Apparatus for coating an elongated article of constant cross section, such as wire

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR COATING WIRE WITH LACQUER, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING THE COVER OF A LACQUER CONTAINER, SAID COVER BEING PROVIDED WITH A HOLE FOR THE PASSAGE OF WIRE THERETHROUGH, A HELICAL SPRING, MEANS FOR ATTACHING SAID HELICAL SPRING TO SAID COVER IN COAXIAL RELATIONSHIP TO SAID HOLE, A NIPPLE FIXED TO AND CARRIED BY THE FREE END OF SAID HELICAL SPRING, A NOZZLE MEMBER PROVIDED WITH A CENTRAL, ELONGATED LACQUER-STRIPPING APERTURE, ADJUSTABLE MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID NOZZLE MEMBER IN SAID NIPPLE SO THAT SAID APERTURE IS NORMALLY IN SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID NIPPLE, SAID SUPPORTING MEANS BEING OPERABLE TO ALLOW LIMITED ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF SAID NOZZLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID NIPPLE, AND A TUBULAR MEMBER FIXED TO SAID NOZZLE MEMBER AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID NIPPLE, SAID HELICAL SPRING AND SAID HOLE OF SAID COVER, THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER BEING SMALL ENOUGH TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF LACQUER FROM BEING DRAWN FROM SAID CONTAINER, WHEREBY FOULING OF SAID SPRING IS PREVENTED.