Bell plate, atomizer-type cleaning device, and associated operating method

US12201998B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dürr Systems AG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Buck · Sachsenheim, DE
• Kevin Wayne Preuss · Berkley, US
• Michael Baumann · Herrenberg, DE
• Frank Herre · Oberriexingen, DE
• Bernhard Seiz · Kaufbeuren, DE
• Hans-Jürgen Nolte · Besigheim, DE
• Daniel Luz · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 21, 2025
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B05B5/0407
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a bell plate for a rotary atomizer for applying a coating agent (e.g. paint) to a component (e.g. motor vehicle body component). The bell plate according to the disclosure comprises a metallic base body and a transponder which can be read out wirelessly and is integrated in the bell plate. The disclosure provides that the transponder is arranged on the front side in the base body or is embedded in the outer outer circumferential surface of the bell plate, which facilitates the read-out of the transponder. Furthermore, the disclosure comprises a suitably adapted atomizer cleaning device having an antenna for reading out the transponder in the bell plate. Finally, the disclosure also comprises a correspondingly adapted operating method.