Patent ID: 7128277
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A method of dispensing electrically charged particles of a coating material toward an object to be coated thereby, the method including providing a source of the coating material, providing a supply of electrical charge, providing a dispenser including a generally cup-shaped component having a perimetrally extending lip, providing a diffuser component having a perimetrally extending lip, and defining between the lips of the generally cup-shaped component and diffuser component a discharge region for dispensing the charged particles of coating material, providing on the diffuser component a first electrode, the first electrode spaced a first distance from the object, coupling the source of coating material to the dispenser, providing multiple second electrodes and arraying the multiple second electrodes around the dispenser at a second distance from the object, the second distance being greater than the first distance, and coupling both the first electrode and the second electrodes to the supply of electrical charge.