Device for spraying products, more especially, paints
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1. A device for spraying a fluid mixture of one or more fluid components, said device comprising:
- spray nozzle means comprising (a) a chamber for containing said mixture and (b) an aperture through which said mixture can be sprayed from said device;
a plurality of reservoirs, each for containing a corresponding one of said components;
a plurality of duct means for respectively connecting said plurality of reservoirs to said chamber;
regulating means connected to said duct means between each of said reservoirs and said chamber for selecting the relative amounts of said components provided from said reservoirs through said duct means to said chamber, said regulating means comprising a regulating element mounted for rotation about a rotation axis and including a surface disposed transversely to said axis, said surface having an arcuate-shaped recess extending at least partially around and radially spaced from said axis and adapted to communicate with at least one of said duct means, said recess being flush with said surface at the opposite ends of said recess and of a maximum depth at the middle part of said recess so that the depth of said recess varies such that rotation of said regulating element varies the amount of at least one of said components relative to at least one other of said components provided from the corresponding reservoirs through said recess and at least two of said duct means to said chamber wherein the arcuate length of said recess is such that positioning said regulating element so that one of said duct means communicates with said middle part of said recess, closes the other of said duct means;
needle valve means including a needle disposed in said nozzle means and movable between a first position wherein said needle blocks said aperture and thereby isolates said chamber from said aperture, and a second position wherein said needle is spaced from said aperture so that said chamber is open to said aperture; and
means for coupling said device to a source of pressurized gas so as to propel said mixture from said chamber to said aperture when said needle is disposed in said second position.
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Abstract
This invention describes a hand held paint sprayer that mixes paint products from at least two reservoirs, then combines the mixture with a pressurized gas source for propelling the mixed paint through a nozzle outlet. The spray gun incorporates a regulator for varying the amount of one product with respect to the other between 0% and 100%.
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1. A device for spraying a fluid mixture of one or more fluid components, said device comprising:
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spray nozzle means comprising (a) a chamber for containing said mixture and (b) an aperture through which said mixture can be sprayed from said device; a plurality of reservoirs, each for containing a corresponding one of said components; a plurality of duct means for respectively connecting said plurality of reservoirs to said chamber; regulating means connected to said duct means between each of said reservoirs and said chamber for selecting the relative amounts of said components provided from said reservoirs through said duct means to said chamber, said regulating means comprising a regulating element mounted for rotation about a rotation axis and including a surface disposed transversely to said axis, said surface having an arcuate-shaped recess extending at least partially around and radially spaced from said axis and adapted to communicate with at least one of said duct means, said recess being flush with said surface at the opposite ends of said recess and of a maximum depth at the middle part of said recess so that the depth of said recess varies such that rotation of said regulating element varies the amount of at least one of said components relative to at least one other of said components provided from the corresponding reservoirs through said recess and at least two of said duct means to said chamber wherein the arcuate length of said recess is such that positioning said regulating element so that one of said duct means communicates with said middle part of said recess, closes the other of said duct means; needle valve means including a needle disposed in said nozzle means and movable between a first position wherein said needle blocks said aperture and thereby isolates said chamber from said aperture, and a second position wherein said needle is spaced from said aperture so that said chamber is open to said aperture; and means for coupling said device to a source of pressurized gas so as to propel said mixture from said chamber to said aperture when said needle is disposed in said second position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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