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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1979
Addison B Scholes, Muncie, IN (US);
David L Dollar, Greeneville, TN (US);
Ball Corporation, Muncie, IN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for generating and substantially uniformly electrostatically dispersing very finely divided lubricating particles onto the surface of an electrically conductive substrate. In this apparatus, lubricant material is atomized into a spray of particles of various sizes. Larger particles are removed from the spray by gravity, airflow and other forces. The remaining cloud of extremely small particles is delivered to a housing. The housing is preferably constructed from electrically non-conductive material and is structured to maintain the cloud of small particles in a substantially quiescent suspension between electrodes spaced from the conductive substrate within the housing. An ionization discharge is maintained by a voltage differential between the electrodes and the substrate to electrically charge the small particles in the cloud for deposition substantially entirely by electrostatic forces.