US 12,434,253 B2
Spray coating apparatuses with turn nozzle assemblies and methods of coating glass objects
James Michael Brown, Elmira, NY (US); Brian Charles Cook, Elkland, PA (US); Daniel Warren Hawtof, Milton, DE (US); Purushotam Kumar, Corning, NY (US); Sean Thomas Miller, Elmira, NY (US); Bruce Arthur Mourhess, Jr., Campbell, NY (US); Elias Panides, Horseheads, NY (US); James Westley Rogacki, Franklinville, NY (US); John Stone, III, Painted Post, NY (US); Yujian Sun, Painted Post, NY (US); and Leo Young Zheng, Painted Post, NY (US)
Assigned to CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Filed by CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/072,104.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/287,159, filed on Dec. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173514 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B05B 7/08 (2006.01); B05B 13/02 (2006.01); C03C 17/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 7/0815 (2013.01) [B05B 13/0228 (2013.01); C03C 17/005 (2013.01); G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01); C03C 2218/112 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00752 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0479 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spray coating apparatus that applies a coating material onto outer surfaces of glass objects, the glass objects comprising a glass package, the spray coating apparatus comprising:
a coating material source comprising a coating material;
a spray nozzle assembly comprising a spray nozzle fluidly connected to the coating material source, the spray nozzle arranged and configured to direct the coating material in a first direction toward the glass package and provide an overspray amount of the coating material by the glass package such that the overspray amount bypasses a non-line of sight area of the glass package that faces away from the spray nozzle; and
a turn nozzle assembly comprising a turn nozzle fluidly connected to a pressurized gas source, the turn nozzle arranged and configured to direct pressurized gas in a second direction different than the first direction toward the non-line of sight area of the glass package to redirect the coating material onto the non-line of sight area.