Patent ID: 7017836

Claim:
A feed system for a rotary coating atomizer which comprises two opposed, identical atomizer assemblies, each further comprising a disk-shaped atomizer plate having a cylindrical flange affixed at the perimeter of the plate, the two atomizer assemblies coaxially aligned and disposed in proximity to each other, the feed system comprising: (a)a hollow distributor disposed coaxially between the atomizer assemblies and having one or more distributor feed holes formed in each opposing side of the distributor in proximity to the adjacent atomizer assembly; and (b)a hollow axle passing coaxially through the distributor and the atomizer assemblies, the axle having one or more axle feed holes formed therein beneath the distributor, so that when the coating is fed through the hollow axle it enters the distributor through the axle feed holes and exits the distributor through the distributor feed holes onto the atomizer assemblies.