Patent ID: 11919026
Assignee: FLAME-SPRAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B  C

Claim 18:
19. A method (900) of projecting a particle stream (70) onto a surface (80) using a plurality of gases (510) that include a plasma gas (512) and a secondary gas (518), said method (900) comprising:
moving (910) said plasma gas (512) towards a cathode (212), wherein the cathode (212) is in a horizontal plane that is perpendicular to a wire (310) that includes a free end (370), and wherein the cathode (212) rotates around said free end (370) of the wire (310) in said horizontal plane;, igniting (920) a plasma arc (60) with said plasma gas (512);
creating (930) said particle stream (70) by melting said free end (370) of said wire (310) in contact with said plasma arc (60); and
horizontally deflecting (940) said particle stream (70) by directing said secondary gas (518) through a non-symmetrical passageway configuration (549) that includes at least one passageway (540), wherein said non-symmetrical passageway configuration (549) includes a nozzle (220) that includes an opening (224), wherein said particle stream (70) is a horizontally deflected particle stream (91) that is deflected either (a) in the direction of the rotation of the cathode (212) or (b) opposite to the direction of the rotation of the cathode (212).