Patent ID: 8479680

Claim:
An engine block coating system for applying a coating to an engine block comprising: a work stand configured to support the engine block; a coating gun arranged relative to the work stand to discharge a coating material to form a coating on an inner surface of a cylinder bore of a first cylinder bank of the engine block; and a first gas nozzle arranged relative to the work stand such that gas is discharged by the first gas nozzle from within a cylinder bore of a second cylinder bank of the engine block to a crankcase side of the cylinder bores of the first and second cylinder banks such that the cylinder bore of the second cylinder bank is shielded from the discharged coating material by the gas discharged by the first gas nozzle, the coating gun and the first gas nozzle being arranged relative to each other such that the gas discharged by the first gas nozzle is discharged toward the discharged coating material, with the gas discharged by the first gas nozzle directly altering a direction of the discharged coating material by the gas discharged by the first gas nozzle directly contacting the discharged coating material such that the discharged coating material would otherwise contact the cylinder bore of the second cylinder bank upon stopping discharge of the gas by the first gas nozzle.