Patent ID: 8342432

Claim:
An electrostatic atomizer having a detachably sealed soft paint bag that is flexibly depressible as quantity of paint therein decreases for atomizing electrically charged paint from the soft paint bag toward a work, comprising: a paint atomizing means supplied with oil or water paint from the soft paint bag through a paint feed tube and atomizing the oil or water paint; a paint sucking mechanism located inside the electrostatic atomizer to draw up the oil or water paint from the soft paint bag and deliver it to the paint atomizing means, wherein the paint sucking mechanism comprises a pump driven by a rotating drive shaft; and a drive source located inside the electrostatic atomizer for rotating the rotating drive shaft; and wherein the oil or water paint atomized by the paint atomizing means is controlled by controlling revolution of the rotating drive shaft, and wherein the electrostatic atomizer is connectible to an arm of a coating robot.