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EP 0176862 B1 19881130 - ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY APPARATUS

Title (en)

ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY APPARATUS

Publication

EP 0176862 B1 19881130 (DE)

Application

EP 85111763 A 19850917

Priority

DE 3434561 A 19840920

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0176862A1] 1. An electrostatic spraying device for applying liquids, in particular lacquers, to the surface of workpieces, where the liquids are supplied to an atomising device and are transported in an electrostatic high-voltage field to the workpiece surface in the form of fine droplets, characterised in that the workpieces (W) are assigned a movement device (B; B') which imparts a periodic translational and/or rotational movement (Tv, Th, R) to the workpieces (W) in the form of a high-frequency oscillation.

IPC 1-7

B05B 5/08; B05B 13/02

IPC 8 full level

B05B 5/08 (2006.01); B05B 13/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B05B 5/082 (2013.01); B05B 13/0235 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0176862 A1 19860409; EP 0176862 B1 19881130; AT E38947 T1 19881215; DE 3566507 D1 19890105

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85111763 A 19850917; AT 85111763 T 19850917; DE 3566507 T 19850917