US 12,403,502 B2
System and method of applying a coating to a vehicle
Benjamin William Dollar, Windsor (CA); Michael Scott Boyko, Amherstburg (CA); Robert William Scott, Windsor (CA); and Bradley John Pattison, Windsor (CA)
Assigned to GROUND EFFECTS, LTD., Windsor (CA)
Filed by Ground Effects, Ltd., Windsor (CA)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/623,926.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/350,412, filed on Jun. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2017/0361355 A1, Dec. 21, 2017
Int. Cl. B05D 7/14 (2006.01); B05B 12/00 (2018.01); B05B 12/20 (2018.01); B05B 13/00 (2006.01); B05D 1/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B32B 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC B05D 7/14 (2013.01) [B05B 12/20 (2018.02); B05D 1/06 (2013.01); B25J 11/0075 (2013.01); B32B 15/04 (2013.01); B05B 12/00 (2013.01); B05B 13/00 (2013.01); B05D 7/142 (2013.01); B25J 9/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of applying a bed liner coating to a vehicle, the method comprising:
providing a vehicle to which a bed liner coating is to be applied to at least a portion of the vehicle and a system comprising:
at least one programmable robot;
at least one bed liner coating applicator, operably connected to each programmable robot,
the at least one bed liner coating applicator including at least one dispensing nozzle having at least two inlets and at least one outlet, the dispensing nozzle configured to mix an isocyanate and a polyol within the dispensing nozzle and dispense from the nozzle an aromatic urethane polyurea or an aliphatic urethane polyurea; and
at least one bed liner coating supply system, operably connected to the at least one bed liner coating applicator instructing the system to apply the bed liner coating comprising aromatic urethane polyurea or aliphatic urethane polyurea to at least a portion of the vehicle,
wherein the bed liner coating comprises two layers and the instructions to the system include dispensing at a first dispensing distance of the nozzle relative to the vehicle for dispensing a first liquid bed liner coating, and a second dispensing distance of the nozzle relative to the vehicle to dispense a second coating of at least partially solidified nodules of bed liner coating on top of the first bed liner coating.