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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2015
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Adam J. Meuler, Woodbury, MN (US);
Nicholas L. Untiedt, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Stephen C. P. Joseph, Woodbury, MN (US);
Thomas P. Klun, Lakeland, MN (US);
Naiyong Jing, St. Paul, MN (US);
Paul B. Armstrong, Minneapolis, MN (US);
David A. Gzik, Stillwater, MN (US);
Cheryl L. S. Elsbernd, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Presently described are components of a spray application system. At least one component comprises a liquid repellent surface layer. The liquid repellent surface (e.g. layer) may comprise a porous layer and a lubricant impregnated into pores of the porous layer; a fluoropolymer; a fluorochemical material and an organic polymeric binder; or a fluorochemical material melt additive and a thermoplastic polymeric material component. The component is typically a liquid reservoir, a liquid reservoir liner, a lid for a liquid reservoir or liner, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the component comprises a thermoplastic polymeric material. In some favored embodiments, the component is a removable liquid reservoir or liner. In some favored embodiments, the component is a collapsible liquid reservoir or liner. The spray application system typically further comprises a gravity-fed spray gun. Also described are spray application systems, methods of using a spray application system, as well as methods of making a component of a spray application system wherein the component has a liquid repellent surface.