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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:
Dec. 18, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Behr Industrieanlangen GmbH & Co., Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134 34 ;
Abstract
The subject invention (1) provides a method and apparatus for cleaning the exterior of a sprayer in the area of its spray nozzle (2) and any existing air nozzles. The appropriate part (2) of the sprayer is inserted through an opening (4) in a container (3). All of the areas of the sprayer to be cleaned are directly charged with a cleaning fluid by a bow-shaped array of nozzles moving in a hemispherical path around the part (2) to be cleaned. The invention is particularly suited for the fully automatic cleaning of a spray gun mounted on a painting robot.