(19)
(11) EP 0 031 649 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.09.1981 Bulletin 1981/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.07.1981 Bulletin 1981/27

(21) Application number: 80304204

(22) Date of filing: 24.11.1980
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 21.12.1979 GB 7944150
11.11.1980 GB 8036174

(71) Applicant: IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC
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(72) Inventor:
  • Coffee, Ronald Alan
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(54) Containers and holders therefor for use in electrostatic spraying


(57) A container for a liquid to be electrostatically sprayed, suitable for mounting on a holder carrying a high voltage generator, a power source, a field intensifying electrode, and electrical connection for connecting the fieldintensify- ing electrode to one output terminal of the high voltage generator, the container having:

a spray nozzle at least part of the surface of which is electrically conductive;

mounting means for locating the container on the holder with the nozzle adjacent the field-adjusting electrode and insulated therefrom;

electrical connections from the nozzle to a contact on the mounting means so placed that when the container is located on the holder by the mounting means the contact can make connection with the other output terminal of the high voltage generator; and a closure or seal for closing the nozzle prior to location on the apparatus.


Also disclosed holders for use with such containers; and improved nozzle designs.







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