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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2003
Joseph L. Mitchell, Boyertown, PA (US);
Joseph L. Mitchell, Boyertown, PA (US);
Arkema, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A coating apparatus includes a container and a perforated plate separating a plenum from a coating chamber. A gas supply system delivers a gas to the plenum in a sufficient amount for passage of the gas through the plate and suspension of a powder in a fluidized condition in the chamber. The gas supply system preferably includes a primary portion for continuously delivered gas and a controllable pulsing portion for supplementing the gas from the primary portion. In a first mode of operation, the gas from the pulsing portion is cycled to provide variation in the fluidized volume. In a second mode, the pulsing portion delivers relatively long pulses of gas to mix the fluidized powder.