 222 inside of thick zone 224 that less bending tendency is arranged that replaces and the thin zone 226 that bigger bending tendency is arranged in utricule, so that the mulle that bladders 222 is pressed at a cross section radially becomes flat.Fig. 8 has shown the structure that becomes flat along dotted line 228.
The present invention in some aspects application and to use the extention to multiple bladders be favourable, surface so that the flat pattern of preferable change of comprising their housing are formed in bladders.Further, utricule does not have the inside siphon pipe that can use, and perhaps siphon pipe is relevant with any bladders of describing herein.
The one exemplary embodiment of the container of describing is configured with the coating material that is included in the utricule at present, and as paint, and the outside of utricule is configured to receive the feed fluid at interval to compression utricule and discharge paint.Yet, be to be understood that container can make paint with the configuration of flush coater or other coating materials are provided and be discharged from, between utricule and chamber wall from the space outerpace of utricule.In such structure, the feed fluid is inhaled in the utricule, with the spreading utricule, and discharges paint from the space of utricule outside.
As show and as described in, container is used as interchangeable device and is placed directly on the flush coater or from flush coater and dismantles.Container can also be by being used on the fixture more or less as described in the present invention.A plurality of containers may be provided in the device of various ways, and it has one or more containers that each uses various types of coatings that are used for.Container is not fixed not hinder local formula each other, though container may be on a mobile structure, on a robot base.In other words, container can be in the indoor fixing position of paint.Also have further, container can be arranged in a plurality of groups.When container was in an installation site, the container that the device valve of above-mentioned installation and conduit get used to will being full of was selectively set up fluid with flush coater and is communicated with, and the container of sky is connected so that be full of container with the paint supply source.As necessary, when being connected to paint supply source and suitable electric insulation valve by a long pipe, the paint supply source is by electric insulation.
Figure 11 illustrates another container 300 of the present invention, and shell 302 has formed the internal capacity of a sealing, and this volume is separated into coating material space 306 and actuator space 308 by dividing plate such as barrier film 304.Barrier film 304 can be that volume has tension and can distribute the thin plate of supply, and perhaps barrier film 304 can be mounted in peripheral resilient, the stretchable material of housing 302.Actuator 312 is configured to moving regulator 304, is used for therefrom distributing coating with the volume that reduces coating material space 306.Actuator 312 can be the mechanical driver that actuator arm 314 and head 316 are arranged.In another specific embodiment of the present invention, actuator 312 can be that feed fluid 318 (Figure 12) injects actuating space 308, and through a feed fluid supply source 320, feed fluid 318 directly acts on separating diaphragm 304.Also have another kind of the variation, actuator 312 can be that a feed fluid and frame for movement are united formation.Barrier film 304 moves to form coating material space 306 along the profile of outer body tightly.When using mechanical actuator, it is identical with the inner surface configuration in coating material space 306 that actuator head 316 can be formed.As other embodiment disclosed, whole inner surfaces of shell 302 remained in the coating material space 306 or activate in the space 308, and the coating material in the coating material space 306 can not pollute actuating space 308, because by barrier film 304 effective seal.When coating material space 306 with when activating the volume-variation in space 308, the volume that the surface forms remains in the unique volume.Further, when coating material space 306 was cleaned, all surfaces that contact with coating material all were exposed so that clean.
Figure 13 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the invention.
Container 400 comprises shell 402 and the variable dividing plate 404 that is positioned at wherein.In this exemplary embodiment, variable barrier 404 is the pouches 404 that are in the flexibility of housing 402 inside.Pouch 404 406 is provided with opening in the end, and it is sealed in the shell 402.The feed fluid is provided for the feed fluid space 408 and the space between the gland 410 of pouch 404 and container 400 of pouch 404 inside.Coating material space 412 is formed in the surface and housing 402 of pouch 404.Two-way valve assembly 414 is set up the coating material space 412 that flows into and flow out between coating material source and flush coater.
Utricule described herein, barrier film etc. are made up of as the described movably flexible material of a plurality of embodiment necessity, also have the feed fluid of inertia and/or comprise the composition of the solvent that is used to clean coating material.When normally used coating, feed material and solvent were inert material, ethylene propylene diene rubber and butyl rubber can provide proper flexibility.But other material also is suitable.When being used for electrostatic sprayer, all material also should be non-conductive.Further, generally include the multiple additive that can be used to improve intensity, flexibility and service life for ethylene propylene diene rubber, butyl rubber and other materials.
The invention provides the container that is used for the flush coater assembly that is easy to exchange or connects selectively, so that in the multiple container each can provide different coating materials, as the paint of different colours.Guaranteeing distinctive coating material, be used to each special application as the paint of specific color, each container can have a RF tag, the coating material that comprises in can distinguish containers by this mark.RF tag or flag are known, therefore, no longer are described in more detail at this.
Smooth, stable discharging further is provided from utricule, and utricule can be to be made by the material with different wall, provides controlled contraction so that the feed fluid flatly flows around utricule by a suitable structure.The controlled contraction of utricule can be replaced with the connection of channel design or the rib of utricule outer surface or any other structure of describing before, flows and reduces the formation of sack in the utricule or contraction along utricule to improve the feed fluid.
When conduction coating material such as water-based paint were used, container of the present invention and dividing plate wherein were particularly useful to the voltage zone of the application's requirement.Dividing plate and the housing made by dielectric material, and can provide suitably as the dielectric fluid of feed fluid and around the conduction coating material, to form suitable voltage zone.
The variation of foregoing and modification are all in protection scope of the present invention.Should be appreciated that disclosure of the present invention and form any combination that can expand to the two or more independent characteristics that show in whole specification texts and/or the Figure of description or mention.All are different has constituted plurality of optional scheme of the present invention.Specific descriptions have herein been explained preferred forms of the invention process and other application affiliated art of the present invention.Claims should be considered as having comprised the extension of arbitrary embodiment and prior art.

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1. the container that is used to hold coating that uses in the spray applicator, described container comprises:
The housing of outside fixed volume;
Flexible baffle in described housing, has formed public distributor between first variable volume on one side of described dividing plate and second variable volume the relative edge of described dividing plate;
Described dividing plate is associated with described housing, even so that when described volume changed size, the surface of described housing and described dividing plate only was exposed in the described volume;
Actuator is used for moving described dividing plate to change the size of described first and second volumes; With
Enter and flow out the coating passage of a described volume.
2. container as claimed in claim 1, described actuator comprise the feed fluid passage that enters and flow out another described volume.
3. the described container of claim 2, described dividing plate is a utricule, and a described volume is formed on described utricule inside, and another described volume is formed on described utricule outside.
4. container as claimed in claim 3, described feed fluid passage comprises the described volume of described utricule inside.
5. container as claimed in claim 3, described feed fluid passage and described coating passage comprise import and the outlet that is located on the described container opposed end.
6. container as claimed in claim 3, described feed fluid passage and described coating passage comprise import and the outlet on the same end that is located at described container.
7. container as claimed in claim 6, described feed fluid passage comprises the described volume of described utricule inside.
8. container as claimed in claim 1, described dividing plate comprises the barrier film that covers on the described shell.
9. container as claimed in claim 8, described actuator comprise the feed fluid passage that enters and flow out another described volume.
10. as container as described in the claim 8, described barrier film is fixed on the described shell in the periphery of described barrier film.
11. having, container as claimed in claim 8, described barrier film can expand supply in described shell.
12. container as claimed in claim 8, described actuator comprises the displaceable head that operationally is resisted against on the described barrier film.
13. the container that is used to hold coating that uses in the spray applicator, described container comprises:
The external shell that vome of shell is arranged;
Moveable bulkhead is divided into variable coating volume and variable actuator volume with described vome of shell;
Actuator is used for moving described dividing plate to change the size of described coating volume and described actuator volume;
One of described coating volume and described actuator volume can expand in described coating volume and the described actuator volume another to, and simultaneously, in the overall process that described dividing plate moves, all surfaces of described volume all remains in the same volume; With
Enter and flow out the coating passage of a described volume.
14. container as claimed in claim 13, described dividing plate is a utricule, and one of the volume of described coating and described actuator volume are formed on described utricule inside, and another in described coating volume and the described actuator volume is formed on described utricule outside.
15. container as claimed in claim 13, described dividing plate comprises the barrier film that covers described housing.
16. container as claimed in claim 15, described actuator comprises the displaceable head that operationally is resisted against on the described barrier film.
17. container as claimed in claim 13, described actuator comprises dielectric fluid.
18. container as claimed in claim 13, described dividing plate comprises the pouch with openend, and described openend is fixed on the described housing around the inner surface of described housing.
19. container as claimed in claim 13, described dividing plate have thicker and thin zone, to be used for several contraction and expansions of where controlling described dividing plate.
20. the container that is used to hold coating that uses in the spray applicator, described container comprises:
External shell with vome of shell;
Moveable bulkhead is divided into variable coating volume and variable feed fluid displacement with described vome of shell;
One of described coating volume and described feed fluid displacement can be extended in described coating volume and described feed fluid displacement another, and can not be the surface of another described volume with the surface transformation of one of described volume;
Enter and flow out the feed fluid passage of described feed fluid displacement;
Enter and flow out the coating passage of described coating volume; With
Described passage has import and outlet in the same end of described housing.
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