Hollow nozzle apparatus for blending and distributing coating materials

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR BLENDING AND DISTRIBUTING A LIQUID COATING MATERIAL COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF COMPONENTS BLENDED TO FORM A COATING MATERIAL WHICH WILL RAPIDLY SET UP AND SOLIDIFY COMPRISING: (A) A HOLLOW NOZZLE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONICAL INNER OPENING, (B) MEANS DEFINING A BLENDING CHAMBER LOCATED ADJACENT THE APEX PORTION OF SAID CONICAL INNER OPENING OF SAID NOZZLE, (C) SAID BLENDING CHAMBER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF WALLS DEFINING A RING-SHAPED CAVITY OPEN AT ONE END, (D) MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID NOZZLE, (E) MEANS FOR ADDING INTO SAID BLENDING CHAMBER THE COMPONENTS OF SAID LIQUID COATING MATERIAL DURING THE ROTATION OF SAID NOZZLE, (F) SAID COMPONENTS OF SAID LIQUID COATING MATERIAL CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A LIQUID RESIN AND A LIQUID CURING AGENT WHICH AFTER BEING BLENDED TOGETHER WILL RAPIDLY SET UP AND SOLIDIFY, (G) SAID COMPONENTS BEING BLENDED TOGETHER IN SAID BLENDING CHAMBER BY THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCES GENERATED BY THE ROTATION OF SAID NOZZLE, (H) MEANS DEFINING A DISTRIBUTING PORTION OF SAID NOZZLE COMPRISING A CONTINUOUS SLOPING SIDE WALL FORMING SAID CONICAL OPENING AND COMMUNICATING AT ONE END WITH SAID BLENDING CHAMBER AND AT THE OTHER END TO AN ANNULAR DISTRIBUTING PORTION HAVING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS THEREIN THROUGH WHICH SAID LIQUID COATING MATERIAL IS DISTRIBUTED BY THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCES GENERATED BY THE ROTATION OF SAID NOZZLE TO BE DEPOSITED ON THE SURFACE TO BE COATED, AND (I) SAID ONE END HAVING A DIAMETER LESS THAN SAID OTHER END.