Liquid supply assembly

• US 10,035,156 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2013
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain Abrasives Incorporated (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain), Saint-Gobain Abrasifs (Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA)
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Abrasives Incorporated (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain), Saint-Gobain Abrasifs (Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA)
• Inventors: Gerson, Ronald L, LaPointe, Pierre, Brunell, Robert A
• Primary Examiner(s): Pickett, J. Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): VOLZ, ELIZABETH J
• Application Number:
  US14/093,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20140083558A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,705 Days
• Field of Search: 220 6221, 220315
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 7/24 with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device B05B7/14, B05B7/16, B05B11/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 7/2405 using an atomising fluid as carrying fluid for feeding, e.g. by suction or pressure, a carried liquid from the container to the nozzle B05B7/2459 - B05B7/247 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 7/2408 characterised by the container or its attachment means to the spray apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 7/2478 Gun with a container which, in normal use, is located above the gun
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 7/2481 with a flexible container for liquid or other fluent material

Abstract

A connector system for a liquid container system for a spray gun includes a lid that includes a liquid outlet and an adapter. The adapter includes a spray gun end and a lid end. The ends are connected with a liquid-tight passageway. Further, the spray gun end is adapted for releasable engagement with a liquid inlet port of the spray gun and the lid end is adapted for releasable engagement with the liquid outlet. The connector system also includes a plurality of interlocking tab assemblies for releasably attaching the adapter to the lid. Each assembly includes a first tab and a second tab, wherein an end of the first tab is adapted to secure the adapter to the lid when the first tab and the second tab are interlocked.

Claims

1. A liner for a liquid container system for use with a gravity fed spray gun comprising:

a closed end and an open end, the closed end being entirely dome-shaped, the open end defining a single opening;

a sidewall extending between the closed end and the open end; and

at least one pleat, including a first pleat, disposed along the sidewall perpendicular to a central axis of the liner and circumscribing the sidewall,

wherein;

the liner is adapted to hold a liquid,

the liner is adapted to collapse as the liquid is removed from the liquid container system of the gravity fed spray gun,

during removal of liquid from the liner, the open end is disposed below the closed end; and

no pleat of the liner is closer to the open end of the liner than the closed end of the liner.

2. The liner according to claim 1, wherein the sidewall is generally cylindrical.

3. The liner according to claim 1, wherein the sidewall is tapered.

4. The liner according to claim 1, wherein the first pleat is disposed adjacent to the closed end of the liner.

5. The liner according to claim 1, wherein the first pleat forms a reentrant angle relative to the sidewall.

6. The liner according to claim 5, wherein the reentrant angle is substantially uniform around the circumference of the sidewall.

7. The liner according to claim 5, wherein the reentrant angle is greater than 180 degrees.

8. The liner according to claim 1, wherein the at least one pleat is a plurality of pleats, wherein all pleats of the plurality of pleats are closer to the closed end than to the open end of the liner.

9. The liner according to claim 1, wherein the liner further comprises a lip extending around a circumference of the liner at the open end.

10. The liner according to claim 9, wherein the lip extends radially outward from the sidewall.

11. The liner according to claim 1, wherein the at least one pleat further comprises a second pleat disposed along the sidewall.

12. The liner according to claim 11, wherein the second pleat is disposed adjacent to the first pleat.

13. The liner according to claim 11, wherein the second pleat has a shape that is different from the first pleat.

14. The liner according to claim 11, wherein the first pleat is disposed axially along the sidewall between the second pleat and the closed end.

15. The liner according to claim 11, wherein a sidewall portion between the first and second pleats is along a different plane as compared to the sidewall.

16. The liner according to claim 11, wherein the second pleat is closer to the first pleat than to the open end.

17. A liner for a liquid container system for use with a gravity fed spray gun comprising:

a closed end and an open end, the closed end being entirely dome-shaped, the open end defining a single opening;

a sidewall extending between the closed end and the open end, the sidewall being generally cylindrical; and

at least one pleat, including a first pleat, circumscribing the sidewall at an orientation perpendicular to a central axis of the liner, the first pleat being closer to the closed end than the open end of the liner and having a reentrant angle relative to the sidewall,

wherein;

the liner is adapted to hold a liquid,

the liner is adapted to collapse as the liquid is removed from the liquid container system of the gravity fed spray gun, and

no pleat of the liner is closer to the open end of the liner as compared to the closed end of the liner.

18. The liner according to claim 17, wherein the at least one pleat further comprises:

a second pleat disposed along the sidewall and having a different shape that is different from the first pleat.

19. A liner for a liquid container system for use with a gravity fed spray gun comprising:

a closed end and an open end, the closed end being entirely dome-shaped, the open end defining an opening, a central axis of the liner extending through the opening;

a sidewall extending between the closed end and the open end;

at least one pleat, including a first pleat, disposed along the sidewall perpendicular to a central axis of the liner; and

a lip extending around a circumference of the liner at the open end, the lip extending from the sidewall in a radial direction relative to the central axis,

wherein;

the liner is adapted to hold a liquid;

the entire liner is adapted to collapse as the liquid is removed from the liner; and

no pleat of the liner is closer to the open end of the liner as compared to the closed end of the liner.