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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert D Payne, Countryside, IL (US);
Fred E Buczkowski, Cicero, IL (US);
Wesley J Szpitalak, Palos Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Continental Group, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B / ; B05C / ; B05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118712 ; 118308 ; 118317 ; 118622 ; 239693 ;
Abstract
A powder system for electrostatically applying a powder coating to a can body side seam area. The system incorporates a catcher which is positioned and is of a configuration to catch and return substantially all of the powder overspray and stray powder particles. A constant vacuum is maintained in the catcher by way of a vacuum flow transducer.