EP0250942B1 - Atomiseur rotatif à palier à air - Google Patents

Atomiseur rotatif à palier à air Download PDF

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EP0250942B1
EP0250942B1 EP87108261A EP87108261A EP0250942B1 EP 0250942 B1 EP0250942 B1 EP 0250942B1 EP 87108261 A EP87108261 A EP 87108261A EP 87108261 A EP87108261 A EP 87108261A EP 0250942 B1 EP0250942 B1 EP 0250942B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B3/00—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
    • B05B3/02—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements
    • B05B3/10—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements discharging over substantially the whole periphery of the rotating member, i.e. the spraying being effected by centrifugal forces
    • B05B3/1064—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements discharging over substantially the whole periphery of the rotating member, i.e. the spraying being effected by centrifugal forces the liquid or other fluent material to be sprayed being axially supplied to the rotating member through a hollow rotating shaft
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B5/00—Electrostatic spraying apparatus; Spraying apparatus with means for charging the spray electrically; Apparatus for spraying liquids or other fluent materials by other electric means
    • B05B5/001—Electrostatic spraying apparatus; Spraying apparatus with means for charging the spray electrically; Apparatus for spraying liquids or other fluent materials by other electric means incorporating means for heating or cooling, e.g. the material to be sprayed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B5/00—Electrostatic spraying apparatus; Spraying apparatus with means for charging the spray electrically; Apparatus for spraying liquids or other fluent materials by other electric means
    • B05B5/025—Discharge apparatus, e.g. electrostatic spray guns
    • B05B5/04—Discharge apparatus, e.g. electrostatic spray guns characterised by having rotary outlet or deflecting elements, i.e. spraying being also effected by centrifugal forces
    • B05B5/0403—Discharge apparatus, e.g. electrostatic spray guns characterised by having rotary outlet or deflecting elements, i.e. spraying being also effected by centrifugal forces characterised by the rotating member
    • B05B5/0407—Discharge apparatus, e.g. electrostatic spray guns characterised by having rotary outlet or deflecting elements, i.e. spraying being also effected by centrifugal forces characterised by the rotating member with a spraying edge, e.g. like a cup or a bell
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B5/00—Electrostatic spraying apparatus; Spraying apparatus with means for charging the spray electrically; Apparatus for spraying liquids or other fluent materials by other electric means
    • B05B5/025—Discharge apparatus, e.g. electrostatic spray guns
    • B05B5/04—Discharge apparatus, e.g. electrostatic spray guns characterised by having rotary outlet or deflecting elements, i.e. spraying being also effected by centrifugal forces
    • B05B5/0422—Discharge apparatus, e.g. electrostatic spray guns characterised by having rotary outlet or deflecting elements, i.e. spraying being also effected by centrifugal forces comprising means for controlling speed of rotation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B3/00—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
    • B05B3/02—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements
    • B05B3/10—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements discharging over substantially the whole periphery of the rotating member, i.e. the spraying being effected by centrifugal forces
    • B05B3/1092—Means for supplying shaping gas
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B5/00—Electrostatic spraying apparatus; Spraying apparatus with means for charging the spray electrically; Apparatus for spraying liquids or other fluent materials by other electric means
    • B05B5/025—Discharge apparatus, e.g. electrostatic spray guns
    • B05B5/04—Discharge apparatus, e.g. electrostatic spray guns characterised by having rotary outlet or deflecting elements, i.e. spraying being also effected by centrifugal forces
    • B05B5/0426—Means for supplying shaping gas

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  • the invention relates generally to rotary atomizers for depositing coatings on workpieces and, in particular, to a rotary atomizer with improved flow of the coating material through the atomizer and onto the workpiece.
  • a rotary atomizer utilized to apply coatings to workpieces.
  • Such a device is particularly useful in coating large surfaces in high volume such as the painting of automobile bodies and the like.
  • a disk or a bell is driven in rotation by an air-powered turbine motor. Paint is delivered to the inner surface of the disk or bell and is thrown off in small particles through centrifugal force.
  • the surface of the bell is charged to a high voltage normally between 30KV and 125KV to electrostatically charge the paint particles.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,555,058 One form of rotary atomizer is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,555,058.
  • This device has a bell which is rotated at high speeds, normally between 10,000 and 40,000 rpm.
  • the rotary bell has a plurality of paint openings formed therein connected to a source of paint. Air under pressure is forced through another plurality of openings in a front plate to direct shaping air over the outside of the bell to thereby shape the stream of paint particles exiting from the bell and direct them toward the object to be painted.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,423,840 discloses an ultra high-speed rotary atomizer bell designed to eliminate foam or bubbles in the applied coating.
  • centrifugal force causes the paint to flow through distribution apertures to a generally conical interior flow surface on the discharge side of the bell.
  • Centrifugal force also causes the paint to flow along the conical interior surface in a continuous film to a sharp discharge edge between the conical surface and the front end of the bell.
  • the front end of the bell has a predetermined wall thickness and forms a sharp discharge edge at the interior surface and is rounded at the exterior surface.
  • EP-A-00 32391 shows an atomizer including an annular front flow surface on a generally cup-shaped member with the central portion of the surface of the atomizer bell being provided with a projection.
  • This device includes only a single inlet and this single inlet is not spaced a distance from the axis of rotation but rather is directly on this axis of rotation. Also, this device does not have a plurality of straight passages communicating from a plurality of inlets but rather has communication only with a single inlet. Such a device is complex and requires an insert which blocks direct communication of the straight passages to the front of the device.
  • the device there are included a plurality of inlets and this plurality is spaced a distance from the axis of rotation where they communicate with a plurality of straight passages.
  • the present invention concerns a rotary atomizer according to claims 1,6,10 including a manifold releasably connected to an outer casing or shroud housing an air bearing turbine assembly.
  • the manifold includes inlets for sources of bearing air, brake air, shaping air, turbine air, and costing fluid, as well as an aperture for a magnetic speed pickup coil connection.
  • a larger diameter end of the outer casing or shroud is closed by a rear cover plate having a plurality of aperatures formed therein for sealingly accepting corresponding fittings protruding from a facing surface of the manifold and connected to the air inlets.
  • the coating fluid is directed through a centrally located fluid feed tube that extends through the air turbine motor and terminates in a nozzle located in a paint chamber formed by the forward end of the air turbine motor, an atomizer bell, and an annular shaping air cap.
  • the feed tube has a rear flange which mounts into an aperture in the rear cover plate for precise alignment with the turbine driven motor shaft.
  • the smaller diameter end of the shroud receives the shaping air cap and an annular shaping air ring which are threadably engaged.
  • Nesting tapers formed on inner surfaces of the cap and ring define a shaping air annulus which directs shaping air over the outer edge of the stomizer bell in an inwardly directed path as a uniform thin ring of air.
  • a flexible cap retainer is mounted on the front cover of the air turbine motor to separate the shaping air passage from the exhaust air passage.
  • the cap retainer also provides an elastic containment to retain the shaping air cap should it become disengaged from the shaping air manifold to which it is threadably engaged.
  • Exhaust air exits the rear of the turbine and is ported into the shroud where it flows forward along the outside of the turbine to provide cooling and then it is directed into the paint chamber between the shaping air cap and the rear of the atomizer bell from which it exits through the annulus formed between the outer edge of the bell and the front edge of the cap.
  • This air prevents the coating fluid from wrapping back around the outside of the shroud and entering the chamber.
  • This use of the exhaust air reduces the amount of shaping air required and also reduces the cleaning required.
  • the volume of the exhaust air inherently increases as the speed of the air turbine increases to offset the radial momentum of the coating fluid particles.
  • a pickup coil is located adjacent the path of magnets mounted on the rear of the turbine wheel in the motor and is connected to a loop of high voltage wire.
  • the wire extends away from the atomizer and through a toroidal coil to isolate the magnetically generated speed signal from the high voltage used with the atomizer.
  • the device includes a fluid atomizer bell for use in a rotary atomizer, this rotary atomizer including a housing for supporting the bell, a turbine for rotating the bell about an axis, and a feed tube having one end connected to a source of coating fluid and an open opposite end located on the axis for delivering coating fluid to the bell, the bell having a generally cup-shape member defining an inner annular flow surface which extends generally outwardly relative to the axis of rotation and which terminates at an outer edge portion from which the coating fluid is discharged, an annular splash plate secured within said cup shaped member and defining a front surface and a rear surface forming a front of a paint receiving chamber, a plurality of first passages located for delivering coating fluid from the paint receiving chamber to the inner flow surface, the bell being characterized by a central portion of the rear splash plate surface having a generally conical projection extending outwardly therefrom, the conical projection extending symmetrically about the axis and terminating adjacent the open
  • a rotary atomizer 20 includes a housing assembly 21 which can be releasably secured to a manifold assembly 22.
  • the housing assembly 21 includes an outer casing or shroud 23 having a larger diameter end for attachment to the manifold assembly 22 and tapering to an opposite smaller diameter front end. Abutting the opening in the smaller diameter end of the shroud 23 is an annular shaping air cap 24. Attached to the cap 24 is an annular shaping air ring 25 which forms an opening in which is centered an atomizer bell 26.
  • the housing assembly 21 can be releasably attached to the manifold assembly 22 by a plurality of latches having a first portion 27 attached to an outer surface of the shroud 23 and a second portion 28 attached to an outer surface of the manifold assembly 22. As shown, three generally equally spaced latching mechanisms are utilized, but any convenient number and spacing of conventional latching mechanisms are suitable.
  • the manifold assembly 22 includes a generally cylindrical manifold body 29 to which the second latch portions 28 are affixed to the outer curved surface thereof. Also attached to the curved surface of the manifold body 29 is a radially extending stud assembly 30 for attachment to a device for positioning the rotary atomizer 20 at a work station such as an industrial robot or reciprocating mechanism (not shown).
  • the manifold body 29 has a central aperture 31 formed therein for the delivery of coating fluid to the housing assembly 21 as will be discussed below. Also, a plurality of fittings extend from the surface of the manifold body 29 which faces the larger diameter end of the shroud 23. These fittings include a shaping air fitting 32, an exhaust air fitting 33, a bearing air fitting 34, a turbine air fitting 35 and a brake air fitting 36. Also formed in the manifold body 29 is a speed monitor access port 37 utilized to carry signals representing the speed of the air turbine motor. For example, the air turbine motor can be fitted with a magnetic pickup for generating pulses representing the revolutions of the turbine. Signal-carrying wires from the pickup can be extended through the access port 37 to a high voltage isolation device and then to suitable monitoring and display equipment (not shown).
  • the rotary atomizer 20 of Fig. 1 is shown in a fragmentary, cross-sectional side elevational view in Fig. 2.
  • the housing assembly 21 and the manifold assembly 22 are shown connected by the first latch portions 27 and the second latch portions 28.
  • the manifold body 29 has an outer planar face 38 and a generally parallel inner planar face 39 between which extend a plurality of apertures forming passages for the various fluids which are supplied to the housing assembly 21.
  • An aperture 40 is representative of five such passages, one for each of the shaping air, exhaust air, bearing air, turbine air, and brake air.
  • the end of the passageway 40 adjacent the face 38 is threaded to receive a connection to a source of shaping air (not shown).
  • a conventional source of pressured air is connected to a line having a threaded fitting on the end thereof to threadably engage the passageway 40.
  • the end of the passageway 40 adjacent the inner planar face 39 is also threaded and threadably receives one end of the fitting 32.
  • the protruding end of the fitting 32 retains an "O" ring 41 in a suitable groove and extends into an aperture 42 formed in a mounting ring 43 which extends around the inner periphery of the larger diameter end of the shroud 23.
  • a planar face 44 of the mounting ring 43 abuts the face 39 of the manifold body 29.
  • the opening of the aperture 42 to the face 44 is tapered so as to guide the fitting 32 and the "O" ring 41 into the aperture 42 whereupon the "O" ring seals against the walls of the aperture 42.
  • the manifold body 29, the fitting 32, the "O" ring 41 and the mounting ring 43 cooperate to seal the shaping air path from its source through the manifold assembly 22 and into the housing assembly 21.
  • a sealed path for each of the brake air, exhaust air, turbine air, and bearing air is formed in a similar manner to the rear cover of the housing.
  • the mounting ring 43 engages a flange 45 formed on one end of an air bearing turbine motor 46.
  • the mounting ring 43 is attached to the motor 46 with one or more threaded fasteners 47 extending through a radial aperture formed in the mounting ring 43 and into threaded engagement with a threaded aperture formed in the flange 45.
  • a plurality of apertures are formed in a rear cap 48 of the motor within the center area of the ring 43 and receive the protruding ends of the fittings 33, 34, 35 and 36.
  • the end cover 48 and the ring 43 cooperate as a rear cover plate for the shroud 23.
  • the opposite end of the turbine motor 46 extends through an annular shaping air manifold 49.
  • the shaping air manifold 49 is attached to the motor 46 with one or more threaded fasteners 50 extending through a radial aperture formed in the manifold 49 and into threaded engagement with a threaded aperture in the outer surface of the motor 46.
  • the radially extending aperture for the fastener 50 is formed in a larger diameter portion 51 of the manifold 49.
  • the larger diameter portion 51 is connected to a smaller diameter portion 52 which is located closer to the forward end of the motor 46.
  • the smaller diameter portion 52 has external threads formed thereon for engaging internal threads formed on an inner surface of the annular shaping air cap 24.
  • the cap 24 includes a smaller diameter rear portion 53, which threadably engages the portion 52 of the manifold 49, and a smaller diameter front portion 54 connected on opposite sides of a larger diameter central portion 55.
  • a rearwardly facing outer edge of the central portion 55 has a circumferential notch 56 formed therein for engaging and retaining a leading edge of the shroud 23.
  • the smaller diameter front portion 54 has external threads formed thereon for engaging internal threads formed on an inner wall of the annular shaping air ring 25.
  • the turbine motor 46 includes a front cover plate 57 which cooperates with the motor housing to form a radially extending groove 58.
  • the groove 58 retains an inner edge of an annular shaping air cap retainer 59.
  • An outer edge of the cap retainer 59 engages an inner surface of the shaping air cap 24.
  • Extending from the cover plate 57 is a forward end of a threaded drive shaft 60 upon which is mounted the atomizer bell 26.
  • a source of pressured air (not shown) is connected to the piston chamber of a conventional fluid valve 61 which in turn is connected to a valve fluid assembly 62.
  • the valve fluid assembly 62 includes one or more radially extending threaded apertures 63 for connection to a source of coating fluid (not shown).
  • the valve fluid assembly 62 extends into and is threadably engaged in the central aperature 31 formed in the manifold body 29.
  • the valve piston assembly 61 includes a stem 61a which extends through the valve fluid assembly 62 and terminates in a sealing element 61b which cooperates with a sealing surface formed in the aperture 31.
  • valve 61 when air pressure exceeding a predetermined value is applied to the valve 61, the valve will open to admit the coating fluid from the valve fluid assembly 62 thereby forcing coating fluid through the central aperture 31 in the manifold assembly 22.
  • the end of the central aperture 31 adjacent the face 39 receives one end of a rigid fluid feed tube or line 64.
  • the fluid line 64 retains an "O" ring 65 in in external "O” ring groove to seal against the inner surface of the central aperture 31.
  • the fluid line 64 extends through the flange 45, the center of the fluid motor 46 and the drive shaft 60 and terminates at the forward end of the drive shaft. Attached to and extending from the interior of the fluid line 64 is a fluid nozzle 66.
  • the atomizer bell 26 has a central aperture formed therein which is closed by a circular splash plate 67.
  • the splash plate 67 has an inwardly facing conical center which extends into the open end of the fluid nozzle 66 which end is internally tapered to match the taper on the splash plate 67.
  • the aperture 42 in the mounting ring 43 is connected to one end of a barbed fitting 68.
  • the barbed end of the fitting 68 is inserted into one end of a length of flexible tubing 69.
  • a second barbed fitting 70 has its barbed end inserted into the opposite end of the piece of tubing 69.
  • the barbed fitting 70 is connected to an aperture 71 formed in the larger diameter portion 51 of the shaping air manifold 49.
  • the aperture 71 extends longitudinally through the shaping air manifold 49 and is open to a cavity 72 defined by the shaping air manifold 49, the shaping air cap 24, the shaping air cap retainer 59 and the housing of the turbine motor 46.
  • a longitudinally extending passageway 73 is formed through the smaller diameter front portion 54 and the larger diameter central portion 55 of the shaping air cap 24 to connect the cavity 72 with a cavity 74 formed between the exterior surface of the smaller diameter front portion 54 of the shaping air cap 24 and the interior surface of the shaping air ring 25.
  • the outer surface of the shaping air ring 25 forward of the cavity 74 will engage or abut the inner surface of the forward end of the shaping air cap 24 to prevent the shaping air from exiting from the cavity 74.
  • a plurality of grooves or slots 75 are formed in the outer surface of the forward end of the front portion 54 and are generally equally spaced about the periphery. These slots 75 permit the shaping air to exit the cavity 74 between the cap 24 and the ring 25 and flow into an annular space 75a between the spaced apart forward ends of the cap 24 and the ring 25.
  • the slots 75 are formed at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the housing assembly 21 to provide an inwardly directed stream of shaping air about the circumferential edge 76.
  • the slots 75 and the annular space 75a deliver the shaping air as a thin ring to offset the momentum of the atomized coating fluid particles which escape in a radial direction from the edge of the bell 26.
  • the inwardly directed shaping air provides a small pattern and greater efficiency to the shaping air for controlling the radial pattern of the atomized fluid.
  • the exhaust air from the turbine motor 46 is normally expelled from an aperture (not shown) in the planar end 48, into the fitting 33 and through the manifold body 29 to an exhaust air line (not shown). However, the exhaust air can be expelled from one or more apertures 45a in the flange 45 into a cavity 77 formed between the motor 46 and the shroud 23.
  • a passageway 78 extends through the larger diameter central portion 55 of the shaping air cap 24 to connect the cavity 77 with a cavity or chamber 79 formed between the inner surface of the shaping air cap 24 and the outer surface of the atomizer bell 26. As the exhaust air passes through the cavity 77, it cools the turbine motor 46 and reduces the heat generated by the internally mounted air bearings.
  • the exhaust air exits the cavity 79 between the forward end of the shaping air cap 24 and the outer edge 76 of the atomizer bell 26 to aid the shaping air exiting the annular space 75a.
  • This air prevents coating fluid from wrapping back around the outside of the shroud 23 as well as entering the chamber 79. Also, since the exhaust air exits in a forward direction, it reduces the amount of shaping air required to drive the coating fluid toward the target. Also, more shaping air is normally required to offset the increased momentum of the coating particles as the atomizer speed increases. Since the volume of exhaust air increases as the speed of the turbine motor 46 increases, the exhaust air helps to meet the need for more shaping air.
  • the stud assembly 30 includes a generally cylindrical post 80 extending in a radial direction from a semi-circular mounting bracket 81 secured to the outer circumferential surface of the manifold body 29 by a pair of fasteners 82. As stated above, the stud assembly 30 is adapted to be attached to an arm of a robot or reciprocator. Also shown in Fig. 3 are the threaded passageway 83 for connection to an exhaust line, a threaded passageway 84 for connection to a source of bearing air, a threaded passageway 85 for connection to a source of turbine air, and a threaded passageway 86 for connection to a source of brake air.
  • the exhaust aperture 83 can be blocked or provided with a restrictor valve to direct the exhaust air into the cavity 77.
  • Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the forward ends of the cap 24, the ring 25, the bell 26, and the splash plate 67 and a portion of the cavity or chamber 79 of Fig. 2 in partial cross-section.
  • the body of the splash plate 67 is disk-shaped with a V-shaped groove 90 formed in the circumferential edge thereof.
  • the groove 90 engages a radially extending flange 90a formed in the opening in the atomizer bell 26.
  • the splash plate 67 is a snap fit in such opening.
  • a rearwardly facing surface 91 of the splash plate 67 has a conical extension 92 centrally located thereon.
  • a pair of diametrically opposed passageways 93 are formed through the conical extension 92 to connect with an aperture 94 formed in a forwardly facing surface 95 of the splash plate 67.
  • coating fluid will exit the fluid nozzle 66 and spread over the surface of the conical extension 92. Under centrifugal force, the coating fluid will flow out onto the rearwardly facing surface 91 of the splash plate 67 and onto a rearwardly facing surface 96 of the atomizer bell 26. The fluid will then flow through passageway 97 which represents one of a plurality of such passageways equally spaced in a circular pattern and connecting the surface 96 to the forwardly facing surface of the outer edge 76 of the atomizer bell. A small portion of the coating fluid will also flow through the passages 93 and into the aperture 94.
  • This fluid will flow from the aperture 94 over the forwardly facing surface 95 of the splash plate 67 and onto the forwardly facing surface of the atomizer bell 26 toward the passageway 97. Therefore, a thin film of wet coating fluid will be maintained on the central portions of the atomizer bell 26 and splash plate 67 as an aid to cleaning those parts with solvent as well as the internal and external surfaces of the bell 26 which are wet when the coating job has been completed.
  • one or more generally radially extending apertures 98 are formed in the outer surface of the shaping air ring 25.
  • the apertures 98 are adapted to be engaged by a suitable tool for threading the ring 25 into and out of engagement with the cap 24.
  • Similar apertures can be formed in the outer surface of the cap 24 for threading into and out of engagement with the manifold 49.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the speed monitoring circuit for the rotary atomizer of Fig. 1.
  • the motor 46 includes a turbine wheel 101 attached to the drive shaft 60.
  • a pair of permanent magnets 102 are mounted at diametrically opposed locations on the turbine wheel. Although one magnet is sufficient to generate a speed signal, two or more magnets are typically utilized to maintain the balance of the turbine wheel 101.
  • a pickup coil 103 including a magnetic core 104 is located adjacent the path of the magnet 102. The ends of the pickup coil 103 are connected to opposite ends of a single loop of dielectrically insulated high voltage wire 105 in a series loop.
  • the pickup coil 103 and the magnetic core 104 are positioned inside the motor 46.
  • the high voltage wire 105 extends through an aperture (not shown) formed in the end cover 48 and through the aperture 37 formed in the manifold body 29.
  • the high voltage wire 105 extends approximately two or more feet from the rotary atomizer 20 and passes through the center of a toroidal coil 106.
  • the ends of the isolation coil 106 are connected to a conventional speed monitoring device 107.
  • an electrical pulse is generated in the coil 103 and is conducted through the high voltage wire 105.
  • the pulse is inductively coupled to the toroidal coil 106 and is sensed by the speed monitoring device 107.
  • the high voltage wire 105 and the toroidal isolation coil 106 provide high voltage isolation of the speed monitoring circuit from the high voltage power supply (not shown) which is connected to the rotary atomizer in a conventional manner to electrostatically charge the particles of coating fluid.
  • the fluid valve 61 and valve fluid assembly 62 shown in Fig. 2 can be utilized to control the flow of multiple colors of paint and cleaning solvent to the rotary atomizer 20.
  • Fig. 6 a schematic diagram of a valve control circuit in which a multiple color paint source 111 supplies paint to a rotary atomizer 20.
  • the paint source 111 is conventional and typically includes a plurality of paint reservoirs, one for each color to be sprayed, connected through valves to a manifold.
  • the outlet from the paint source 111 is in fluid communication with a valve 112 representing the combination of the fluid valve 61 and the valve fluid assembly 62 described above.
  • the valve 112 in turn is in fluid communication with one inlet of an adapter 113 which has an outlet in fluid communication with the rotary atomizer 20.
  • the outlet of the adapter 113 is threaded to engage the central aperture 31 formed in the manifold body 29.
  • valve 114 is connected between a dump reservoir 115 and the line between the paint source 111 and the valve 112.
  • the valve 114 can be the combination of the fluid valve 61 and the valve fluid assembly 62.
  • a similar valve 116 is connected between the adapter 113 and a source of solvent 117.
  • the selected color of paint is forced under pressure from the paint source 111 through the valve 112 which is actuated to the open position under air pressure.
  • the paint flows through the adapter 113 to the rotary atomizer 20.
  • the next automobile body to be sprayed is to receive a different color of paint.
  • the paint source 111 disconnects the color being utilized and injects a bead of solvent through the line toward the valve 112.
  • the valve 112 is closed and the dump valve 114 is opened to the dump reservoir 115.
  • the end of the color which has just been sprayed flows to the dump reservoir and the bead of solvent cleans the lines.
  • the bead of solvent is followed by the new color to be sprayed and the timing is such that the dump valve 114 is not closed and the first valve 112 is not opened until the bead of solvent has passed and the second color is available to be directed to the rotary atomizer.
  • valve 116 is opened and a high pressure, short duration burst of solvent from the solvent reservoir 117 is forced through the adapter 113 and the rotary atomizer 20 to clean the paint flow path and the atomizer bell.
  • the valve 116 is then closed before the valve 112 is reopened for the new color.

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  1. Cloche d'atomiseur pour fluide (26) pour un atomiseur rotatif (20), ledit atomiseur rotatif comprenant un corps (21) pour supporter ladite cloche (26), une turbine (46) pour faire tourner ladite cloche (26) selon un axe et un tube d'alimentation (66) possédant une extrémité raccordée à une source de fluide de revêtement et une extrémité opposée ouverte située sur ledit axe pour fournir du fluide de revêtement à ladite cloche (26), ladite cloche (26) possédant une pièce de forme globale en coupe définissant une surface annulaire interne d'écoulement s'étendant vers l'extérieur par rapport audit axe de rotation et se terminant sur un bord externe (76) à partir duquel est déchargé le fluide de revêtement, une plaque annulaire de projection (67) fixée dans ladite pièce en forme de coupe et définissant une surface avant (95) et une surface arrière (91) formant l'avant d'une chambre de réception de peinture, plusieurs premiers passages (97) placés pour délivrer du fluide de revêtement à partir de ladite chambre de réception de peinture vers ladite surface interne d'écoulement,

       ladite cloche étant caractérisée par une partie centrale de ladite surface arrière de plaque de projection (91) possédant une projection conique (92) s'étendant vers l'extérieur, ladite projection conique s'étendant symétriquement par rapport audit axe et se terminant près de ladite extrémité ouverte du tube d'alimentation et au moins un second passage (93, 94) traversant ladite plaque de projection (67) pour délivrer une partie du fluide de revêtement à une partie centrale de ladite surface avant (95) de ladite plaque de projection 67, ledit second passage (93, 94) possédant plusieurs entrées sur ladite surface arrière située sur ladite projection conique et espacées d'une certaine distance dudit axe de rotation, ledit second passage possédant une sortie se terminant sur ladite partie centrale de ladite plaque de projection (67), plusieurs passages droits étant situés entre lesdites entrées et ladite sortie.
  2. Cloche d'atomiseur de fluide (26) pour un atomiseur rotatif (20) selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle ledit second passage (93, 94) est incliné vers l'intérieur vers ledit axe.
  3. Cloche d'atomiseur de fluide (26) pour un atomiseur rotatif (20) selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle ledit second passage comprend une première partie (93) comprenant ladite entrée et une seconde partie (94) comprenant ladite sortie, ladite seconde partie étant coaxiale audit axe, lesdites première et seconde parties de passage (93, 94) raccordant, en un point intermédiaire, lesdites surfaces avant et arrière et dans laquelle ladite première partie (93) dudit second passage est inclinée vers l'intérieur en direction dudit axe.
  4. Cloche d'atomiseur de fluide (26) pour un atomiseur rotatif (20) selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle ladite projection conique (92) s'étend dans ladite extrémité ouverte du tube d'alimentation.
  5. Cloche d'atomiseur de fluide (26) pour un atomiseur rotatif (20) selon la revendication 4, dans laquelle ladite extrémité ouverte du tube d'alimentation possède une paroi annulaire interne conique coopérant avec ladite projection conique (92) pour définir un circuit d'écoulement du fluide de revêtement dudit tube d'alimentation vers ladite surface arrière (91) de ladite plaque de projection (67).
  6. Atomiseur rotatif (20) pour la pulvérisation d'un fluide de revêtement comprenant un corps (21) possédant une cloche d'atomiseur (26) montée tournante près d'une extrémité dudit corps (21), un chapeau annulaire d'air de conformation (24) fixé par rapport à ladite extrémité de corps et un anneau d'air de conformation (25),

       atomiseur caractérisé en ce que ledit chapeau d'air de conformation (24) possède une surface externe s'étendant dudit corps (21) vers une partie périphérique (76) de ladite cloche (26), ledit anneau d'air de conformation (25) possédant une surface interne faisant face à ladite surface externe dudit chapeau d'air (24) et s'étendant en direction de la partie périphérique (76) de ladite cloche (26), ladite surface externe dudit chapeau d'air (24) et ladite surface interne dudit anneau d'air (25) coopérant pour définir une première chambre annulaire (74) recevant une alimentation d'air de conformation sous pression, une rangée annulaire d'ouvertures (75) pour la réception dudit air de conformation à partir de ladite première chambre (74), une seconde chambre annulaire pour la réception dudit air de conformation à partir de ladite première chambre (74) à travers lesdites ouvertures (75) et un espace annulaire (75a) débouchant sur ladite partie périphérique (76) de ladite cloche (26) pour recevoir ledit air de conformation à partir de ladite seconde chambre et pour le diriger vers ladite partie périphérique (76) de ladite cloche (26) selon une répartition uniforme en anneau fin.
  7. Atomiseur rotatif (20) pour la pulvérisation d'un fluide de revêtement selon la revendication 6, dans lequel ledit chapeau d'air (24) est muni d'une première partie filetée coopérant avec une partie taraudée dudit corps (21) et une seconde partie taraudée coopérant avec une partie filetée dudit anneau d'air (25).
  8. Atomiseur rotatif (20) pour la pulvérisation d'un fluide de revêtement selon la revendication 6, dans lequel les parties de ladite surface externe dudit chapeau d'air (24) et de ladite surface interne dudit anneau d'air (25) coopérant pour définir ladite rangée annulaire d'ouvertures (75) comprennent des parties de surface de contact permettant de maintenir un espacement prédéterminé entre les parties desdites surfaces externe et interne définissant ledit espace annulaire (75a).
  9. Atomiseur rotatif (20) pour la pulvérisation d'un fluide de revêtement selon la revendication 6, dans lequel ledit espace annulaire (75a) est de forme conique pour produire un anneau conique d'air de conformation dirigé vers ledit axe de rotation.
  10. Atomiseur rotatif (20) pour la pulvérisation d'un fluide de revêtement comprenant un corps (21) possédant une cloche d'atomiseur (26) montée tournante près d'une extrémité dudit corps (21), un chapeau annulaire d'air de conformation (24) fixé par rapport à ladite extrémité de corps et s'étendant en direction d'une partie périphérique (76) de ladite cloche (26), ledit chapeau d'air (24) et ladite cloche (26) coopérant pour définir une chambre (79) et un moteur pneumatique (46) situé dans ledit corps (21) pour faire tourner ladite cloche (26), ledit moteur (46) générant un air de sortie sous pression,

       atomiseur caractérisé par un moyen de raccordement dudit air de sortie du moteur à ladite chambre (79) formée par ladite cloche (26) et ledit chapeau d'air (24) pour maintenir la pression dans ladite chambre (79) à une valeur positive prédéterminée pendant le fonctionnement dudit atomiseur rotatif (20).
  11. Atomiseur rotatif (20) pour la pulvérisation d'un fluide de revêtement selon la revendication 10, dans lequel ladite chambre (79) possède une ouverture annulaire formée entre ladite partie périphérique (76) de ladite cloche (26) et un bord adjacent dudit chapeau d'air pour permettre l'échappement de l'air sous pression dans ladite chambre (79).
  12. Atomiseur rotatif (20) pour la pulvérisation d'un fluide de revêtement selon la revendication 10, comprenant une enveloppe (23) entourant ledit moteur (46) et dans lequel ledit moteur (46) comprend une sortie d'échappement (45a) débouchant dans l'intérieur de ladite enveloppe (23) et un passage (78) raccordant ledit intérieur à ladite chambre (79).
  13. Atomiseur rotatif (20) pour la pulvérisation d'un fluide de revêtement selon la revendication 12, dans lequel ledit passage (78) est formé dans ledit chapeau d'air (24).
  14. Atomiseur rotatif (20) pour la pulvérisation d'un fluide de revêtement selon la revendication 12, dans lequel ladite sortie d'échappement (45a) est située a une extrémité dudit moteur (46) et ledit passage (78) est placé adjacent à une extrémité opposée dudit moteur (46) de telle façon que l'air d'échappement traverse ladite enveloppe (23) de ladite sortie d'échappement (45a) vers ledit passage (78) sur une surface externe dudit moteur (46).
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