Patent ID: 6708908
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
An apparatus for electrostatically coating objects with a solvent bourne liquid electrically conductive coating material comprising:a rotary atomizer including a rotating spray head radially dispersing the atomized solvent bourne liquid coating material; an external housing affixed to a support member and rotatably supporting said spray head, said housing having an external non-conductive surface extending to adjacent said spray head and conductive elements spaced from said spray head on an external surface of said external housing with said external non-conductive surface being at ground potential relative to said spray head and said conductive elements electrically connected to said spray head such that said spray head is at the same electrical potential as said conductive elements; and an ionizing device positioned on said housing electrically contacting said conductive elements and having a conductive halo with a plurality of generally conical conductive members spaced therearound directing ionizing lines to shape the atomized solvent bourne liquid coating material being dispersed from said spray head.