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Fluid applicator

US6238120A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 7, 2000
Grant dateMay 29, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 7, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB05C17/00516
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A fluid applicator system having a proximal end portion that has a male portion that can be connected to a female inner threaded hub that in turn is attached to a source of a fluid supply. The distal end terminates in a ball that is flocked with bristles that are adhered perpendicularly to the ball. The proximal end and the distal end is fluidly connected by a series of cylindrical tubes that are of decreasing outer diameter from the proximal end in the direction of the distal end.

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