Patent ID: 9718083
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B05C

Claim:
1. A fluid application device, comprising: an applicator head; and a modular nozzle assembly fluidly coupled to the applicator head, the modular nozzle assembly comprising: wherein, the modular nozzle assembly comprises a modular contact nozzle assembly and a modular non-contact nozzle assembly, and the modular contact nozzle assembly and the modular non-contact nozzle assembly are interchangeably securable to the applicator head with the other to provide: a first state where only the modular non-contact nozzle assembly of the modular nozzle assembly is secured to the applicator head, wherein the modular non-contact nozzle assembly includes a guide plate and the at least one guide slot is formed in the guide plate and wherein the at least one guide slot is spaced from the at least one orifice and is configured to position the strand so that the strand is spaced from the at least one orifice by a distance such that a fluid discharged from the at least one orifice is discharged across the distance onto the strand; and a second state where only the modular contact nozzle assembly of the modular nozzle assembly is secured to the applicator head, and the at least one guide slot is aligned with the at least one orifice and configured to position the strand immediately adjacent to, or partially within, the at least one orifice such that the fluid is discharged directly onto the strand.