Coating sprayer, method for assembling and disassembling

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11534777-B2
Application number	US-201715446383-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2017
Priority date	Mar 21, 2016
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

The invention relates to a sprayer, comprising an air guiding element and means for fastening the air guiding element on a fixed member of the sprayer. The fastening means comprise at least one magnetic attraction means mounted on a first component from among the air guiding element and the fixed member and at least one part made from a ferromagnetic material, which is intended to cooperate with the magnetic attraction means and which is mounted on or formed by the other component from among the air guiding element and the fixed element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sprayer to be mounted on a robot, the sprayer comprising:
an air guide, the air guide being an air skirt,
a fixed member of the sprayer, the fixed member being a turbine stator,
at least one magnet mounted on a first component from among the air guide and the fixed member, and
at least one ferromagnetic part made from a ferromagnetic material, which is intended to cooperate with the at least one magnet and which is mounted on or defined by the other component from among the air guide and the fixed member, wherein

the air guide is fastened to the fixed member by the at least one magnet and the at least one ferromagnetic part,
the at least one magnet and the at least one ferromagnetic part generate a magnetic attraction force between the at least one magnet and the at least one ferromagnetic part between 10 kN and 200 kN,
the fixed member is traversed by independent circuits and complementary independent circuits, complementary to the independent circuits traversing the fixed member, that are arranged through the air guide, the independent circuits including at least one compressed air circuit between the turbine stator and the air skirt, and
the air guide and the fixed member are provided with matching elements arranged to position the fixed member with respect to the air guide in a predefined angular position, the predefined angular position being configured to connect the independent circuits of the fixed member and the complementary independent circuits of the air guide.

2. The sprayer according to claim 1 , wherein each ferromagnetic part is mounted on the air guide, while each magnet is mounted on the turbine stator.

3. The sprayer according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one magnet is received in a recess defined in a shoulder of the turbine stator, while each ferromagnetic part is received in a recess of the air guide, this recess being defined in a complementary shoulder of the air guide.

4. The sprayer according to claim 1 , wherein each ferromagnetic part is mounted on the turbine stator, while each magnet is mounted on the air guide.

5. The sprayer according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one magnet is received in a recess defined in a shoulder of the air guide, while each ferromagnetic part is received in a recess of the turbine stator defined in a complementary shoulder of the turbine stator.

6. The sprayer according to claim 1 , wherein the air guide or the turbine stator is made from a ferromagnetic material.

7. The sprayer according to claim 1 , wherein each magnet is a permanent magnet or an electromagnet.

8. The sprayer according to claim 1 , wherein the air guide is automatically orientable relative to the fixed member in the predefined angular position.

9. The sprayer according to claim 8 , wherein the sprayer comprises at least one pin and at least one corresponding notch or slot to receive the at least one pin for orienting the air guide.

10. The sprayer according to claim 9 , wherein each notch or each slot is configured so that the air guide can rotate around a central axis relative to the fixed member when the at least one pin is moved in the at least one corresponding notch or slot.

11. The sprayer according to claim 10 , wherein each notch or slot extends at least partially in a helical direction around the central axis with a helix angle between 5° and 75°.

12. The sprayer according to claim 11 , wherein each notch or slot has a slant orientation around a spraying axis to the right seen from the side opposite the fixed member.

13. The sprayer according to claim 9 , wherein:
each notch is defined by the air guide, while each pin is supported by the fixed member, or
each slot is defined by the fixed member, while each pin is supported by the air guide.

14. The sprayer according to claim 1 , wherein the circuits of the air guide and the circuits traversing the fixed member are connected only in the predefined angular position.

Assignees

• Exel Ind

Inventors

• Goisot Gilles
• Perinet Sylvain
• Le Strat Cédric
• Bertrand Nicolas

Classifications

• B05B13/0278 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting of spray heads (B05B13/0207 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B05B3/1092 Primary

  Means for supplying shaping gas · CPC title

• B05B15/60

  Arrangements for mounting, supporting or holding spraying apparatus · CPC title

• B05B5/0426

  Means for supplying shaping gas · CPC title

• B05B13/0431

  with spray heads moved by robots or articulated arms, e.g. for applying liquid or other fluent material to three-dimensional [3D] surfaces · CPC title