(19)
(11) EP 0 286 212 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.08.1989 Bulletin 1989/35

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.10.1988 Bulletin 1988/41

(21) Application number: 88301300.5

(22) Date of filing: 17.02.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: B05B 1/30, B05B 7/12, B05C 5/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 09.04.1987 US 36269

(71) Applicant: ACUMETER LABORATORIES INC.
Marlborough Massachusetts 01752 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • McIntyre, Frederic S.
    Wellesley Massachusetts (US)

(74) Representative: Allsop, John Rowland 
European Patent Attorney 10 London End
Beaconsfield, Bucks. HP9 2JH
Beaconsfield, Bucks. HP9 2JH (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Fluid nozzle applicator


    (57) A novel preferably poppet-valve-controlled fluid appli­cator for extruding hot melt and other coating fluids and the like as fibers or filaments and/or droplets upon moving webs and other surfaces wherein the valve stem tip (T) blocks or per­mits the flow of the fluid into a hollow nozzle insert (4) com­municating with, preferably, a needle-like nozzle tube spray extruder (15), with provision for adjustment to produce controlled fiber and/or droplet spray coatings, and preferably though optionally with air-shaping control of the coatings.





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