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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Ecolab Usa Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Paul Balent, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gordon M. Carter, Evanston, IL (US);
Samuel P. Mooney, Birmingham, AL (US);
David W. Scheimann, Joliet, IL (US);
Shayne B. Hare, Sugar Grove, IL (US);
Joseph P. Miknevich, Coraopolis, PA (US);
ECOLAB USA INC., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to purge fluids, methods of using the purge fluids, and systems to be used for recycling the purge fluids. In some aspects, the purge fluid may be used to clean or purge an automated spray coating apparatus, such as a paint gun. The purge fluid may include a solvent and water. After the purge fluid is utilized for purging or cleaning certain system components, the purge fluid may be treated, subjected to a liquid-solid separation technique, and reused as a purge fluid.