Apparatus for spraying fibers and resinous materials

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SPRAYING FIBERS AND A BONDING AGENT ON A SURFACE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING SPRAY GUN MEANS FOR FORMING AN ELLIPTICAL SPRAY OF A BONDING AGENT, MEANS FOR FORMING A GENERALLY ROUND SPRAY OF FIBERS AND INCLUDING FIBER CHOPPING MEANS, CONDUIT MEANS, NOZZLE MEANS, AND BLOWER MEANS FOR BLOWING CHOPED FIBERS THROUGH SAID CONDUIT MEANS TO SAID NOZZLE MEANS FROM SAID CHOPPING MEANS, MEANS FORMING SIDE NOZZLES ON EACH SIDE OF SAID NOZZLE MEANS, A SOURCE OF AIR, PASSAGE MEANS FOR DIRECTING AIR FROM SAID SOURCE TO SAID SIDE NOZZLE MEANS, A MANUALLY-OPERATED VALVE IN SAID PASSAGE MEANS FOR CONTROLLING FLOW OF AIR FROM SAID SOURCE TO SAID SIDE NOZZLE MEANS, MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID BLOWER MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE TIME WHEN SAID MANUALLY-OPERATED VALVE MEANS IS OPENED, AND MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID CHOPPING MEANS A PREDETERMINED TIME AFTER SAID BLOWER MEANS IS OPERATED.