Patents by Inventor Albert Planert

Albert Planert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5100690
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for dispensing only that amount of coating material which is required for coating a series of one or more articles to be coated by the coating material. The method and system include the step of, and apparatus for, feeding that amount of coating material to an intermediate container. The intermediate container receives the coating material from a color changer. The connection between color changer and intermediate container is so designed that no electrical current flow exists between these two components, even when using electrically conducting coating material. The coating material is electrostatically charged at an atomizer downstream from the intermediate container during a spray operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Ransburg GmbH
    Inventors: Albert Planert, Winfried Ott, Gunther Fleig
  • Patent number: 4771729
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for dispensing only that amount of coating material which is required for coating a series of one or more articles to be coated by the coating material. The method and system include the step of, and apparatus for, feeding that amount of coating material to an intermediate container. The intermediate container receives the coating material from a color changer. The connection between color changer and intermediate container is so designed that no electrical current flow exists between these two components, even when using electrically conducting coating material. The coating material is electrostatically charged at an atomizer downstream from the intermediate container during a spray operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Ransburg GmbH
    Inventors: Albert Planert, Winfried Ott, Gunther Fleig