US3795348A - Device for delivering particulate material - Google Patents
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- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
- B05B7/14—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas designed for spraying particulate materials
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- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
- B05B7/14—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas designed for spraying particulate materials
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- B05B7/1472—Powder extracted from a powder container in a direction substantially opposite to gravity by a suction device dipped into the powder
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05C19/00—Apparatus specially adapted for applying particulate materials to surfaces
- B05C19/02—Apparatus specially adapted for applying particulate materials to surfaces using fluidised-bed techniques
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24C—ABRASIVE OR RELATED BLASTING WITH PARTICULATE MATERIAL
- B24C5/00—Devices or accessories for generating abrasive blasts
- B24C5/005—Vibratory devices, e.g. for generating abrasive blasts by ultrasonic vibrations
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24C—ABRASIVE OR RELATED BLASTING WITH PARTICULATE MATERIAL
- B24C5/00—Devices or accessories for generating abrasive blasts
- B24C5/02—Blast guns, e.g. for generating high velocity abrasive fluid jets for cutting materials
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- ABSTRACT A device for delivery of particulate material, erg. to a spray gun, has a gas flow passage communicating with an outlet, an inlet in the passage for connection to a fluidized bed of the particulate material, and a gas flow constriction for discharging compressed gas into Aug. 5, 1971 Great Britain 36945/71 the p g to entrain the particulate material from the inlet to the outlet.
- the inlet communicates with ZZZ/12336721032; the fluidized bed through an inlet nozzle having an inlet passage extending from a mouth, the inlet nozzle [58] Field of Search 222/l93,302/51, 141/28 having an outer surface which tapers towards the mouth and converges with the inlet passage at the [56] Reference? cued mouth to form a thin edge around the mouth which UNITED STATES PATENTS counteracts build-up of particulate material at the 1,664,803 4/1928 Agassiz 222/193 mouth.
- This invention relates to a device for converging particulate material e.g. to a spray gun.
- powders such synthetic resins in powder form (usually pigmented) and powdered metals, may be conveniently and economically sprayed onto a wide variety of substrates to form coatings thereon with considerable advantages over liquid (e.g., paint) spraying, in particular with respect to pollution problems and recovery of unused material for reuse.
- liquid e.g., paint
- the invention provides a device for conveying particulate material, comprising means defining a first passage for the flow of gas under pressure, means defining an outlet communicating with said first passage, means defining an inlet opening into said first passage for the flow of the particulate material to the first passage, a constriction in said first passage for directing a forced supply of gas along said first passage towards said outlet to .draw the particulate material through said inlet and to cause the particulate material to be entrained by the gas along said first passage to said outlet, and an inlet nozzle through which said second passage extends,.said inlet nozzle having means defining a second passage communicating with said inlet, a mouth for the entry of the particulate material into said second passage, and an outer surfacewhich tapers towards said mouth and converges with said second passage at said mouth.
- particulate material used herein is generally intended to refer to powder. However, fine crystalline, granular or flocculant material, or, in fact, any material which can be readily entrained in a gas flow is for the present purposes to be regarded as particulate material.
- the source of particulate material comprises a fluidized bed of particulate material.
- the device of the invention is suitable for use in electrostatic spray coating operations, in which case the spray gun will be provided with means for electrostatically charging the particulate material passing therethrough.
- FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of a device for delivering particulate material to a spray gun
- FIG. 2 is a side view, partly broken away, of another device for delivering particulate material to a spray gun
- FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of a third device for delivering particulate material to a spray gun.
- the device comprises a pipe 1 having a generally hollow cylindrical down-stream portion 2 terminating in an outlet end 3 provided exteriorly with a plurality of annular ridges 4 to permit ready connection to a flexible hose (not shown) attached to a spray gun.
- Cylindrical portion 2 is connected by means of a screwfitting collar 5 to an upstream portion 6 of pipe I having a generally frusto-conical hollow internal configuration of Venturi shape widening towards and aligning with portion 2 so as to provide a generally smooth gas flow passage.
- Upstream portion 6 terminates in inlet portion 7 of pipe 1 which communicates with a conduit 9 disposed substantially perpendicularly to the general longitudinal axis of pipe 1.
- Conduit 9 is secured by a collar 10 in internally aligned arrangement with restrictor means 11 which, in turn, is screwed into a generally cylindrical hollow plug member 12 disposed through the side wall 13 of a fluidized bed, so that a continuous aligned longitudinal passage is provided from said fluidized bed to the inlet end 7 of pipe 1.
- the restrictor means 11 comprises a hollow cylindrical portion 14 provided with a restrictor plate 15 which is disposed transversely through said portion 14 and formed with a plurality of apertures l6, l7 and 18 of different sizes, the largest corresponding approximately to the internal size of the portion 14.
- a grub screw, spring and ball bearing detent arrangement 19 is located in one side of the restrictor means 11, the ball bearing being engage able with recesses 20 in the plate 14 to permit ready movement of said plate into a series of positions locating and securing any desired size of aperture concentrically in the cylindrical portion 14.
- Nozzle means 21 snug fits into one end of the pipe 1 axially parallel thereto and is secured therein by a screw collar 22.
- the inner end of nozzle means 21 is provided with a nozzle opening 23 which communicates with inlet portion 7 of pipe 1.
- Inlet end 24 at the outer end of nozzle means 21 is formed internally with an outwardly opening flared frusto-conical surface and is formed externally with screw threading 26 or other suitable means for connection to a flexible air supply hose or the like (not shown).
- the various parts of the device can be readily dismantled for replacement or cleaning purposes and the restrictor means 11 can optionally be omitted or replaced by a different type of restrictor means, such as a gate valve.
- the precise disposition of the nozzle 23 with respect to the inlet portion 7 of the pipe 1 and the conduit 9 can, if desired, be arranged to be variable, so that the nozzle 23 is movable in the longitudinal direction of the pipe 1, whereby adjustment to the optimum disposition, depending on the rate of air flow and the nature particle size and density of the powder being used, can be attained.
- the fluidized bed is activated, and compressed air is supplied to the nozzle means 21 as indicated diagrammatically by the arrow in FIG. 1.
- Passage of air through the nozzle opening 23 and along the pipe 1 causes a suction effect in the conduit 9, resulting in withdrawal of air and powder from the fluidized bed through the conduit 9 as indicated diagrammatically by the arrow in FIG. 1.
- the air and powder mixture is drawn through the conduit 9 into the inlet end 7 of the pipe 1, becomes entrained in the air supply passing therethrough and, in turn, passes along 'pipe 1 and thereafter through a flexible hose (not shown) attached to outlet end 3 of pipe 1.
- the mixture subsequently reaches a spray gun (not shown) for spraying onto a substrate.
- the air supply to nozzle means 21 is initiated and discontinued in response to actuation of the trigger of the spray gun.
- the device comprises a generally cylindrical pipe 31 having anoutlet end 32 and provided exteriorly with a plurality of spaced annular grooves 33 to facilitate attachment of a hose (not shown) leading to a spray gun (not shown).
- the pipe 31 is provided with an outwardly flared inlet end 34 of generally frusto-conical configuration opening to a mouth 39.
- a nozzle 35 Disposed in the open mouth 39 of pipe 31 is a nozzle 35 connected to the end of a tube 36 which connects with an air supply hose (not shown) screwed on end 38 of the tube 36.
- the tube 36 is of U-shaped configuration and is secured to the pipe 31 by a welded strut 37.
- an air supply hose is secured to the end 38 of tube 36 and a flexible hose (not shown) communicating with a spray gun (not shown) is fitted over outlet end 32 of pipe 31 and securely held thereon by the frictional effect of the annular grooves 33.
- the device is then immersed in a source of loose particulate material, preferably, a fluidized bed, and compressed air is supplied to tube 36 in the direction diagrammatically indicated by arrow A.
- a jet of air emerges from the nozzle 35 and creates a suction effect in the mouth 39 of pipe 31, resulting in the influx of particulate material from the fluidized bed.
- the particulate material becomes entrained in the air issuing from the nozzle 35 and passes down the pipe 31 and thence to the spray gun for application to substrate.
- the device can be modified such that the relative disposition of the nozzle 35 with respect to the mouth 39 of pipe 31 is adjustable so that an optimum disposition of the nozzle with respect to inlet end 34 of pipe 31 for any given type of powder and intended air flow velocity can be achieved.
- the opening of nozzle 35 should be just downstream of the plane of the annular lip of the inlet end 34 of pipe 31. If the end of the nozzle is too far outside the inlet end 34 of the pipe 31, a certain amount of undesirable turbulance may be caused and efficiency is liable to drop.
- FlG. 3 shows a modification of the device of FIG. 1.
- a pipe indicated generally by reference numeral 101 having a generally hollow cylindrical downstream portion 102 terminating in an outlet end 103.
- Cylindrical portion 102 is connected by means of a screw-threaded collar 105 to an upstream portion 106 of the pipe 101.
- the upstream portion 106 has a generally frusto-conical hollow internal configuration of Venturi shape widening towards and alligned with portion 102, and terminates in an inlet portion 107.
- a nozzle forming a gas flow restrictor 108 is secured, by a screw-threaded collar 109, to the end of the pipe 101 opposite the outlet end 3.
- An inlet for the particulate material is formed by a passage 110, which extends perpendicularly to, and opens into, the upstream portion of pipe 106.
- the flow restrictor member 112 is secured to the inlet end of the passage 110 by a threaded collar 113, which is in threaded engagement with the outer surface of a duct portion 114 extending from the pipe portion 106 and integral therewith, the duct portion 114 defining the passage 110.
- the collar 113 engages an annular shoulder 116, formed on the flow restrictor member 112, for urging the outlet end of the latter against the correspondingly formed inlet end of the duct portion 114.
- the flow restrictor member 112 has an inlet portion 117, which is formed with afrusto-conical outer surface 118, The frusto-conical outer surface 118 converges in a direction away from the inlet end of the passage 110.
- an opening in the form of a bore 119 extends longitudinally through the flow restrictor member 112 and is axially aligned with the passage 110.
- the inlet portion 117 of the flow restrictor member 112 is inserted into a chamber containing a fluidized bed of the particulate material.
- Gas preferably air or an inert gas, is then supplied under pressure to the flow restrictor 108 and discharged therefrom at high speed past the inlet 107, which causes the particulate material and air mixture to be drawn from the fluidized bed through the bore 119, the passage 110 and the inlet 107, and entrained along the pipe 101 to the outlet end thereof.
- this flow restrictor member 112 has the advantage that it reduces settling of the particulate material on the flow restrictor, which settling may otherwise lead to a partial or even a complete blockage of the flow of the particulate material and result in a choking effect on the discharge of particulate material through the outlet end 103 of the pipe 101.
- a constriction in said first passage for directing a forced supply of gas along said first passage towards said outlet to draw the particulate material through said inlet and to cause the particulate material to be entrained by the gas along said first passage to said outlet, and
- a device as claimed in claim 1 wherein a powder inlet passage connects said second passage to said inlet, and said second passage forms a flow restrictor for restricting flow from said mouth to said inlet.
- a device for conveying particulate material comprising:
- 0. means defining an inlet particulate into said first passage for the flow of the particulate material to the first passage
- a constriction in said first passage for directing a forced supply of gas along said first passage towards said outlet to draw the particulate material through said inlet and to cause the particulate material to be entrained by the gas along said first passage to said outlet; and an inlet nozzle having means defining an axial inlet passage aligned with and communicating with said inlet, a mouth at one end of said inlet passage for the entry of the particulate material into said axial inlet passage, and a frusto-conical outer surface which tapers towards said mouth and converges with said inlet passage at said mouth to form a knife-edge around said mouth.
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US3896998A (en) * | 1972-09-25 | 1975-07-29 | Volstatic Canada | Apparatus for spraying particulate material |
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US4554956A (en) * | 1982-10-18 | 1985-11-26 | Dan Greenberg | Ejector device and method for producing same |
US4565499A (en) * | 1983-11-15 | 1986-01-21 | Dan Greenberg | Ejector |
US4715535A (en) * | 1986-04-28 | 1987-12-29 | Nordson Corporation | Powder spray gun |
WO1992002349A2 (en) * | 1990-08-04 | 1992-02-20 | The removal of material from surfaces | |
US5366560A (en) * | 1993-09-03 | 1994-11-22 | Yelapa Enterprises, Inc. | Cleaning method utilizing sodium bicarbonate particles |
CN102085643A (en) * | 2010-10-29 | 2011-06-08 | 南车戚墅堰机车车辆工艺研究所有限公司 | Shot blasting spray gun |
WO2016097669A1 (en) * | 2014-12-19 | 2016-06-23 | Smiths Medical International Limited | Entrainment devices and respiratory therapy devices |
US20170225909A1 (en) * | 2014-08-07 | 2017-08-10 | Schenck Process UK Limited | Adjustable Multi-Hole Orifice in a Pneumatic Conveying Apparatus |
US20180369878A1 (en) * | 2017-06-26 | 2018-12-27 | Citic Dicastal Co., Ltd | Automatic powder cleaning system for mixed-line hub bolt holes and combined powder cleaning gun |
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US3896998A (en) * | 1972-09-25 | 1975-07-29 | Volstatic Canada | Apparatus for spraying particulate material |
EP0053411A1 (en) * | 1980-12-02 | 1982-06-09 | Shell Internationale Researchmaatschappij B.V. | Filler gun suitable for cavity injection |
US4411389A (en) * | 1980-12-02 | 1983-10-25 | Shell Internationale Research Maatscappij, B. A. | Filler gun suitable for cavity injection |
US4554956A (en) * | 1982-10-18 | 1985-11-26 | Dan Greenberg | Ejector device and method for producing same |
US4565499A (en) * | 1983-11-15 | 1986-01-21 | Dan Greenberg | Ejector |
US4715535A (en) * | 1986-04-28 | 1987-12-29 | Nordson Corporation | Powder spray gun |
WO1992002349A2 (en) * | 1990-08-04 | 1992-02-20 | The removal of material from surfaces | |
WO1992002349A3 (en) * | 1990-08-04 | 1992-03-19 | Robert Sidney Jackson | The removal of material from surfaces |
US5366560A (en) * | 1993-09-03 | 1994-11-22 | Yelapa Enterprises, Inc. | Cleaning method utilizing sodium bicarbonate particles |
CN102085643A (en) * | 2010-10-29 | 2011-06-08 | 南车戚墅堰机车车辆工艺研究所有限公司 | Shot blasting spray gun |
US20170225909A1 (en) * | 2014-08-07 | 2017-08-10 | Schenck Process UK Limited | Adjustable Multi-Hole Orifice in a Pneumatic Conveying Apparatus |
US10000347B2 (en) * | 2014-08-07 | 2018-06-19 | Schenck Process UK Limited | Adjustable multi-hole orifice in a pneumatic conveying apparatus |
WO2016097669A1 (en) * | 2014-12-19 | 2016-06-23 | Smiths Medical International Limited | Entrainment devices and respiratory therapy devices |
US20200047200A1 (en) * | 2017-02-17 | 2020-02-13 | Gema Switzerland Gmbh | Powder conveying injector for conveying coating powder and venturi nozzle assembly |
US11446683B2 (en) * | 2017-02-17 | 2022-09-20 | Gema Switzerland Gmbh | Powder conveying injector for conveying coating powder and Venturi nozzle assembly |
US20180369878A1 (en) * | 2017-06-26 | 2018-12-27 | Citic Dicastal Co., Ltd | Automatic powder cleaning system for mixed-line hub bolt holes and combined powder cleaning gun |
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