Claims
- 1. In an apparatus for coating substantially the entire human body with a predetermined human skin coating material of the type including:structure defining a coating chamber for receiving the entire body of a person to be coated; the coating chamber comprising at least one wall; a reservoir for receiving the predetermined human coating material in liquid form; at least one nozzle positioned within the coating chamber for receiving the predetermined human skin coating liquid from the reservoir and for spraying the predetermined human skin coating liquid onto the skin comprising substantially the entire body of the person in the coating chamber; apparatus for continuously moving the nozzle relative to the body of the person to be coated thereby assuring a uniform coating of the predetermined human skin coating material over substantially the entire body of the person; the structure defining the coating chamber further comprising apparatus for containing at least part of the spray from the nozzle which is not received on the skin of the person; apparatus for circulating air independently of the liquid discharged from the nozzle and around the body of the person to be coated and thereby containing the remainder of the spray from the nozzle which is not received on the skin of the person; the improvement comprising: apparatus for causing liquid to flow downwardly relative to the inside surface of at least one wall of the coating chamber for dissolving spray from the nozzle which is not received on the skin of the person; and a container for receiving the liquid having the spray from the nozzle dissolved therein.
- 2. In an apparatus for coating substantially the entire body of a person with a predetermined human skin coating material in liquid form of the type including:an enclosure defining a coating chamber for receiving the entire body of the person to be coated; the enclosure comprising at least one wall; a reservoir for receiving the predetermined human skin coating liquid; at least one nozzle positioned within the coating chamber for receiving the predetermined human skin coating liquid from the reservoir and for discharging the liquid onto the skin of the person within the coating chamber; apparatus for causing the predetermined human skin coating liquid to flow from the reservoir through the nozzle for discharge in the form of a spray; apparatus for continuously moving the nozzle relative to the body of the person to be coated thereby assuring a uniform coating of the predetermined human skin coating material over substantially the entire body of the person; the enclosure defining the coating chamber further comprising apparatus for containing excess spray from the nozzle which is not received on the skin of the person; and apparatus for circulating air through the coating chamber independently of the discharge of liquid from the nozzle and around the body of the person therein during the discharge of the predetermined human skin coating liquid from the nozzle; the improvement comprising: apparatus for causing liquid to flow downwardly along the inside surface of at least one wall comprising the enclosure for dissolving therein excess spray from the nozzle; and apparatus for receiving the liquid having the excess spray dissolved therein.
- 3. In an apparatus for coating substantially the entire body of a person with a predetermined human skin coating material in liquid form of the type including:an enclosure defining a coating chamber for receiving the entire body of the person to be coated; the enclosure comprising at least one wall; a reservoir for receiving the predetermined human skin coating liquid; at least one nozzle positioned within the coating chamber for receiving the predetermined human skin coating liquid from the reservoir and for discharging the liquid onto the skin of the person within the coating chamber; apparatus for causing the predetermined human skin coating liquid to flow from the reservoir through the nozzle for discharge in the form of a spray; apparatus for continuously moving the nozzle relative to the body of the person to be coated thereby assuring a uniform coating of the predetermined human skin coating material over substantially the entire body of the person; the enclosure defining the coating chamber further comprising apparatus for containing excess spray from the nozzle which is not received on the skin of the person; and apparatus for circulating air through the coating chamber independently of the discharge of liquid from the nozzle and around the body of the person therein during the discharge of the predetermined human skin coating liquid from the nozzle; the improvement comprising: a screen positioned within the chamber in an offset and substantially parallel relationship to one wall thereof; apparatus for causing liquid to flow downwardly along the screen for dissolving therein excess spray from the nozzle; and apparatus for receiving the liquid having the excess spray dissolved therein.
- 4. In an apparatus for coating substantially the entire body of a person with a predetermined human skin coating material in liquid form of the type including:an enclosure defining a coating chamber for receiving the entire body of the person to be coated; a reservoir for receiving the predetermined human skin coating liquid; at least one nozzle positioned within the coating chamber for receiving the predetermined human skin coating liquid from the reservoir and for discharging the liquid onto the skin of the person within the coating chamber; apparatus for causing the predetermined human skin coating liquid to flow from the reservoir through the nozzle for discharge in the form of a spray; apparatus for continuously moving the nozzle relative to the body of the person to be coated thereby assuring a uniform coating of the predetermined human skin coating material over substantially the entire body of the person; the enclosure defining the coating chamber further comprising apparatus for containing excess spray from the nozzle which is not received on the skin of the person; apparatus for circulating air through the coating chamber independently of the discharge of liquid from the nozzle and around the body of the person therein during the discharge of the predetermined human skin coating liquid from the nozzle; the improvement comprising: an outlet formed in the enclosure; apparatus for withdrawing air having excess spray from the nozzle entrained therein from the enclosure through the outlet; and apparatus for adding additional air to the withdrawn air and thereby reducing the concentration of the excess spray entrained therein.
- 5. An apparatus for coating substantially the entire body of a person with a predetermined human skin coating material in liquid form of the type including:an enclosure defining a coating chamber for receiving the entire body of the person to be coated; a reservoir for receiving the predetermined human skin coating liquid; at least one nozzle positioned within the coating chamber for receiving the predetermined human skin coating liquid from the reservoir and for discharging the liquid onto the skin of the person within the coating chamber; apparatus for causing the predetermined human skin coating liquid to flow from the reservoir through the nozzle for discharge in the form of a spray; apparatus for continuously moving the nozzle relative to the body of the person to be coated thereby assuring a uniform coating of the predetermined human skin coating material over substantially the entire body of the person; the enclosure defining the coating chamber further comprising apparatus for containing excess spray from the nozzle which is not received on the skin of the person; apparatus for disposing of the contained excess spray; apparatus for circulating air through the coating chamber independently of the discharge of liquid from the nozzle and around the body of the person therein during the discharge of the predetermined human skin coating liquid from the nozzle; the improvement comprising: an outlet formed in the enclosure; apparatus for withdrawing air having excess spray from the nozzle entrained therein from the enclosure through the outlet; and apparatus for injecting liquid into the withdrawn air and thereby dissolving the excess spray entrained therein.
- 6. In a method for coating substantially the entire human body with a predetermined human skin self tanning material of the type including the steps of:providing a coating chamber for receiving the entire body of a person to be coated and having at least one wall; providing a reservoir for receiving the predetermined human skin self tanning material in liquid form; providing at least one nozzle positioned within the coating chamber; discharging the predetermined human skin self tanning liquid from the reservoir through the nozzle and thereby spraying the predetermined human skin self tanning liquid onto the skin comprising substantially the entire body of the person in the coating chamber; continuously moving the nozzle relative to the body of the person to be coated during the discharging step thereby assuring a uniform coating of the predetermined human skin self tanning material over substantially the entire body of the person; containing at least part of the spray from the nozzle which is not received on the skin of the person; circulating air independently of the liquid discharged from the nozzle and around the body of the person to be coated and thereby containing the remainder of the spray from the nozzle which is not received on the skin of the person; the improvement comprising: receiving spray from the nozzle which is not received on the skin of the person on at least one wall of the coating chamber; and periodically removing the received spray from the wall.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of Application Ser. No. 09/751,752 filed Dec. 29, 2000, currently pending; which is a continuation of Application Ser. No. 09/294,689 filed Apr. 19, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,199,557; which is a continuation-in-part of Application Ser. No. 08/946,764, filed Oct. 8, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,922,333.
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