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Spraying apparatus

  • US 3,871,557 A
  • Filed: 08/02/1973
  • Issued: 03/18/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A spraying apparatus comprising a valve-equipped aerosol can having contents to be sprayed and an elongated frame having a spraying end and a handle end, holding means on the frame pivotally mounting the can for pivotal movement between an actuated position and a non-actuated position, the holding means including arcuately extending bumper means receiving the can in the non-actuated position and having a pair of side walls, valve abutment means on the frame engaging the valve of the can, the valve being of the type which is opened by lateral movement of the valve relative to the can whereby pivoting movement of the can from the non-actuated position to the actuated position opens the valve, a cord mounted on the frame and extending arcuately around a portion of the periphery of the can between the side walls of the bumper means when the can is in the non-actuated position, the cord extending from the can through each of the side walls to the handle end of the frame, tensioning of the cord at the handle end causing straightening of the cord between the side walls of the bumper means and causing pivoting of the can relative to the valve from the non-actuated position to the actuated position to open the valve, resilient return means mounted on the frame and engaging the can and urging the can into the non-actuated position, a casing portion surrounding the valve abutment means and providing a spraying chamber, the casing portion extending adjacent the surface to be sprayed whereby the contents being sprayed are protected from the wind, and wheels mounted on the frame for supporting the casing portion adjacent the surface to be sprayed.

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