Patent ID: 6051274
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A method of conveying pulverulent materials to a remote location for coating the weld seams of can bodies with a pulverulent coating material wherein a mixture of said pulverulent coating material and a conveying gas flow is generated in an injector, comprising the steps of:drawing pulverulent coating material into a powder intake chamber of said injector by said conveying gas flow which exits from a nozzle within said injector into said powder intake chamber;introducing a dosing gas flow through an annular gap about said nozzle into said powder intake chamber generally in the same direction as the conveying gas flow and generally upstream from the powder intake chamber relative to the conveying gas flow to surround said conveying gas flow; andfeeding, by means of the conveying gas flow and the dosing gas flow, the pulverulent material borne by the conveying and dosing gas flows from the injector and into a conduit leading to a remote location.