(19)
(11) EP 0 253 539 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.09.1988 Bulletin 1988/36

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.01.1988 Bulletin 1988/03

(21) Application number: 87305828

(22) Date of filing: 01.07.1987
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 17.07.1986 GB 8617527

(71) Applicant: IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC
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(72) Inventors:
  • Head, Robert Arthur
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  • Orton, Michael Leslie
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  • Robinson, Christopher Lawton
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(54) Spraying process


(57) A process for the spray application of a fluid which is an adhesive or surface coating or a precursor thereof, characterised by supplying such a fluid to a sprayhead (1) and applying an intense electrical field to the fluid such that the fluid moves from the sprayhead (1) under the influence of the field to form a spray, the field being intensified by means of a charged electrode (18) adjacent to the sprayhead.







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