US 11,779,942 B2
Applicator comprising an integrated control circuit
Hans-Georg Fritz, Ostfildern (DE); Benjamin Wöhr, Eibensbach (DE); Marcus Kleiner, Besigheim (DE); Mortiz Bubek, Ludwigsburg (DE); Timo Beyl, Besigheim (DE); Frank Herre, Oberriexingen (DE); Steffen Sotzny, Oberstenfeld (DE); Daniel Tandler, Stuttgart (DE); Tobias Berndt, Ditzingen (DE); and Andreas Geiger, Suz am Neckar (DE)
Assigned to Dürr Systems AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen (DE)
Filed by Dürr Systems AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen (DE)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/510,581.
Application 17/510,581 is a continuation of application No. 16/651,025, granted, now 11,167,296, previously published as PCT/EP2018/075472, filed on Sep. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 122 492.0 (DE), filed on Sep. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0040715 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B05B 1/30 (2006.01); B05B 13/04 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); H01F 7/18 (2006.01); B41J 2/04 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 1/3053 (2013.01) [B05B 13/0452 (2013.01); B41J 2/14 (2013.01); H01F 7/1883 (2013.01); B41J 2002/041 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coating robot, comprising:
an applicator including several nozzles configured for application of coating agent in the form of a coating agent jet, a plurality of coating agent valves for controlling the release of the coating agent through the individual nozzles, and a plurality of electrically controllable actuators for controlling the coating agent valves;
a control circuit for electrically driving the actuators, the control circuit integrated in the applicator;
a robot controller for program control of the coating robot;
a graphics module for specifying switching patterns for the actuators in accordance with a predefined graphic; and
at least one cable between the robot controller and a printhead logic, the cable comprising the following connections:
a) a power voltage supply for the actuators,
b) a control voltage supply for the printhead logic and the power electronics,
c) potential equalization; and
d) a communication connection for connection to the robot controller.