CLARENCE F PRINCE
Engineering in Dunedin, FL

4864966, Sep 12, 1989

Feb 5, 1988

7/152514

G. Scott Anderson - Orlando FL
Jon D. Galetta - Orlando FL
D. Travis MacGregor - Tarpon Springs FL
Clarence F. Prince - Dunedin FL

Automated Artists Corp. - Clearwater FL

B05C 1100

118668

A robotic airbrush apparatus to apply color, pigment or paint to a surface in accordance with a preselected artwork configuration. The apparatus comprises in combination a robotic arm, a support for the arm, an airbrush mounted on the arm, a quill having an open free end and a proximal end attached in fluid communication with the airbrush, a paint pod acceptably bored for sliding engagement of the quill, a sensor mounted on the arm for determining the presence of the paint pod, a paint reservoir connected to the paint pod by means of a flexible conduit, and a computer program, such as a punched mat, for movement of the robotic arm in open engagement of the quill and paint pod and for movement of the airbrush together with the engaged quill and paint pod in accordance with the preselected artwork configuration. The apparatus also comprises a control valve on the airbrush and adjustable lever for opening and closing the control valve to adjust the amount of paint to be projected through the airbrush. Programmable instructions are also provided for the robotic arm to activate the lever on the airbrush.