Patent ID: 9649651
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B05B,B05D,G05G,G06F

Claim:
1. A coating material application system for spraying electrostatically charged powder coating material, the system comprising: a manual powder coating material spray gun comprising a device body, said device body comprising a handle that is manually gripped by an operator during a powder coating operation, a barrel having a back portion with a back surface and a front portion opposite the back portion, a spray nozzle disposed at the front portion of the barrel and configured to spray in a first direction that is away from the operator, said spray nozzle comprising an electrode that is connectable to a high voltage supply to electrostatically charge powder coating material; a display on the back surface of said barrel, said display facing a second direction and being visible to the operator while the operator is using the spray gun without having to look away from the spray gun or a coating area, the second direction being opposite the first direction; a display controller contained within said spray gun which operates said display; a supply of powder coating material; a main controller which controls one of more parameters associated with said powder coating operation of said spray gun; and a communication link between said display controller and said main controller.