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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy James Noakes, Clwyd, GB;
Andrew Jefferies, Clwyd, GB;
Maurice Joseph Prendergast, Runcorn, GB;
Michael Leslie Green, Clwyd, GB;
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/04 ;
Abstract
An electrostatic spraying device for use in spraying inter alia personal care and personal hygiene products comprises an outlet (,) from which the product issues in the form of an electrostatically charged spray and a control member (,) for attenuating the potential gradient in the vicinity of the outlet (,) to such an extent that spraying is suppressed until the device is brought to within a predetermined distance from a site to be spayed.