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Aug 18th
In the world of improv comedy, there is a concept called invisible rules – the rules you play by, but have never really questioned and aren't explicitly stated. Traditional brands have a few invisible rules that social media pushes them to articulate, explore, and eventually move past, and each company has their own set.
One such rule is that large brands historically use any opportunity for customer interaction to push their product and promotions. Engaging their brand advocates in conversations, rewarding their customers with special deals and promotions, and encouraging word-of mouth on a daily basis is new territory. The real fun begins when they branch out and offer relevant and useful content for their social media audiences. Sometimes this is an easy leap and just a matter of giving them a few creative ideas that are aligned with their brand.
For Gap Outlet and Banana Republic Factory Store, we created a series of tweets (and soon Facebook posts) that run several times a week called "Fab without a Fortune" – these are tips that speak to their social media audiences and show them the brand "gets" what they want and is there to help them shop smarter, stretch their dollars, and still be fashionable. We've had a great response with these.
The other invisible rule I sometimes come up against is the "email is king" mentality – brands want to use social media to drive people to their email lists because then they've GOT them. I see many companies with big budgets for email marketing, and they need some help understanding that social media channels such as Twitter and Facebook can be less intrusive, more direct, and offer better results.
Customers are more likely to follow you or fan you than give you an email address. And, it is mega opt-in – customers want to hear from you more than say, once a week – they want to hear from you several times a day. I have seen double digit click through rates on Twitter and Facebook that put email marketing to shame. These companies need some guidance to transfer resources and rethink their approach so they can ask their loyal customers to join them on Twitter and Facebook.
Tomorrow: Robin's six social media strategies for YOU!
"Digital natives" will need special care in the workplace
Aug 11th
Technology has always done so. Although we're accustomed to them now, the telephone, television, and automobile each created radical changes in society. Mark wrote of a time when our primary neural development came through "intense socialization with family members and friends, physical activity and interacting with nature in some way," yet all of these technologies also eroded the same patterns of socialization, and were lamented (for good reason) by the "older generation" of their times.
Implications for management
Again, these tendencies didn't start with the latest wave of innovation. But the effects do seem to be sinking deeper. In my work with young engineers I find they are consistently bored, have a low tolerance for authority figures (like many adults but with even less perspective they quickly conclude that the problem is that "the boss is an idiot"), will simply "drop out of the game" without weighing the long term consequences, and will try to communicate electronically especially if there is any discomfort or conflict involved.
Managing Generation Zombie
Aug 10th
- The average teen in America texts nearly 1,500 times a month and 15,000/month is not unheard of (that's 500 messages per day!).
- Kids under the age of 20 spend a total of 3 billion minutes on Facebook every DAY.
- The average teen now spends an average of six hours a day in front of a computer, TV or video game.
Screen-based stimulation has become the primary source of socialization and entertainment among teens and increasingly younger children. Just a generation ago, socialization occurred when a child was playing with friends, kicking a ball, or playing "house" (or if you go way back, I guess they played "cave"). Are we re-wiring an entire generation? And what does that mean for recruiting, managing, and retaining the workforce of the future?
The social media zombie?
An individual's fundamental neural framework is nearly complete by the time they are 15 years old. Everything a child experiences forms neural pathways, and the most-used pathways become critical aspects of their personality and the foundation of how they interact as adults. Before the days of screen-based entertainment (most of human history!), the strongest pathways were naturally formed by intense socialization with family members and friends, physical activity and interacting with nature through play and work.
With so many children spending MOST of their time in front of keyboards and flashing screens, a new framework, "the social media brain" is emerging and it is not going to be all good.
A disregard for consequence
New research claims social network sites risk infantilizing the mid-21st century mind, leaving it characterized by short attention spans, sensationalism, inability to empathize, and a shaky sense of identity. That does not sound like the model employee.
The author of the study said the rapid-fire reward of video games and text messaging could be a cause of the three-fold rise in Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) over the past 10 years and warned against "a marked preference for the here-and-now, where the immediacy of an experience trumps any regard for the consequences." She says the behaviors exhibted toward digital media are similar to compulsive gambling, eating and addictions.
Hey, they'll grow out of it, right? Wrong. The neural frameworks set-up by this incessant conditioning will determine behavior patterns into adulthood … and into the workplace.
What does this mean for companies?
All of this research points to a real challenge for business: many young people entering the workforce over the next 10 years may severely lack critical life skills such as an ability to interpret non-verbal behaviors, holding sustained conversations, and dealing with face-to-face conflict. How will the workplace adjust? I see it happening in several ways:
1) Companies will have to offer new levels of emotional intelligence training to new workers.
2) The work environment will conform to the new workers, creating jobs and work situations with constant stimuation, short bursts of work and a focus on individual contribution.
3) Universities will recognize the need for an emotional intelligence curriculum and differentiate their offerings based on this need.
There's no going back. These are the realities of the new workplace. So as you think this through, what other business opportunities and challenges will occur as traditional company cultures collide with Generation Zombie? Do you see it already happening?
Tomorrow, noted organizational development authority Gil Crosby will offer his insights on this topic in a guest blog.
Social media: Old people rule!
Aug 7th
This week, my boss asked me to construct his company's first Facebook page and establish a presence on Twitter. My qualification? I'm young.
The truth is, I probably know less about social media marketing than he does … Tweet what?
Sure, I am a child of the new media generation. But, the truth is, my generation is still trying to figure all this stuff out too! Granted, there are a handful of SM savvy hipsters who can tweet and blog their way through life, but half of us can't figure out what to do with all this stuff.
Sure, we all have Facebook or MySpace pages and we love YouTube, but at college, we're using these channels just for fun and we're too self-involved to realize that SM can be used by businesses on so many other levels.
The "youth-as-social-media-change-agents" myth got pumped up to a whole new level a few weeks ago when a much-publicized 15-year-old delivered a report on media channels to Morgan Stanley. Not all of us in the under-25 bracket can do that … most of us are just not that precocious!
The only reason I'm on Twitter is because my Dad is there. When I found out he was on Twitter I thought, "Whoa! The old man is on Twitter? I must be falling behind!" Truth is, my whole generation is behind. Nearly every study shows that people OVER 25 are the ones most rapidly adopting social media … not us. And the fastest-growing category on Facebook is over 50!
Here's my point: For all of you from the generation ahead of me who have been running rampant through SM sites to compete with my generation of "digital natives," SLOW DOWN. You're winning a race against a competitor that doesn't even know the race exists!
The social media finish line looks a lot clearer in your reading glasses, than in my generation's youthful 20-20 vision.
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The fire, which sent plumes of black smoke over the San Francisco Bay area, erupted Monday evening in the massive Chevron refinery about 10 miles northeast of San Francisco.
It was out early Tuesday, although officials were still monitoring a controlled burn.
The West Coast is particularly vulnerable to spikes in gasoline prices because it's not well connected to the refineries along the Gulf Coast, where most of the country's refining capacity is located, analysts say.
Chevron's refinery is particularly big and important to the market, said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service.
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With inventories of gasoline in the region already low compared with the rest of the country, pump prices in California and elsewhere on the West Coast will soon average more than $4 per gallon, Mr. Kloza predicted.
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Syria's civil war is fast becoming one of the Obama administration's greatest foreign policy challenges, for the moment even surpassing Iran's march toward nuclear weaponry in its urgency. Together, both issues have effectively derailed the president's long-range intention to focus on Asia and the emerging economic and military developments in China and other nations in the so-called Asian Pivot.
While Iran requires prompt attention and action, the volatile situation in Syria – particularly the growing presence of radical Islamists in the ranks of the opposition to President Assad – requires immediate decisions. But Mr. Obama's options are limited and the effects of any action he might take are not at all clear.
Adding to the mix is the "red line" President Obama declared in connection with Syria's use of poison gas against the rebels or civilians. With evidence mounting that Syria did indeed use Sarin gas, at some point he will have to act on his threat of serious consequences or risk having the U.S. perceived as a paper tiger all over the Third World and particularly in Tehran and Pyongyang.
But the case for military action is not exactly open and shut. The New York Times last week railed against Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham for contending that "the way forward on Syria is clear." Both have urged that the United States should be arming the rebels and establishing a no-fly zone. Seems logical at first blush. If we want to get rid of President Assad and his government – which we say we want to do – why not back his opponents to the hilt? But as the Times noted:
For all their exhortations, what the senators and like-minded critics have not offered is a coherent argument for how a more muscular approach might be accomplished without dragging the United States into another extended and costly war and how it might yield the kind of influence and good will for this country that the interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan have not….
Unlike Mr. McCain and Mr. Graham…the president has been trying to disentangle the United States from overseas conflicts and, as a result, has been very cautious about military involvement in Syria.
We would add that Syria is reputed to posses one of the most formidable air defense systems in the world, built with the assistance of the Russians who wanted to deter a Western intervention in Syria similar to those in Bosnia and Libya, which Russia opposed. So U.S. involvement on the side of the rebels would hardly be clean and easy.
Further, Islamists have increasingly been driving the anti-Assad forces and are establishing Islamic institutions, including Sharia law, in areas they control. Ominously, the Times reported that "Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there a secular fighting force to speak of."
And radical Islamists are closing in on al-Safira, home to one of Syria's key facilities for the production of chemical weapons. According to Britain's Telegraph,
[A]mong the rebel lines in al-Safira flutters the black flag of the al-Nusra Brigade, the jihadist group that recently declared its allegiance to al Qaeda. Known for their fighting prowess honed in Iraq, they are now taking the lead in nearly every frontline in the Syrian war….
The Telegraph further notes the prospect of Syria's weapons of mass destruction falling under al Qaeda control:
Such grim possibilities are now uppermost in the minds of Western officials as they try to work out how to prevent Syria's vast chemical stockpiles being unleashed, be it by President Assad on his own people, or by his more extreme opponents in the outside world.
Ari Ratner, a former Middle East adviser in the Obama State Department and a fellow at the Truman National Security Project, observed, "We have no illusions about the prospect of engaging with the Assad regime – it must still go – but we are also very reticent to support the more hard-line rebels."
On the other hand, many experienced Middle East hands believe the time is ripe for U.S. intervention on the side of the rebels. Dennis Ross, former senior Middle East adviser to several presidents, wrote in Foreign Policy magazine that the time is indeed now:
There can be no doubt that the conflict in Syria confronts the United States with terrible challenges. The humanitarian catastrophe gets worse by the day: Nearly a quarter of Syria's population may now be displaced from their homes, and the death toll approaches 80,000 – and continues to rise inexorably.
But it is not just our conscience that is affected by this gruesome war. America's interests are also involved because the Syrian conflict in unlikely to remain confined to Syria. As the country unravels, more refugees will flee to neighboring states and more armed groups will gain strength – threatening each of Syria's neighbors with increased instability….
But it is not just the flow of refugees that endangers Syria's neighbors and the region. The impending disintegration of the Syrian state means that it will no longer have centralized control of its chemical weapons. If nothing is done beforehand to gain control of these weapons – or destroy them – it is not only Syria's neighbors that will be in grave danger.
As to the issue of the central role of jihadists in the rebellion and the U.S. effectively supporting them, Mr. Ross offers a somewhat vague solution: "If we are concerned that Islamists are too powerful and could come to power, the answer is surely not to hope that Assad does not fall too quickly. The answer must be to strengthen the capabilities of those who seek a nonsectarian, inclusive Syria in the future."
So the dilemma for U.S. policymakers is real and profound. For us, the overriding concern must be whether the world will now perceive America as war weary and not interested in backing up its interests with its unparalleled military power. In modern times such power does not guarantee success and in fact often leads to a quagmire. This is of particular concern now that President Obama has drawn his "red line" with Syria as he had previously with Iran.
Without the fear of U.S. power as a deterrent, disruptions on the international scene will proliferate, threatening American interests. Yet the inherent difficulties in finding a pathway through the morass of competing considerations are manifest. President Obama has an unenviable task and some very tough decisions ahead.
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The next day, in a speech in New York to the Council on Foreign Relations, Mr. Kerry substantially upped the ante.
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An attachment to an airbrush provides fine line detail with relatively slow movement of the airbrush and attachment. The attachment couples to the nose of an airbrush and receives the atomized media spray from the airbrush within a chamber. The chamber couples to atmosphere through a relatively large bypass orifice and through a relatively small fine line detail nozzle orifice. A majority of the media passes from the bypass orifice, however the media emerging from the attachment fine line detail nozzle orifice and applied to a workpiece to produces fine line detail work without requiring rapid movement of the airbrush relative to the workpiece.
1. A fine line detail adapter for an airbrush including an outlet nozzle, the adapter comprising:
a coupling mechanism adapted for attaching to the airbrush and for receiving in a chamber of said adapter an atomized spray from the airbrush outlet nozzle;
a bypass outlet fluidly communicating with said chamber; and
a fine line detail outlet fluidly communicating with said chamber whereby upon the airbrush emitting atomized media into said adapter a first portion of said atomized media emerges from said adapter at said bypass outlet and a second portion at said fine line detail outlet.
2. An adapter according to claim 1 further comprising a conduit coupling said chamber and said fine line detail outlet.
3. An adapter according to claim 2 wherein said conduit comprises a flexible hose of sufficient length to allow an artist to hold a distal end of said flexible conduit together with said fine line detail outlet in the fashion of a writing instrument.
4. An adapter according to claim 1 wherein said fine line detail outlet is formed in a nozzle structure dismountable relative to the remainder of said adapter.
5. An adapter according to claim 4 wherein said adapter further comprises a plurality of said nozzle structures, each having a fine line detail outlet of distinct shape.
6. In combination;
an airbrush including an outlet nozzle and providing atomized media at said outlet nozzle;
an attachment coupling to said airbrush nozzle, said attachment including a chamber receiving said atomized media and including a bypass outlet and a fine line detail outlet.
7. A combination according to claim 6 further comprising a conduit coupling said chamber and said fine line detail outlet.
8. A combination according to claim 7 wherein said conduit comprises a flexible hose of sufficient length to allow an artist to hold a distal end of said flexible conduit together with said fine line detail outlet in the fashion of a writing instrument.
9. A combination according to claim 6 wherein said fine line detail outlet is formed in a nozzle structure dismountable relative to the remainder of said attachment.
10. A combination according to claim 9 wherein said attachment further comprises a plurality of said nozzle structures, each having a fine line detail outlet of distinct shape.
An airbrush couples to a pressurized air source and a media source, e.g., a liquid ink or paint media. The media intermixes with an air stream as it exits the airbrush in an atomized spray. Air brushes are versatile and popular tools in many fields. An airbrush may be modified in operation according to a variety of parameters to accomplish a variety of objectives. The amount of air pressure, amount of media introduced into the air stream, and the rate of movement for the airbrush in relation to the workpiece affect the resulting work, i.e., affect how the media appears as it comes to rest on the workpiece.
The atomized media spray follows a conic pattern as it emerges from the airbrush nozzle. This conic pattern naturally carries significant overspray, especially when using relatively high air pressure. Given this conic spray pattern and inherent overspray, the airbrush naturally lacks an ability to focus the media spray. As a result, airbrush work typically includes a given amount of overspray and "fuzzy" rendering. Fine lines and distinct edges typically can only be achieved by use of shielding, e.g., a template held between the airbrush and the workpiece to prevent overspray on the workpiece.
Fine line detail work, therefore, presents a challenge in airbrush design and use. Some airbrushes produce fine line detail. Unfortunately, the artist must move the airbrush quickly to preserve fine line detail as the media strikes the workpiece. If the artist does not move the airbrush quickly, fine line detail is lost in excess media buildup and overspray on the workpiece. Accordingly, only the most skilled airbrush artists can produce any meaningful fine line detail. Even such skilled artists, however, cannot make extensive and practical use of fine line detail due to the need to always move the airbrush rapidly. Because of such limitation, i.e., the requirement that the airbrush move at significant speed relative to the workpiece, fine line detail in airbrush work is generally not possible. Even with a limited ability to render fine line detail work by moving the airbrush at significant speed, conventional airbrushes have not and cannot allow elaborate or intricate fine line detail work.
A relatively expensive type of airbrush, i.e. the "turbine" model reciprocating needle by Paache AB, provides a degree of fine line detail work without requiring that the airbrush move rapidly. The cost, typically six to eight times that of an introductory-level conventional airbrush, makes this airbrush unavailable to most airbrush artists.
Accordingly, there remains need for an affordable airbrush capable of providing fine line detail but at significantly lower speeds. By allowing fine line detail at lower speeds, i.e., speed of the airbrush relative to the workpiece, a greater number of artists can make use of fine line detail in their work and a greater variety of airbrush work becomes possible at even greater detail than previously possible using conventional airbrush designs. The subject matter of the present invention provides a fine line detail rendering ability for a conventional or typical airbrush moving at relatively low speed in relation to the workpiece.
In accordance with the present invention, a conventional airbrush receives an attachment coupling to its spray outlet nozzle. The conventional airbrush output, i.e., atomized media, enters a chamber of the attachment. The flow of atomized media within the chamber is then diverted. The bulk of atomized media passes from the chamber through a bypass outlet. The remaining portion of atomized material, however, passes through an outlet nozzle at the distal end of the chamber as a fine line spray. In essence, the present invention focuses the atomized material more closely along parallel lines as opposed to diverging lines, i.e., as opposed to a conic pattern as found in conventional airbrush design. When applied to a workpiece this focused fine line spray provides fine line detail rendering without requiring rapid movement of the airbrush in relation to the workpiece.
The subject matter of the present invention is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of this specification. However, both the organization and method of operation of the invention, together with further advantages and objects thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following description taken with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters refer to like elements.
For a better understanding of the invention, and to show how the same may be carried into effect, reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates in section in side view partially a conventional airbrush and an adapter attached thereto according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates partially and in side view a modified form of the airbrush and adapter illustrated in FIG. 1 including a flexible extension hose.
FIGS. 3A-3J illustrate various geometric shapes proposed for use under the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates line detail rendered under the present invention as compared to a similar rendering using a conventional airbrush.
FIG. 5 illustrates in section a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 6A-6C illustrate angular variation in three conventional air brush structures and an elastic tubular gasket used in mounting the air brush attachment of FIG. 5 thereto.
FIG. 7 illustrates dimensions suggested for the air brush attachment of FIG. 5.
The preferred embodiment of the present invention is an adapter which couples to a conventional airbrush. The adapter contemplated under the present invention couples to the airbrush through a variety of coupling mechanisms and serves as an attachment for the airbrush when performing fine line detail work. Because fine line detail work is not always desired, the adapter may be removed for conventional use of the airbrush. It will be understood, however, that the adapter described herein could be incorporated into and made integral with an airbrush dedicated to fine line detail work.
FIG. 1 illustrates in section a fine line detail attachment 10 coupled to a conventional airbrush 12 (partially illustrated in FIG. 1). Conventional airbrush 12 includes a nose 14 and outlet nozzle 16. Attachment 10 couples to a variety of airbrush devices, and the specific mounting mechanism for attachment 10 relative to a particular airbrush may vary according to the particular nose 14 structures involved. As illustrated, attachment 10 slides onto and engages nose 14.
Attachment 10 includes a generally tubular body 18 defining a main chamber 20 having an open proximal end 20a. Open end 20a of chamber 20 slides over outlet nozzle 16 and onto nose 14 of airbrush 12. A secure and air-tight seal 22 is thereby established between attachment 10 and nose 14 of airbrush 12. As a result, the atomized media spray 24 emerging from outlet nozzle 16 enters directly into chamber 20 of attachment 10. Attachment 10 diverts some of spray 24 as spray flow 24a through a bypass outlet 26. Spray 24a exiting chamber 20 by way of bypass outlet 26 may be diverted through a conduit 27 to a bottle or reservoir 29 as shown schematically in FIGS. 1 and 2. Media accumulating in reservoir 29 may then be recycled as desired. The remaining portion of spray 24, i.e., spray flow 24b, passes through a conduit 30 at the distal end of chamber 20 and into attachment nozzle 32. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the upstream end of conduit 30, i.e., receiving spray flow 24b, extends partially into chamber 20 and forms an annular dam 31. Annular dam 31 improves separation between spray flow 24a and spray flow 24b. More particularly, annular dam 31 passes spray flow 24b as atomized spray traveling through chamber 20. The remaining spray flow 24b, especially that portion encountering the inner walls of chamber 20, does not enter conduit 30 and flows eventually out of chamber 20 via bypass outlet 26. In this manner, spray flow 24b is an atomized spray entering chamber 33 of nozzle 32. The spray flow 24b then emerges from the outlet 36 of nozzle 32 as fine line detail spray 34.
Fine line detail spray 34 applies a highly detailed, high resolution application of media to a given workpiece. Such fine line detail results even when airbrush 12 and attachment 10 move at slow speed relative to the workpiece. Accordingly, the artist produces fine line detail without moving the airbrush at high speed. Allowing fine line detail at low speed, i.e., speed of the airbrush relative to the workpiece, greatly expands the ability of the artist to produce greater detailed work and thereby improves the artist's final work product whenever fine line detail enhances the resulting product. Furthermore, because the present invention provides fine line detail using a relatively inexpensive attachment for a relatively inexpensive airbrush, a broader range of artists have access to fine line detail in their work.
The precise nature of fine line detail spray 34 varies according to several factors. For example, the media used, atomized media spray 24, volume of chamber 20, size of bypass outlet 26, size of nozzle 32 orifice 36, and air pressure applied to airbrush 12.
With respect to air pressure, it is suggested that when using attachment 10 the air pressure applied to airbrush 12 be lowered. Typical air pressure applied to airbrush 12, i.e., in normal use without attachment 10, is 15 to 20 psi.. When using attachment 10, however, air pressure should be turned down to between 5 and 15 psi. for best results.
FIG. 2 illustrates a useful addition to the arrangement of FIG. 1, namely a flexible extension hose 40 coupling nozzle 32 and the down stream end of conduit 30. Hose 40 may be of sufficient length to allow an artist to hold with one hand the distal end 40a of hose 40 and nozzle 32 in the fashion of a writing instrument, i.e., a pencil or pen, and render fine line detail as if using a conventional writing instrument. The other hand operates airbrush 12 controls. FIG. 2 illustrates schematically a hand 42 holding hose 40 and nozzle 32 relative to a workpiece 44 and applying spray 34 to produce on workpiece 44 a fine line 46. The configuration of FIG. 2 allows the artist to hold aside airbrush 12 along with the remainder of attachment 10 as attached thereto while holding and manipulating the distal end 40a of hose 40 and nozzle 32 as illustrated in FIG. 2.
FIGS. 3A-3J show a variety of shapes which may be used in implementing nozzle orifice 36, individually orifices 36a-36j. Without discussing each shape in detail, it will be understood that a great variety of shapes, including shapes not specifically shown in FIGS. 3A-3J, may be used in implementation of the present invention. Furthermore, nozzle 32 may be configured for easy removal and mounting relative to attachment 10, or hose 40, to allow rapid interchange between various ones of nozzles 32a-32j as illustrated in FIGS. 3A-3J. Because spray 34 emerging from nozzle 32 follows more closely straight lines than a conic pattern, nozzle 32 may be held stationary and produce on a workpiece a geometric pattern corresponding to the shape of a particular orifice 36. For example, FIG. 3G illustrates a star-shaped orifice 36g. By holding nozzle 32g stationary relative to a workpiece and activating airbrush 12, one produces a fine detail star-shaped pattern on the workpiece. By selecting, for example, the slot-shaped orifice 36e of nozzle 32e shown in FIG. 3e, one produces calligraphy-like alphanumeric renditions. Heretofore, producing any stylized writing with an airbrush has generally been virtually impossible. With the attachment of the present invention, however, such airbrush calligraphy becomes possible.
FIG. 4 is a photocopy of an actual rendition using a conventional airbrush and an airbrush equipped with the attachment 10 of the present invention. In FIG. 4, line 50 was produced using a conventional airbrush and line 52 was produced using the same airbrush equipped with an attachment 10. The airbrush used was an Eclipse model airbrush from Iwata operating at 20 pounds per square inch (psi). Line 50 was drawn during a 25 second interval pulling the airbrush in a straight line across the workpiece. Line 52 was drawn during a 35 second interval pulling nozzle 32 across the workpiece in a straight line. Despite the fact that line 52 was drawn at even slower speed than line 50, line 52 presents fine line detail with significantly thinner width and significantly less overspray. As may be appreciated, artists making use of an attachment 10 under the present invention and having an ability to improve fine line detail as represented in the difference between lines 50 and 52 will appreciate that extremely high detail airbrush work can be accomplished at very low speeds.
FIG. 5 illustrates in section a second embodiment of the present invention, an attachment 10' including a body 18' adapted for coupling to the nose 14 of an air brush and including a nozzle 32' emitting a fine line detail spray. Body 18' defines chamber 20' with a generally conic surface 19. Chamber 20' includes a bypass outlet 26' and an annular dam 31' providing access to the inner chamber 33' of nozzle 32'. 0-ring 35 mounts within an annular groove 37 of body 18' and nozzle 32' mounts by friction at o-ring 35 and establishes a gas-tight seal thereat. The distal end of nozzle 32' defines orifice 36'. As may be appreciated, a plurality of different nozzles 32', i.e., each with a distinct shape for orifice 36', may be provided to allow ah air brush artist to quickly switch between selected orifices 36' of distinct geometric shape.
Attachment 10' receives and establishes a gas-tight seal relative to an air brush nose 14 at the conic surface 19. More particularly, and with reference to FIGS. 6A-6C, a flexible silicon tube gasket 39 surrounds nose 14 of a variety of different types of air brushes. In FIGS. 6A-6C, air brush noses 14a-14c correspond to Iwata air brushes models HP-B, HP-C, and HP-BCS, respectively. As illustrated, each of these air brushes have a different angular geometry, i.e., an angular relationship between a central axis 41 and a line 43 following generally along the corresponding nose 14. These angular relationships vary between 6.333 degrees and 10.347 degrees as illustrated in FIGS. 6A-6C. With reference to FIG. 5, a corresponding angular relationship between conic surface 19 and central axis 41 is selected to handle this range of air brush configurations, i.e., an 8 degree relationship between central axis 41 and conic surface 19. By placing the tubular silicon gasket 39 over an airbrush nose 14 and inserting this assembly into chamber 20 to engage the conic surface 19, attachment 10' mechanically mounts to an air brush and a gas-tight seal 22' is established. As a result, spray 24 emerging from the air brush is diverted in chamber 20', with a first portion passing annular dam 31' and entering nozzle 32' and a second portion leaving attachment 10' at the bypass orifice 26' as described above.
As with the first embodiment of the present invention, attachment 10' can be fitted with an extension hose to separate nozzle 32' and body 18' if desired.
While the present invention may be implemented according to a variety of specific designs including shape and dimension selections, applicant provides as FIG. 7 a specific set of dimensions for a specific embodiment of the present invention. It will be understood, however, that the present invention is by no means limited to such specific dimensions and that the present invention may be implemented and practiced across a variety of geometric configurations and dimensional choices for the various parts and the like. Accordingly, it will be understood that FIG. 7 is provided herewith only as a specific teaching of a preferred form of the present invention at the time of filing the present application.
The dimensional representation in FIG. 7 is at the time of filing the application believed to be a working embodiment of the present invention and provided as a teaching of the best-mode of the invention as of the time of filing. At the time of filing, however, this particular design has not yet been actually constructed and tested.
Thus, an attachment for an airbrush has been shown and described. The attachment converts a conventional airbrush into an apparatus capable of producing high detail fine line work at slow relative speed between nozzle 32 and the workpiece. The attachment focuses the atomized spray into a confined spray pattern and produces very little overspray. As a result, no need for templates or other such shielding apparatus arises as the attachment of the present invention allows direct application of media to the workpiece in fine line detail limited only by the imagination and skill of the artist.
It will be appreciated that the present invention is not restricted to the particular embodiment that has been described and illustrated, and that variations may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as found in the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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