Abstract:
This invention relates to coated particles used as phosphor particles for a phosphor screen of a display and a coating method for such particles. In the coating method of the present invention, first particles having a mean particle diameter of 3 to 10 μm are fluidized, and slurry drops obtained by suspending second particles having a mean particle diameter of 5 to 500 nm are generated from a spray nozzle or the like. Then, the fluidized first particles and the slurry drops are collided with each other, and thereby the second particles are coated on the surfaces of the first particles. Thereby, this invention is able to present coated particles wherein each surface of the first particles is uniformly coated with the second particles that are more microscopic than the first particles.
Abstract:
A method of coating small parts comprises placing the parts (18) on a surface capable of being moved, e.g. a conveyor (12), spraying the parts with coating composition, heating the parts to set the coating composition, moving the surface an amount sufficient to invert the parts, and repeating the sequence a multiplicity of times. An apparatus for coating small parts which comprises a movable surface (12), spray means (22), and heating means (24) wherein the movable surface comprises a conveyor belt shaped so as to invert the parts, especially a catenary curve.
Abstract:
This invention relates to particle coaters and in particular to a method and apparatus for a circulating bed particle coater which is particularly adapted for coating small diameter particles.
Abstract:
Objects molded of synthetic resin such as slide fastener sliders are dyed with a dye liquor having a bath ratio appropriate for an actual amount of dyestuff to be applied to the objects which has been determined from the outer surface area of the objects and the thickness of a dye layer to be formed thereon. The dye liquor is brought into contact with the objects while the dye liquor is being supplied in circulation through a dyeing tank or contained together with the objects in the dyeing tank.
Abstract:
A rotatable drum has means for spraying a coating material onto a localized area of the cascading tablet surface of a tumbling bed of tablets being rotated in the drum. Means (not shown) is also provided for supplying drying air into the drum to dry the coated tablets. Open-ended tubular members mounted inside the drum, pass through the tumbling bed of tablets and completely beneath the localized area as the drum is rotated. The members thus extract tablets from the stagnant core of the tablet bed and distribute the extracted tablets onto the cascading tablet surface so as to hasten the coating process.
Abstract:
A perforated drum coating machine which can readily be set up so as to be suitable for the coating of either tablets or the like, or spheroids. The machine contains at least one securing means which is attachable to the perforated drum, and at least one mesh member consisting of suitable mesh which is edged with thin springy material, and a strip of deformable rubber or plastics material which is positioned against the inward facing part of the edge of the perforated part of the drum at two or more arcuate portions thereof. The or each securing means is adapted to engage with and secure, on the inside of the drum, two mesh member edges. The total area of the mesh member(s) is essentially the same as the area of the perforated part of the drum. The deformable strips are positioned between at least two mesh member edges and the said arcuate portions of the perforated drum. The edges of the mesh member(s), which are adjacent the deformable strips which are themselves adjacent the said arcuate portions, are slightly over-long (i.e. in a circumferential sense), and they are sprung in an outward direction so as to be a tight fit against the deformable strips and, through said strips, against the arcuate edges of the perforated part of the drum.
Abstract:
The invention relates to methods and apparatus for treating work pieces, and particularly to electroplating small metal articles such as nuts, bolts, arms, hangers and the like. The apparatus, with little variation, could also be used for cleaning, pickling, tumbling, blackening, dying, etc. The apparatus comprises a plurality of horizontally disposed cylinders, each having an inlet and an outlet, with the outlet of the first cylinder in communication with the inlet of a succeeding cylinder. The cylinders are rotatable about their axes in opposite directions and each has a spiral rib in the body thereof pitched in a certain direction, and a spiral rib in the outlet also pitched in said certain direction. Each cylinder also has a spiral rib in its inlet and this spiral is pitched in a direction opposite to that of the ribs in the cylinder body and the outlet thereof. When the first cylinder in the series of cylinders is rotated in a predetermined direction, workpieces fed to its inlet will be pushed by the spiral rib in said inlet to move into the cylinder body. With the first cylinder rotating in said predetermined direction, work pieces within the cylinder body are pushed toward the inlet end thereof by the spiral rib therein. When the first cylinder is rotated in an opposite direction, the spiral rib therein pushes the work pieces toward the cylinder outlet and the spiral rib in the latter will push the work pieces outwardly thereof and into the inlet of a succeeding cylinder, and the process will be continued by coordinating the rotation of the succeeding cylinders. This method of transfer of the work pieces provides a basis for a fully automated processing line.
Abstract:
An improved barrel-type treating apparatus comprising a framework, a foraminous treating barrel having an elongated opening supported at its ends on the framework, and a drive mechanism including a shaft on the framework having a driven gear at one end drivingly coupled to the barrel, a drive gear at the opposite end coupled to the shaft through a slip clutch and a stop arm on the shaft for engaging an abutment at a treating station to limit oscillating movement of the barrel between an angularity of preferably at least about 180.degree. up to an angularity below that at which workpieces are inadvertently discharged from the barrel opening. The gear on the barrel is preferably provided with coacting means to prevent loss of synchronization between the barrel and drive assembly. A secondary drive assembly is also preferably provided for oscillating the barrel through a controlled angularity while in an elevated position above a treating station to facilitate drainage of treating solution from the workpieces.
Abstract:
An improved apparatus is disclosed for developing images on an electrophotographic copy sheet, characterized by the provision of a distribution roller having a soft porous peripheral surface for evenly spreading the toner dispersion on the electrophotographic copy sheet. The distribution roller is arranged between pairs of in-feed and squeeze roller means arranged in the developing chamber for transporting the electrophotographic sheet therethrough. Improved spray tube means are also provided for spraying the toner dispersion uniformly upon the peripheral surface of the upper in-feed roller.
Abstract:
Small workpieces to be coated with plastic material are preheated and dropped onto a fluidized bed of plastic powder subjected to compound vibratory motion which causes the powder and the workpieces to move along a helical ramp onto a screen overlying the point of entry, with some of the particles fusing onto the workpiece surfaces to form a film. The remainder of the powder, on reaching the screen, drops back onto the bed as the coated workpieces move on to a receptable. Fresh workpieces are deposited on the bed through one or more chutes traversing the screen; to prevent the rise of any particles through the chutes, a downward airflow is created therein.