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Spray applicator for roofing and other surfaces

US6024147A · kind A · utility

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28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 14, 1997
Grant dateFeb 15, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 14, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/652
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and an industrial robotic device for uniformly applying coatings at appropriate thickness and pitch upon a surface moves a spray applicator foam dispenser between two parallel tracks. The uniform application of foam at each pass is assured, by accelerating the speed of the foam dispenser at the end of each pass, by providing respective curved uphill distal ends of the tracks, so that the spray applicator foam dispenser moves up the curved distal ends and returns quickly while changing speed tilt and direction at the end of each pass.

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