Caulking gun

• US 10,016,781 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2015
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Altachem NV (LINDAL Group Holding GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Altachem NV (LINDAL Group Holding GmbH)
• Inventors: Poppe, Jean-Marie, Sichien, Lieven
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss, Nicholas J
• Assistant Examiner(s): BAINBRIDGE, ANDREW PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US15/306,834
• Publication Number:
  US 20170043367A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,125 Days
• Field of Search: 222391, 22215301, 222325-327, 222105, 222108-111, 222309, 222386-3865, 604209, 74169, 741415, 74148, 74531
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/005 for discharging material from a reservoir or container located in or on the hand tool through an outlet orifice by pressure without using surface contacting members like pads or brushes
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/0052 Accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/00596 The liquid or other fluent material being supplied from a rigid removable cartridge having no active dispensing means, i.e. the cartridge requiring cooperation with means of the handtool to expel the material
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/01 with manually mechanically or electrically actuated piston or the like B05C17/00533 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/0123 Lever actuated
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/0126 comprising an element, e.g. an arc compensating element, articulated at one end on the lever and at the other end on the piston rod driving means, e.g. a pawl
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/0136 comprising an energy storing element, e.g. a spring, for exerting, e.g. when released, pressure on the material B05C17/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/014 comprising means for preventing oozing B05C17/0146 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 11/00 Apparatus requiring external operation adapted at each repeated and identical operation to measure and separate a predetermined volume of fluid or fluent solid material from a supply or container, without regard to weight, and to deliver it
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 11/06 with provision for varying the stroke of the piston

Abstract

The present invention relates to a caulking gun for dispensing viscous material comprising

• • a stock
  • a cartridge keep
  • a push rod longitudinally moveably mounted in the stock provided at its one end with a plunger which engages the piston of a cartridge placed in the cartridge keep,
  • means for engaging the push rod to advance it,
  • brake means hinged to the stock and provided with a clearance hole for engaging the push rod such that the push rod is moveable in a direction advancing the push rod towards the cartridge and is held in a direction retreating the push rod from the cartridge, which brake means are arranged to travel to a first position relative to the stock as the push rod advances and to a second position as the push rod retreats thereby defining the retreat of the push rod, the brake means being inclined relative to the axis of the push rod and
  • adjusting means for varying the retreat of the push rod.

In order to provide an adjustable caulking gun with at least two different levels of retreat of the push rod giving the user easily a visual feedback of the chosen retreat of the push rod, it is proposed according to the present invention that the adjusting means are configured as a rotatable wheel with a slope, the rotatable wheel being positioned on the axis of the push rod between the stock and the brake means, the distance between the highest point of the slope and the brake means defining the retreat of the push rod.

This rotatable wheel allows the user to select the level of retreat of the push rod by turning the wheel between a first position with no retreat of the push rod and a second position with a maximum retreat of the push rod resulting in a anti-drip behavior of the caulking gun.

Claims

1. Caulking gun for dispensing viscous material comprising

a stock

a cartridge keep

a push rod having a first end, being longitudinally moveably mounted in the stock, and provided at the first end with a plunger which engages the piston of a cartridge placed in the cartridge keep,

a block configured to engage the push rod to advance the push rod,

a brake hinged to the stock and provided with a clearance hole for engaging the push rod such that the push rod is moveable in a direction advancing the push rod towards a cartridge in the cartridge keep and is held in a direction retreating the push rod from the cartridge, the brake being arranged to travel to a first position relative to the stock as the push rod advances and to a second position as the push rod retreats thereby defining the retreat of the push rod, the brake being inclined relative to an axis of the push rod, and

an adjuster arranged for varying the retreat of the push rod,

wherein the adjuster comprises a rotatable wheel with a slope, the rotatable wheel being positioned on the axis of the push rod between the stock and the brake, a distance between a highest point of the slope and the brake defining the retreat of the push rod, and

wherein the slope is defined by at least one knob on the rotatable wheel.

2. Caulking gun according to claim 1, wherein the slope is a continuous slope decreasing from the highest point of the slope to the lowest point thereof.

3. Caulking gun according to claim 1, wherein the slope is defined by a plurality of knobs on the rotatable wheel, the height of the knobs decreasing from one knob to the next one.

4. Caulking gun according to claim 1, wherein the rotatable wheel is provided with visual indicators of the selected retreat of the push rod.

5. Caulking gun according to claim 1, wherein the block comprises a catch plate.

6. Caulking gun for dispensing viscous material comprising

a stock

a cartridge keep

a push rod having a first end, being longitudinally moveably mounted in the stock, and provided at the first end with a plunger which engages the piston of a cartridge placed in the cartridge keep,

a block configured to engage the push rod to advance the push rod,

a brake hinged to the stock and provided with a clearance hole for engaging the push rod such that the push rod is moveable in a direction advancing the push rod towards a cartridge in the cartridge keep and is held in a direction retreating the push rod from the cartridge, the brake being arranged to travel to a first position relative to the stock as the push rod advances and to a second position as the push rod retreats thereby defining the retreat of the push rod, the brake being inclined relative to an axis of the push rod, and

an adjuster arranged for varying the retreat of the push rod,

wherein the adjuster comprises a rotatable wheel with a slope, the rotatable wheel being positioned on the axis of the push rod between the stock and the brake, a distance between a highest point of the slope and the brake defining the retreat of the push rod, and

wherein the rotatable wheel is provided with at least one detent defining certain levels of retreat of the push rod.

7. Caulking gun according to claim 6, wherein the block comprises a catch plate.

8. Caulking gun according to claim 6, wherein the detent is realized as an elastic protruding element entering into at least one cavity of the rotatable wheel.

9. Caulking gun according to claim 8, wherein the rotatable wheel is provided with a corresponding number of cavities which are distributed around the rotatable wheel according to the selected detent positions.