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pizzamampf
02-18-2003, 11:28 AM
Somehow a giant gated feed. I will probably built a real one and glue it to my HALO, because the shutter broke off.

http://home.arcor.de/matzebenz/pix/ao/principle.gif
the flaps can fold in the up directions without any problems, but the force needed to fold them into the down-direction is much greater, because of the leverage effect caused by the inner ring.

i built a prototype out of some plastic film for laserprinters:
http://home.arcor.de/matzebenz/pix/ao/how.jpg

seems to work very well. paints from the right direction fall right thrue:
http://home.arcor.de/matzebenz/pix/ao/thru2.jpg

paints from the wrong direction are stopped:
http://home.arcor.de/matzebenz/pix/ao/against1.jpg

the pressure the flaps can withstand is seems to be great enough to withstand the forces caused by a run or a jump. even if not, one can always increase the thicknewss of the inner ring:
http://home.arcor.de/matzebenz/pix/ao/against2.jpg
notice how the flaps are twisted only by 1-2 millimeters in the middle.



what do you think?

kenny45749
03-06-2003, 12:26 AM
That is pretty cool ,good job:) . I know you posted this a little bit back, have you added to it in any way? The only question I have is how do you over come the slowed feed rate that is inevitable when the paint must funnel one by one into a breech? I cant help but picture an A5 when I see your idea. The concept of a large propeller collecting and placing paint in a barrel from a large feed neck. Keep it up!