Patent ID: 6076751
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
An atomizer for mounting on an output shaft of a motor to be rotated by the motor, the atomizer including a first, front surface, a second, back surface, a coating material cup into which coating material to be atomized by the atomizer is dispensed, and at least one passageway from the cup to the front surface to permit the flow of coating material from the cup to the front surface as the atomizer is rotated, the front surface terminating at a discharge edge from which the coating material is discharged as the atomizer is rotated, an electrically conductive first electrode, an electrically non-conductive portion, a semiconductive coating provided on the back surface, the semiconductive coating terminating adjacent the edge, a third surface adjacent the edge, a second electrode provided on the third surface, and at least one electrical pathway between the second electrode and the semiconductive coating.