EP1245291A3

Valve unit for an electrostatic coating installation

Abstract

The main needle valve of an electrostatic atomizer has an opto-electronic sensor device with optical waveguides (20, 21) for potential-free switching position sensing, the end faces of which face a reflective element (12) of a member (10) displaceable with the valve needle (1).

EP1245291A3, drawing sheet 1 — Sheet 1 of 1

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP0846498A1	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	Y	Search report	1-13
GB2159942A	Cites	United Kingdom	Y	Search report	1-7,10-13
DE4306800A1	Cites	Germany	AD	Search report	1
US4356397A	Cites	United States of America	Y	Search report	8,9

10 members in 5 offices

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Document	Office	Kind	Date
10115472	Germany	A	2001-03-29
10115472	Germany	A	2001-03-29
10115472	Germany	–	2001-03-29
10161549	Germany	A	2001-12-14
10161549	Germany	A	2001-12-14
10161549	Germany	–	2001-12-14
10115472	–	–	–
10161549	–	–	–
DE2001115472	–	–	–
DE2001161549	–	–	–

Members10

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Document	Office	Kind
EP1245291A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2002-10-02
DE10115472A1	Germany	A1	2002-10-10
EP1245291A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2005-01-26
US2006169937A1	United States of America	A1	2006-08-03
EP1245291B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2006-10-18
AT342774T	Austria	T	2006-11-15
ATE342774T1	Austria	T1	2006-11-15
DE50208463D1	Germany	D1	2006-11-30
ES2272593T3	Spain	T3	2007-05-01
US7275702B2	United States of America	B2	2007-10-02

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2022-07-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2022-06-24	Announcement of lapse in spainLapsedFD2A	FD2A	ES
2022-05-03	Ep patent has lapsedLapsedEUG	EUG	SE
2022-03-18	Expiry of rightR071	R071	DE
2021-08-31	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2021-05-31	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
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2018-03-23	Fee paymentPLFP	PLFP	FR
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2017-03-22	Fee paymentPLFP	PLFP	FR
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2007-05-16	European patents designating ireland treated as always having been voidFD4D	FD4D	IE
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2007-03-20	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
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Valve unit for an electrostatic coating installation

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