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US3974939A
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System for injecting particulate material into the combustion chamber of a repetitive combustion coating apparatus
Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
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Filing: 1974-11-04
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Granted: 1976-08-17
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Expires: 1994-11-04
Abstract
Abstract A repetitive combustion system for coating a work piece with particulate material is disclosed which utilizes an encapsulating tape having a plurality of discrete capsules each containing a predetermined quantity of the particulate coating material. The capsules are sequentially fed into a stripping chamber where the tape is clamped between inlet and outlet manifolds which provide a circumferential seal around the respective capsules so that pressure can be applied to an inlet face of the capsule. The inlet face is so configured as to admit air into the interior of the capsule which then swells and bursts the outlet face or otherwise passes through the outlet faces. The air pressure then injects the particulate material into the combustion chamber while the pressure in the combustion chamber is near the peak produced by combustion. A number of different tape configurations are disclosed and also a number of different stripping stations designed to enhance scavenging of all of the particulate material from the capsules without entraining any of the material forming the capsules and to position the capsules to the station at a high rate. The coating apparatus includes a sequencing means which feeds the tape at a continuous rate through the stripping station and initiates introduction of a fuel-air mixture to the combustion chamber, ignition of the fuelair mixture, and injection of the particulate material from the stripping station in the proper sequence. High speed rotary manifold systems for positioning these capsules at the stripping station are also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Rosser B. Melton, Jr.
- 👤 Elbert M. Hubbard
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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CPC Classifications
B; B05; B05B; B05B7/00; B05B7/14; B05B7/1404; B05B7/144; B05B7/0006; C; C23; C23C; C23C4/00; C23C4/12; C23C4/129; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/82
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
The method for repeatedly injecting measured quantities of particulate material into a chamber which comprises: encapsulating a measured quantity of particulate material in a plurality of capsules each of a given volume formed of thin film material having a sealed periphery, a pneumatic inlet face and a pneumatic outlet face, the capsules forming a continuous tape, successively positioning the capsules in a pneumatic stripping chamber with the outlet face adjacent an outlet port communicating with the chamber, clamping the tape around the periphery of each capsule as the capsule is positioned within the stripping chamber, injecting a greater volume of gas than said given volume and at a higher pressure than the pressure in the chamber into the interior of the capsule, bursting the outlet face by said pressure, pneumatically stripping the particulate material from the capsule, and directing the gas and particulate material issuing from the outlet face into the chamber.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
152 words
The method for repeatedly injecting measured quantities of particulate material into a chamber which comprises: encapsulating a measured quantity of particulate material in a plurality of capsules each of a given volume formed of thin film material having a sealed periphery, a pneumatic inlet face and a pneumatic outlet face, the capsules forming a continuous tape, successively positioning the capsules in a pneumatic stripping chamber with the outlet face adjacent an outlet port communicating with the chamber, clamping the tape around the periphery of each capsule as the capsule is positioned within the stripping chamber, injecting a greater volume of gas than said given volume and at a higher pressure than the pressure in the chamber into the interior of the capsule, bursting the outlet face by said pressure, pneumatically stripping the particulate material from the capsule, and directing the gas and particulate material issuing from the outlet face into the chamber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the gas is injected into the capsule by pneumatically rupturing an inlet face of the capsule.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
135 words
The method for repeatedly injecting measured quantities of particulate material into a chamber which comprises: encapsulating a measured quantity of particulate material in a plurality of capsules each of a given volume formed of thin film material having pneumatic outlet face, the capsules forming a continuous tape, successively positioning the capsules in a pneumatic stripping chamber with the outlet face adjacent an outlet port communicating with the chamber, injecting a greater volume of gas than said given volume and at a higher pressure than the pressure in the chamber into the interior of the capsule by first mechanically penetrating an inlet face of the capsule, bursting the outlet face by said pressure, pneumatically stripping the particulate material from the capsule, and directing the gas and particulate material issuing from the outlet face into the chamber.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
135 words
The method for repeatedly injecting measured quantities of particulate material into a chamber which comprises: encapsulating a measured quantity of particulate material in a plurality of capsules each of a given volume formed of thin film material having pneumatic outlet face, the capsules forming a continuous tape, successively positioning the capsules in a pneumatic stripping chamber with the outlet face adjacent an outlet port communicating with the chamber, injecting a greater volume of gas than said given volume and at a higher pressure than the pressure in the chamber into the interior of the capsule by first mechanically penetrating an inlet face of the capsule, bursting the outlet face by said pressure, pneumatically stripping the particulate material from the capsule, and directing the gas and particulate material issuing from the outlet face into the chamber.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
167 words
The method for repeatedly injecting measured quantities of particulate material into a chamber which comprises: encapsulating a measured quantity of particulate material in a plurality of capsules each of a given volume formed of thin film material having a pneumatic inlet face and pneumatic outlet face, the capsules forming a continuous tape, successively positioning the capsules in a pneumatic stripping chamber with the outlet face adjacent an outlet port communicating with the chamber, injecting a greater volume of gas than said given volume and at a high pressure than the pressure in the chamber into the interior of the capaule, bursting the outlet face by said pressure, pneumatically stripping the particulate material from the capsule, wherein the gas is injected into the capsule such that the gas must traverse a curved path through the capsule to exit through the outlet port to cause turbulent scavengering of the particulate material from the capsule, and directing the gas and particulate material issuing from the outlet face into the chamber.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
167 words
The method for repeatedly injecting measured quantities of particulate material into a chamber which comprises: encapsulating a measured quantity of particulate material in a plurality of capsules each of a given volume formed of thin film material having a pneumatic inlet face and pneumatic outlet face, the capsules forming a continuous tape, successively positioning the capsules in a pneumatic stripping chamber with the outlet face adjacent an outlet port communicating with the chamber, injecting a greater volume of gas than said given volume and at a high pressure than the pressure in the chamber into the interior of the capaule, bursting the outlet face by said pressure, pneumatically stripping the particulate material from the capsule, wherein the gas is injected into the capsule such that the gas must traverse a curved path through the capsule to exit through the outlet port to cause turbulent scavengering of the particulate material from the capsule, and directing the gas and particulate material issuing from the outlet face into the chamber.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1979-08-17 | 1980-02-16 | 1980-08-17 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1983-08-17 | 1984-02-16 | 1984-08-17 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1987-08-17 | 1988-02-16 | 1988-08-17 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |