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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2002
Applicants:
John Farrell Hughes, Southhampton, GB;
Karen Louise Baxter, Salisbury, GB;
Malcolm Tom Mckechnie, Hull, GB;
Inventors:
John Farrell Hughes, Southhampton, GB;
Karen Louise Baxter, Salisbury, GB;
Malcolm Tom McKechnie, Hull, GB;
Assignee:
Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited, Slough, Berkshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A powder charging and delivery device which comprises a receptacle having a neck portion, the receptacle containing particles of a material which can be electrostatically charged and the receptacle having a reticulated, open pore, foam material disposed within the neck thereof, whereby as the particles are dispensed from the container they travel through the pores of the reticulated foam material and thereby become electrostatically charged.