Centrifugal distributor and electrostatic painting apparatus employing same

Claim 1

ELECTROSTATIC PAINTING APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION AN ELONGATED VERTICALLY POSITIONED CENTRAL CUPMEMBER, A PLURALITY OF BLADES CARRIED BY SAID MEMBER AND SPACED AXIALLY AND OUT OF VERTICAL REGISTER WITH ONE ANOTHER THROUGHOUT THE VERTICAL EXTENT OF SAID CUP, SAID CUOP INCLUDING OPENINGS IN THE VERTICAL WALL THEREOF ADJACENT THE BASE OF EACH BLADE, PAINT SUPPLY MEANS FOR SUPPLYING PAINT TO THE CUP, AND DRIVE MEANS FOR ROTATING THE CUP WEREBY PAINT SUPPLIED THERETO IS CENTRIFUGALLY DISTRIBUTED UPWARDLY IN THE CUP AND THROUGH THE SEVERAL OPENINGS ONTO THE BLADES FOR CENTRIFUGAL DISTRIBUTION THEREFROM IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN HAVING A DEPTH AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE AXIAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM BLADES AND AN ELECTROSTATIC POWER PACK ONE POLE OF WHICH IS CONNECTED TO SAID PAINTING APPARATUS WITH THE OTHER POLE BEING CONNCTED TO AN ARTICLE TO BE PAINTED WHICH IS SPACED FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR WHEREBY THE CENTRIFUGALLY DISTRIBUTED PAINT IS ELECTROSTATICALLY CHARGED AND IS ATTRACTED TO THE ARTICLE TO BE PAINTED.