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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2004
Paul Edward Jarvis, Preston, GB;
Paul Edward Jarvis, Preston, GB;
BAE Systems PLC, London, GB;
Abstract
A spray coating apparatus comprises a spray gun () operable to deposit a sprayed coating via a spray nozzle () onto a surface, a mapping means () associated with the spray gun () operable to ascertain and store topographical characteristics of the surface, a position sensor () operable to ascertain the position of the spray gun () relative to the surface, a coating thickness monitor () operable to ascertain the thickness of a coating applied to the surface, and a nozzle control means () operable to control the deposition of the sprayed coating, wherein the nozzle control means (), in use, control the deposition of the sprayed coating in response to information provided by the position sensor (), the coating thickness monitor () and the mapping means ().