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EP 0250915 B1 19891004 - PROCESS FOR REMOVING COLOUR COATS FROM WORK PIECES

Title (en)

PROCESS FOR REMOVING COLOUR COATS FROM WORK PIECES

Publication

EP 0250915 B1 19891004 (DE)

Application

EP 87108071 A 19870604

Priority

DE 3622329 A 19860703

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0250915A1] 1. Method for removing coats of paint (2), present on workpieces (1), by embrittlement by means of a lowboiling cryogenic refrigerant and the action of a needle gun (3), characterized in that the refrigerant is supplied at the same time as the mechanical action of the needle gun only in the working zone thereof.

IPC 1-7

B05D 3/00; B05D 3/04; B05D 3/12; B44D 3/16

IPC 8 full level

B05D 3/00 (2006.01); B05D 3/04 (2006.01); B05D 3/12 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B08B 7/02 (2006.01); B44D 3/16 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B08B 7/0092 (2013.01); B08B 7/022 (2013.01); B44D 3/16 (2013.01); B44D 3/162 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH FR GB IT LI NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0250915 A1 19880107; EP 0250915 B1 19891004; AT E46838 T1 19891015; DE 3622329 C1 19870730

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 87108071 A 19870604; AT 87108071 T 19870604; DE 3622329 A 19860703