Spraying Patents (Class 427/236)
  • Patent number: 7498056
    Abstract: The method for reconditioning ducts in air conveying or processing networks envisages generating an air flow with maximum turbulence between two openings of the duct sections to be treated. An aerosol is then generated inside the airflow, consisting of a film-forming product with liquid droplets of predetermined average size, in the vicinity of an upstream section of the duct to be treated relative to the direction of movement of the air flow. The droplets containing polymer precursors are deposited on the inner surface of the duct forming a liquid film which, after a crosslinking step, results in the formation of a uniform and continuous solid coating. Measurement data identifying the geometric form of the duct to be treated are converted during a calculation step performed using a model into at least one pair of values for the flowrate and average size of the droplets, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Inventor: Francesco Viola
  • Publication number: 20090047425
    Abstract: The composition applied to the refractory structure has a magnesia-based refractory material, calcium carbonate and a binder. After application of the refractory material to a refractory structure and upon application of heat to the applied refractory material a matrix is formed which protects against penetration of the slag into the refractory material. The resulting refractory material has improved hot strength, slag resistance and durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Specialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc.
    Inventors: Dominick M. Colavito, Yves C. Vermeulen
  • Publication number: 20080317952
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for coating the inner surface of a tunnel section with sprayed concrete, comprising a spray lance b) (4) and a spray nozzle a) (7) which can each be moved in all directions by means of joints, a first control device k) for the operation of the spray lance b) (4) and a second control device l) for the operation of the spray nozzle a) (7) being provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Lars Wingeier, Otto Tschumi
  • Patent number: 7448555
    Abstract: Spraying tool for foundry molds with spraying nozzles, which can be controlled separately for several media per spraying nozzle and/or for a spraying nozzle per medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Wotec Automationssysteme GmbH
    Inventor: Rudolf Wollin
  • Publication number: 20080260608
    Abstract: A protective coating is prepared for, and applied to, crucibles used in the handling of molten materials that are solidified in the crucible and then removed as ingots. Crucibles containing this protective coating may be used for the solidification of silicon. The coating has a specified oxygen content and contains a mineral binder and silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: VESUVIUS CRUCIBLE COMPANY
    Inventor: Gilbert Rancoule
  • Publication number: 20080164429
    Abstract: The present invention describes a bolometric device with receiving cavity for measuring a beam of high frequency microwaves, comprising a hollow body (1) with receiving cavity (50) having an opening (2) for the entrance of said beam of high frequency microwaves in said receiving cavity (50), a diverging mirror (3) located in the lower part of said cavity (50) for reflecting said beam of microwaves on an absorbent coating material (4) applied on the internal surface (5) of the hollow body (1), a cooling circuit (7) for transferring the thermal energy accumulated on the absorbent coating material (4) and a circuit (6) for measuring the power of the beam of high frequency microwaves entering the hollow body (1). Said absorbent coating material (4) consists of boron carbide. In addition a procedure is described for coating with an absorbent material the internal surface (5) of a hollow body (1) being part of the aforementioned device for measuring a beam of high frequency microwaves (FIG. 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Nicolo Spinicchia, Alessandro Bruschi, Sante Giovanni Cirant, Valerio Muzzini, Antonio Nardone
  • Patent number: 7338687
    Abstract: A method for applying a liner to a pipe is disclosed. The methodology includes inserting an apparatus within the pipe and moving the apparatus at a predetermined speed through the pipe. The method sprays a material from a spray head secured to the apparatus. The methodology also includes an oscillation system wherein the spray head assembly will move relative to the base assembly thus creating an over lapping pattern for the spray coating being applied to the interior surface of the pipeline. This oscillation system will allow for a more uniform coating to be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Visuron Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Davis
  • Patent number: 7335391
    Abstract: A method of forming a coating for an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is provided which includes applying a composition to the device in an environment having a selected pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen D. Pacetti
  • Patent number: 7276264
    Abstract: Systems and methods for applying a coating to an interior surface of a conduit. In one embodiment, a spray gun configured to apply a coating is attached to an extension arm which may be inserted into the bore of a pipe. The spray gun may be a thermal spray gun adapted to apply a powder coating. An evacuation system may be used to provide a volume area of reduced air pressure for drawing overspray out of the pipe interior during coating. The extension arm as well as the spray gun may be cooled to maintain a consistent temperature in the system, allowing for more consistent coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Karen A. Moore, Raymond A. Zatorski
  • Patent number: 7258682
    Abstract: Method for producing a syringe with a glued cannula, in which a syringe body is provided with a lubricant internally at high temperature, and either the lubricant is prevented from penetrating into a cannula receptacle of the syringe body, or the lubricant is cleared from the cannula receptacle of the syringe body afterward, and a cannula is glued into the cannula receptacle; and a syringe with a body comprising a cylinder portion and a narrowed cannula receptacle portion, whereby the cylinder portion is provided internally with a lubricant—this being deposited at high temperature—a cannula receptacle of the receptacle portion is cleared of lubricant, and a cannula is glued into the cannula receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Gerresheimer Buende GmbH
    Inventors: Erik Brandhorst, Andreas Geiger
  • Patent number: 7244471
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for surface treating metal pipes includes introducing a treatment liquid into a first distribution chamber having a flat bottom surface, and dropping the treatment liquid onto at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the metal pipe through a plurality of holes formed in the bottom surface of the first distribution chamber. Preferably, a distance between the bottom surface of the first distribution chamber and the metal pipe is maintained constant as the outer diameter of the pipe varies. The treatment liquid may be introduced into a second distribution chamber having a flat bottom surface, and the treatment liquid may then be introduced into the first distribution chamber through a plurality of holes formed in the bottom surface of the second distribution chamber. It is possible for the first distribution chamber to simultaneously drop the treatment liquid onto at least two metal pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Takano, Mituo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7205026
    Abstract: Provided is a method for the application of a polymer coating to an internal surface of a container, which method comprises: (a) heating the inside surface of the container to be coated; (b) spraying an aqueous suspension of a fluorine-containing polymer onto the surface to form a coating on the surface; and (c) sintering the coating; wherein the container comprises a base and one or more side walls defining a container opening and is suitable for storing a medicament, and wherein the spraying step is conducted with a first spraying means configured to produce an axial spray pattern that is substantially conical about an axis perpendicular to the container base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Joseph H Groeger, Jeffrey D Nicoll, Joyce M. Wegrzyn
  • Patent number: 7192620
    Abstract: A mold-release coating system includes a barrier coating of a substantially liquid wax material. The wax material is deposited onto the mold surface. The wax material includes about 7 to about 10 weight percent solids. The wax material is permitted to substantially dry after deposition onto the mold surface. The mold-release coating system also includes a release powder deposited onto the barrier coating after the wax material has been permitted to substantially dry after deposition onto the mold surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Polymerit
    Inventor: Bror H. Hanson
  • Patent number: 7189429
    Abstract: A two part coating system comprises a first part comprising one or more aliphatic polyisocyanates, and a second part comprising one or more aromatic polyamines. In one group of embodiments, the second part comprises one or more aromatic polyamines, blended with one or more polyhydric alcohol compounds. In another group of embodiments, the polyhydric alcohol compounds are dispensed with and the required properties are achieved by selection of the type of polyisocyanate compound used and by close control of the proportions thereof. The coating system is suitable for application by spraying using equipment in which the two parts are first combined at the point of spraying, and may be applied to the internal surfaces of below-ground pipeline infrastructures, for example by means of a centrifugal spinning head assembly. In particular, the system may be used for the renovation of existing drinking water pipelines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: E. Wood Limited
    Inventor: Ian Robinson
  • Patent number: 7182978
    Abstract: A process for inhibiting agglutination in an upright duct when particles are introduced, where at least some parts of the walls of the upright duct are wetted with a film of liquid, and where the liquid used includes a dispersing agent or solvent appropriate for the rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ägidius Eckel, Jens Hoferichter, Rainer Schlichtmann, Josef Barban
  • Patent number: 7169439
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided whereby pumpable viscous fibrous material may be applied onto surfaces of high temperature process vessels while hot (i.e., while at or near such vessels' high operational temperatures of several hundreds up to several thousands of degrees Fahrenheit). More specifically, there are preferably provided a lance having a nozzle structure at a distal end thereof, and a pump system for pumping a pumpable fibrous refractory material to the nozzle. The lance has a length sufficient to allow it to be inserted into the high temperature process vessel so that the nozzle structure is adjacent an area in need of repair while an operator holds a proximal end thereof outside the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Fosbel Intellectual Limited
    Inventors: Kevin D. Pendleton, Stephen D. Cherico
  • Patent number: 7132127
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for applying a uniform application of an appropriate quantity of pipe dope to the internal threads of a pipe. In general, the preferred apparatus includes a supply of pipe dope and a centrifugal applicator for evenly applying the pipe dope to internal threads. The system also includes a dosing system to regulate the distribution of pipe dope by dispensing a consistent volume of pipe dope at each application. Potential advantages of the preferred embodiments include the repeatability and consistency of amount of pipe dope on pipe threads (e.g. thickness).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: National-Oilwell, L.P.
    Inventor: Jaroslav Belik
  • Patent number: 7132135
    Abstract: Applying materials, e.g. electrolytes and other materials, in the form of a spray during battery manufacture, particularly using a vibratory nebulizer to produce a small droplet, low velocity spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: George Cintra, Maya Stevanovic, Ken Taylor
  • Patent number: 7122220
    Abstract: A method of creating an air barrier on both sides of an innerliner splice on the inside surface of a green tire when a bladder release lubricant is being applied thereto to prevent contamination of the splice. High pressure air is directed through air nozzles on both sides of the innerliner splice just prior to and during the application of the lubricant. A pressure sensor detects high or low air pressure during the creation of the air barriers to stop the spray of lubricant should either situation be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory M. Hawkins, Dan S. Shipley
  • Patent number: 7112350
    Abstract: A system for sealing an air duct by coating the interior of the duct with a material similar to the coating used for spray-on truck bed liners. A spray device applies the liner material to the interior surface of the ducts and the spray device is held in the center of the duct by retractable sets of wheels. The spray device is removably attached to a supply hose that provides liner material to the spray device from a storage tank via a supply pump. The supply hose is first fed through the duct, the spray head is attached to the supply hose and the liner material is sprayed onto the duct as the spray head is retracted through the duct. The system can be either computer or manually controlled and can optionally employ an electrostatic unit to put opposite electrical charges on the duct and the liner material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Duct Seal Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory W. Roberts
  • Patent number: 7097877
    Abstract: A method of lubricating the interior of a tire comprising the steps of: inserting an applicator tube including apertures and a protector sleeve between the rim and tire bead, and thereby into the interior of the tire; applying lubricant to the interior of the tire; covering the apertures with the protector sleeve; and withdrawing the applicator from the interior of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventor: Michael Brown
  • Patent number: 7081276
    Abstract: A method for thermally spraying a film on an inner face of a bore of a cylinder block. A pair of suction pipes generates a spiraling air current in the bore, creating an air flow toward the center of the bore. A spraying device sprays molten metal partaicles including fumes toward the inner face of the bore. The fumes are captured by the spiraling air current and removed from molten metal particles directing toward the inner face of the bore. Molten metal particles from which the fumes are removed form the thermally sprayed film on the inner face of the bore. High-quality thermally sprayed film scarcely containing fumes can be formed on the inner face of the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noritaka Miyamoto, Eiji Itakura
  • Patent number: 6949269
    Abstract: A method is taught for fabricating patterned silicon dioxide layers on process areas disposed perpendicularly or at an inclination to a substrate surface. Firstly, a starter layer having leaving groups is produced by non-conformal deposition of a reactive component. Tris(tert-butoxy)silanol is subsequently added. The addition of the tris(tert-butoxy)silanol leads to the formation of a silicon dioxide layer selectively only on the starter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Harald Seidl, Martin Gutsche
  • Patent number: 6926466
    Abstract: A polyurethane applicator (10) for spraying at high-pressures a liner on the inner circumferential wall of an existing conduit (C) to be rehabilitated. The applicator (10) includes a carriage (12) coaxially guided in the conduit (C) and an atomizer (16) rotatably mounted to the carriage (12) for rotation about the central axis thereof. The atomizer (16) is provided with a nozzle (62) through which the lining mixture is forced out while the atomizer (16) rotates and travels in conduit with the carriage (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Novaliner Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Pierre Paré
  • Patent number: 6926792
    Abstract: In manufacturing an air-bag (1) which is formed from two super-imposed layers of fabric (2) interconnected by a plurality of seams (3), a sealant material is applied to the interior of the air-bag. The sealant material is applied by introducing a mandrel (10) carrying a parison of the sealant material (11) into the air-bag, and injecting air into the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Simon Valkenburg, Norbert Pitzer
  • Patent number: 6916502
    Abstract: Systems and methods for applying a coating to an interior surface of a conduit. In one embodiment, a spray gun configured to apply a coating is attached to an extension arm which may be inserted into the bore of a pipe. The spray gun may be a thermal spray gun adapted to apply a powder coating. An evacuation system may be used to provide a volume area of reduced air pressure for drawing overspray out of the pipe interior during coating. The extension arm as well as the spray gun may be cooled to maintain a consistent temperature in the system, allowing for more consistent coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Karen A. Moore, Raymond A. Zatorski
  • Patent number: 6902758
    Abstract: An in-mold applicator and method for spraying a coating on difficult-to-reach surfaces of a mold is disclosed. The applicator includes a spray head and a base portion at an oblique angle to each other. The outer dimensions of the body portion and the spray head are sufficiently small so that taken in combination with the oblique angle, the applicator and method can enhance the spraying of the coating to difficult-to-reach surfaces within the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph T. Donatti, Andrew P. Mellentine, Glenn D. Williams
  • Patent number: 6890587
    Abstract: It is a method of repairing a ceramic coating of an article after use of this article in a high temperature environment disclosed. The ceramic coating is removed locally at spalled areas, at the areas where the ceramic coating is removed locally a mixture including a powder of zirconia stabilized with one or a combination of yttria, calcia, scandia, magnesia, ceria and oxides of the rare earth group, and hydrated metallic halides as a binder is applied and the applied ceramic powder is dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology LTD
    Inventors: Abdus S. Khan, John Fernihough, Maxim Konter
  • Patent number: 6887510
    Abstract: A stent mounting device and a method of coating a stent using the device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Plaridel K. Villareal
  • Patent number: 6887542
    Abstract: A method of treating a surface of an elastomeric article is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a treatment, providing an elastomeric article with an exposed surface, placing the article and the substrate into a tumbling apparatus, and tumbling the article with the substrate so that the treatment is transferred from the substrate to the exposed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Conley, David W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6875476
    Abstract: A method for masking at least one turbine engine component wherein the method includes providing at least one masking member, securing each masking member to the at least one turbine engine component, and applying a metal coating to the at least one turbine engine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Philip Robert Hawtin, Michael Smith
  • Patent number: 6870023
    Abstract: Reactor wall coatings for polymerization reactors and processes for forming such coatings are disclosed. The reactor wall coatings can have a thickness of at least 100 ?m and a molecular weight distribution including a major peak having one or more of an Mw/Mn ratio of less than 10; an Mz/Mw ratio of less than 7; and a maximum value of d(wt %)/d(log MW) at less than 25,000 daltons in a plot of d(wt %)/d(log MW), where MW is the molecular weight in daltons. The reactor wall coatings can be formed in-situ during polymerization, on reactor walls initially free of a reactor wall coating, or having a pre-existing reactor wall coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Muhle, Porter C. Shannon, Fred D. Ehrman
  • Patent number: 6866810
    Abstract: A treatment method for the internal surface of a molded polyethylene plastics material container such as a drum, including the steps of: introducing an ionizable gas, such as argon, into the container; generating a plasma of the introduced gas by applying electric field of sufficient strength to the container and introduced gas, so as to cause an interaction with the internal surface of the container; coating the internal surface of the container with a curable epoxy-based first polymeric composition; and then curing the polymeric composition to form a coating on the internal surfaces of the container. A second coating, preferably with electrical conductive properties, may be applied and cured over the first coating. Conductive properties may be provided by including conductive particles such as antimony doped tin dioxide, graphite or metal powders, in the second composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Harcostar Drums Limited
    Inventors: Qamar Uddin Ahmed, Michael David Christy, Phillip Andrew Wallis
  • Patent number: 6863931
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a product having a sprayed coating film prepares a component having a cylindrical inner surface, prepares a gas spray type spraying gun with a central axis in opposed relationship with the cylindrical inner surface of the component to be aligned with a central axis of the cylindrical inner surface, supplies spraying material to the spraying gun, melts the spraying material with a combustion flame, and travels the spraying gun for translational movement in a traveling direction, corresponding to one of directions of the central axis of the cylindrical inner surface, for forming a sprayed coating film over the cylindrical inner surface while spraying the spraying material, molten with the combustion flame, onto the cylindrical inner surface in a spraying direction oriented in a rearward area of the traveling direction for thereby forming the sprayed coating film over the cylindrical inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Someno, Akira Shimizu, Hidenobu Matsuyama, Nobuyuki Kuroki, Masanao Yomogizawa, Ken Harada, Tadahiro Shimadzu
  • Patent number: 6841194
    Abstract: A process for applying a graphite coating to the interior of a prismatic battery can by filling the can with a slurry containing graphite particles, immediately removing the slurry with an aspirating nozzle and then drying the residue left in the battery can to leave a thin film of graphite on the interior of the can. In a continuous process, fill nozzles and aspirating nozzles are moved in set into and out of the cans simultaneously, while moving the nozzles along with the cans through a fill and aspirate station on a conveyor. From there the cans travel through a drying oven where the residue remaining in the cans is dried to leave a thin uniform graphite film inside a prismatic can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Truelove & Maclean, Incorporated
    Inventors: Raymond G. Kairawicz, Klaus Pflugbeil
  • Patent number: 6835429
    Abstract: A part for a motor vehicle intended to come into contact with hydrocarbons has a polytetrafluoroethylene coating (3) adapted to make the part (1) impermeable. Use of a polytetrafluoroethylene coating for making impermeable parts of a motor vehicle on the fuel system, in order to limit the emission of hydrocarbons through these parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: I.T.W. de France
    Inventor: Michel Roger
  • Publication number: 20040258837
    Abstract: A method of renovating an existing pipeline comprises spray-coating the interior of the pipeline using a two part coating system of which the two parts are mixed at the time of application. One part of the system comprises a polyisocyanate whilst the second part comprises one or more oligomeric polyamines, optionally further blended with a secondary aliphatic polyamine, or the second part comprises one or more aromatic polyamines blended with one or more polyols. The mixture forms a coating on the interior surface of the pipeline and forms, at a high cure rate, a monolithic flexible lining which exhibits high strength and a high level of adhesion to the pipe wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: E. Wood Limited
    Inventor: Ian Robinson
  • Publication number: 20040247785
    Abstract: A two part coating system comprises a first part comprising one or more aliphatic polyisocyanates, and a second part comprising one or more aromatic polyamines. In one group of embodiments, the second part comprises one or more aromatic polyamines, blended with one or more polyhydric alcohol compounds. In another group of embodiments, the polyhydric alcohol compounds are dispensed with and the required properties are achieved by selection of the type of polyisocyanate compound used and by close control of the proportions thereof. The coating system is suitable for application by spraying using equipment in which the two parts are first combined at the point of spraying, and may be applied to the internal surfaces of below-ground pipeline infrastructures, for example by means of a centrifugal spinning head assembly. In particular, the system may be used for the renovation of existing drinking water pipelines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: E. Wood Limited
    Inventor: Ian Robinson
  • Patent number: 6827969
    Abstract: A chemical composition and method for repairing a thermal barrier coating on a component designed for use in a hostile thermal environment, such as turbine, combustor and augmentor components of a gas turbine engine. The method repairs a thermal barrier coating on a component that has suffered localized damage to the thermal barrier coating. After cleaning the surface area of the component exposed by the localized spallation, a mixture of a ceramic composition comprising a ceramic powder in a binder is applied, preferably by spraying, to the surface area of the component. The binder is then allowed to dry to form a dried coating. Upon subsequent heating, the dried coating reacts to produce a ceramic-containing repair coating, wherein the coating comprises the ceramic powder in a matrix of a material formed when the binder was reacted. The binder is preferably a ceramic precursor material that can be converted immediately to a ceramic or allowed to thermally decompose over time to form a ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andrew Jay Skoog, Jane Ann Murphy, William Randolph Stowell, Timothy Ray Lattire
  • Patent number: 6800230
    Abstract: To stabilize a friction coefficient of a dust seal member or brake-gap adjustment seal member to a piston in a disc brake regardless of temperature change. At least an inner circumferential surfaces of a dust seal member and a brake-gap adjustment seal member, attached to a brake caliper, are coated with a friction reducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshimi Ishikawa, Hirofumi Noro, Shinichi Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20040151841
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an aluminum base material 2 constituting the plasma processing chamber of the plasma proocessing apparatus, a bonding layer 3 deposited on the base material consisting of a transition metal or transition metal alloy that modifies the difference in thermal expansion coefficient of the base material and the material constituting a plasma contact surface, and the plasma contact surface 1 formed of a material selected from a group consisting of La2O3, LaAlO3, MgLaAl11O19, and a mixture of La2O3 and Al2O3 being a metal oxide including at least La and O deposited on the bonding layer 3 via a thermal spray process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Douglas M. Trickett, Muneo Furuse
  • Patent number: 6764714
    Abstract: Methods for coating the interior surface of tubular structures having high aspect ratios and tubular structures produced by such methods. The interior surface of the tubular structure is coated by inducing a magnetic field having a given magnitude around a circumference along a length of the tubular structure, applying a bias at a given voltage to the tubular structure, and exposing the interior surface to a precursor material to deposit the precursor material onto the interior surface of the tubular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Ronghua Wei, Christopher Rincon, James Arps
  • Patent number: 6761126
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for the application of a polymer resin to a threaded fastener, where the fastener includes a cylindrical body and the threads of the fastener are formed in a bore extending diametrically across the body. The apparatus generally comprises a conveyor, a resin application station and a fastener orientation station. The conveyor carries the fasteners along a predetermined path of travel, and includes one or more fastener support members that permit the individual fasteners to rotate about the axes of their cylindrical bodies. The application station comprises a nozzle which directs a stream of the resin toward the travel path of the fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Nylok Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony DiMaio, Mahmoud Arslanouk
  • Patent number: 6758282
    Abstract: A fire protection water sprinkler system, comprising at least one metal tube to carry water within the system, the metal tube having a coating on its interior surface comprising a quaternary ammonium salt in combination with a filming amine(s) and/or a synthetic oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Allied Tube & Conduit Company
    Inventors: David S. Pliner, Manzoor Chaudhry, Stephen T. Norvilas, Elmer H. Foster, Robert D. Bussiere
  • Patent number: 6752873
    Abstract: In order to reliably form a coating layer on the interior surface of a primary lining such as an underground pipe, etc., in a short time and form a coating layer having a uniform thickness, a spray gun 62 is attached to a revolving ring 30 attached to a running truck 2, right and left drive wheels of the running truck 2 are respectively independently driven and controlled to moving the running truck 2 in a primary lining 90 while the revolving ring 30 is rotated at a steady peripheral velocity to blow out a coating material from the spray gun 62, whereby a homogenous coating layer is formed with a fixed thickness on the interior surface of the primary lining 90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Taisei Corporation
    Inventors: Shuzo Kato, Shintaro Ikeda, Kotaro Masuda, Takaharu Izumo
  • Patent number: 6743462
    Abstract: A method of forming a coating for an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is provided which includes applying a composition to the device in an environment having a selected pressure. An apparatus is also provided for coating the devices. The apparatus comprises a chamber for housing the device wherein the pressure of the chamber can be adjusted during the coating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen D. Pacetti
  • Patent number: 6737109
    Abstract: A method for coating an ink jet printhead with an ink-phobic coating includes applying the coating to an outer surface of the printhead and then drawing or forcing the coating through the apertures of the printhead, preferably with a vacuum. The method coats and renders ink-phobic not only the outer surface, but also the inside surfaces of the apertures. The ink-phobic coating may contain an amorphous fluoropolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Donald S. Stanton, David H. Pan
  • Patent number: 6737106
    Abstract: A method for applying fibrous cellulose insulation to a substrate such as a wall, ceiling, attic part or floor which includes, in at least certain embodiments, mixing cellulose fibers with an adhesive and a discoloration reducing additive and applying the resulting mixture to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: International Cellulose Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Kempe, William F. Boyer, Harry Joe Witt
  • Patent number: 6730353
    Abstract: A two-part coating system comprises a first part comprising one or more aliphatic polyisocyanates, optionally blended with one or more “amine reactive” resins and/or non reactive resins, and a second part comprising one or more aromatic polyamines optionally blended with one or more oligomeric polyamines, such that the two parts, when mixed together and applied to the internal surfaces of pipelines, form a rapid setting impervious coating suitable for contact with drinking water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: E. Wood Limited
    Inventor: Ian Robinson
  • Patent number: 6709698
    Abstract: A method of applying a coating such as a varnish or a paint on a hollow article. The method includes the operation consisting in depositing a predetermined quantity of coating in the fluid state on the center of a surface of the article, and in spreading it by causing the article to revolve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Alain Bethune