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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:
Nov. 14, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1994
William C Walsh, Archbold, OH (US);
Lawrence E James, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
BASF Corporation, Mt. Olive, NJ (US);
Abstract
Method for removing and reclaiming excess uncured paint from a paint spray booth includes entraining uncured over-sprayed paint particles in a stream of air passing through the paint spray booth. The entrained over-sprayed paint particles are then caused to come into contact with a flowing aqueous flood sheet within the paint spray booth such that a substantial portion of said paint particles are solubilized within the flowing aqueous flood sheet and thereby removed from the stream of air. The flowing flood sheet includes (i) between about 10 to 45 percent by weight of an N-methyl pyrrolidone, (ii) between about 15 to about 40 percent by weight of at least one alkyl glycol ether having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in its alkyl moiety; and (iii) about 0.1 to about 2.0 percent by weight of a non-ionic linear alcohol ethoxylate surfactant sufficient to reduce the flood sheet vapor pressure. The solubilized uncured paint particles are thereafter separated and collected from the aqueous flood sheet so as to thereby be reclaimed for future use.