General Electric Company

Ralph T Wood

Peter W Dietz

Bahram Keramati

Steven C Bray

A method for applying a coating of atomizable material to the inside surface of a glass tube comprises positioning a rotatable member within the tube, delivering the material to a surface of the member adapted to receive the material, and rotating the member at a predetermined velocity to atomize the material and impact the surface of the tube with at least a portion of the atomized material. A potential difference may be established between the atomized material and the surface of the tube to improve coating efficiency. The surface of the tube may be maintained at an electrical potential, and multiple coatings may be produced.

Method for coating with an atomizable material

An apparatus for applying a coating of an atomizable material, such as a phosphor slurry, to the inside surface of a glass tube comprises a rotatable member having a surface for receiving material, a device for rotating the member and conduct for delivering material to the surface of the member. The rotating and delivery mechanisms are preferably situated along the same direction as the extension of the axis of rotation through the surface of the member. The apparatus may include a device for electrically charging the material prior to coating. A method for applying the coating of atomizable material to the inside surface of a glass tube comprises positioning a rotatable member within the tube, delivering the material to a surface of the member adapted to receive the material, and rotating the member at a predetermined velocity to atomize the material and inpact the surface of the tube with at least a portion of the atomized material. A potential differnce may be established between the atomized material and the surface of the tube to improve coating efficiency. The surface of the tube may be maintained at an electrical potential, and multiple coatings may be produced.

Apparatus and method for coating with an atomizable material

An electric drip coffeemaker has a generally upright C-shaped housing with a lower horizontal leg having a heated carafe support, an upper horizontal leg having a water spreader, and a vertical leg enclosing an accessible water reservoir. An electrically heated hot water generator in the lower leg below the carafe support has an inlet connected to the reservoir through a one-way inlet valve and an outlet connected to the spreader by tubes through an interposed separate definitive steam condenser located in the vertical leg entirely below the reservoir. The condenser includes a plenum chamber larger in cross section than the connecting tubes and has a single inlet for water from the hot water generator at its bottom and a single outlet to the spreader at its top. A check valve in the chamber outlet permits only unidirectional water outflow from the condenser to create a 'scrubbing' effect cleansing the passages of mineral deposits and preventing clogging. The condenser provides a large condensing volume which eliminates deliver of steam to the spreader, thus increasing brewing temperatures, decreasing brewing time and improving quality of the brewed coffee. The lack of steam in the spreader region eliminates condensation on the outer surfaces of the coffeemaker and reduces condensation leaks.

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Ralph T Wood