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chamber; an airless tip at the mix chamber outlet; means for pressure delivery of liquid react a n t s t h r o u g h the mix chamber inlet; a purge rod h a v i n g a forward end; and m e a n s for moving the purge rod.
AIR-ASSISTED SPRAY NOZZLE ASSEMBLY
U.S. Patent 5,829,682. Nov. 3, 1998 J. Haruch, assignor to Spraying Systems Co., Wheaton, Ill.
A spray nozzle assembly comprising a nozzle body having a liquid inlet port and a gas inlet port, a p r e a t o m i z i n g s e c t i o n within which pressurized s t r e a m s of liquid and air introduced t h r o u g h the inlet ports are forcefully intermixed to preatomize the liquid, and a spray tip
d o w n s t r e a m of the preatomizing section. SURFACE ABRASIVE T R E A T M E N T OF S M A L L O B J E C T S
U.S. Patent 5,830,042. Nov. 3, 1998 A.S. Anderson, assignor to Koolmill Systems Ltd., West Midlands, Great Britain
A method of abrading small objects to remove surface material therefrom, the method comprising treating the small objects in an a p p a r a t u s comprising a d r u m having a separate sheet or belt presenting an abrasive surface; means for rotating the drum in a predetermined direction of rotation about a substantially vertical axis; and a plurality of t r e a t m e n t c h a m b e r s spaced circumferentially about the drum adjacent the periphery of the drum.
I D L E R P U L L E Y FOB R E C I P R O C A T I N G A N A B R A S I V E BELT
U.S. Patent 5,830,046. Nov. 3, 1998 B.A. Dugger and A.L Hallit, assignors to Vulcan Engineering Co., Helena, Ala.
An idler pulley for reciprocating an endless abrasive belt trained between a drive pulley and the idler pulley. SPLICELESS COATED-ABRASIVE
BELT
U.S. Patent 5,830,248. Nov. 3, 1998 T.J. Christianson and H.W. Benedict, assignors to 3M Co., St. Paul, Minn.
A method of m a k i n g a flexible coated-abrasive belt comprising m o u n t i n g an endless, spliceless backing loop substrate having an exposed front surface and a back surface t a u t l y on a peripheral surface of a t e m p o r a r y support
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