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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1992
Bernhard Zeiler, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Milliken Research Corporation, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
An improved apparatus is disclosed for spraying a liquid marking material onto the surface of a substrate by dividing a stream of the marking material into droplets by an impinging stream of pressurized control fluid directed at the surface to be sprayed. The apparatus comprises a module forming a plurality of first conduits for delivery of the stream of marking material and a plurality of second conduits for delivery of the impinging stream of control fluid. In one embodiment, the module comprises a module body having a plurality of first grooves and a plurality of second grooves and means for enclosing such grooves to form the first and second conduits, respectively. Methods of producing substrates having a sprayed pattern are also disclosed which employ such apparatus.