Flowcoat resin spray nozzle and reversing structure for cleaning

• US 6,126,087 A
• Filed: 02/02/1999
• Issued: 10/03/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Graves Spray Supply Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Graves Spray Supply Incorporated
• Inventors: Chagaris, Nicholas P., Hedger, Thomas A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Assistant Examiner(s): EVANS, ROBIN OCTAVIA
• Application Number:
  US09/243,152
• Time in Patent Office: 609 Days
• Field of Search: 239/119, 239/600
• US Class Current: 239/119
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/534 by reversing the nozzle relative to the supply conduit

Abstract

A row of openings on the same axis are located on a rotary fitting mounted on a front face of a cylindrical nozzle body having a longitudinal bore. A nozzle retainer is mounted within the longitudinal bore and has a tapered seal within an inner channel. A passageway within the tapered seal aligns with a channel in the rotary fitting leading to the row of openings. A filled resin is pumped through the nozzle openings via a standard resin gun. When the nozzle openings plug with resin, the rotary fitting is turned 180 degrees and the plug material is evacuated by a pressurized fluid.

Claims

1. A resin spray flowcoat nozzle comprising:

a) a cylindrical body housing having a central longitudinal bore and a pair of U-shaped openings in a front face;

b) a rotary fitting rotatably received in the U-shaped openings in the body housing, the rotary fitting carrying a row of at least three orifices along a common axis;

c) a central passageway for receipt of a resin or pressurized air within a tapered seal inserted into a nozzle retainer mounted within the central longitudinal bore of the cylindrical body housing; and

d) the rotary fitting being rotatable between first and second orientations, whereby in the first orientation the rotary fitting row of at least three orifices are flared outwardly and aligned with the central passageway in a forwardly facing direction and in the second orientation the rotary fitting row of at least three orifices are flared outwardly and aligned with the central passageway in a rearwardly facing direction to facilitate back-flushing of the nozzle with a pressurized fluid.

2. The resin spray nozzle according to claim 1 wherein the nozzle retainer has an opening in a top surface aligned with the U-shaped openings in the front face of the cylindrical body housing.

3. The resin spray nozzle according to claim 2 wherein the nozzle retainer has a pair of side walls in a rear end, the side walls abutting a rear end of the cylindrical body housing.

4. The resin spray nozzle according to claim 1 wherein the tapered seal has a concave front end.

5. The resin spray nozzle according to claim 1 wherein the rotary fitting has an annular flange on an exterior cylindrical surface to engage a top surface of the nozzle retainer.

6. The resin spray nozzle according to claim 5, wherein the rotary fitting has a locking tip on the exterior cylindrical surface above the annular flange for engagement with a groove on the front face of the cylindrical body housing.

7. A resin spray gun having a resin spray flowcoat nozzle at a front exit portal and a source of resin at a rear entrance portal, the spray gun nozzle comprising:

a) a cylindrical housing having a central longitudinal bore and a pair of U-shaped openings in a front face;

b) a rotary fitting rotatably received within the U-shaped openings in the housing face, the rotary fitting having a row of three or more closely spaced apart openings flared outwardly along a common longitudinal axis;

c) a central passageway within a tapered seal for receipt of a resin or pressurized air, the tapered seal inserted within a nozzle retainer mounted within the central longitudinal bore;

d) the rotary fitting being rotatable between first and second orientations, whereby in the first orientation, the row of closely spaced apart openings flared outwardly on the rotary fitting are aligned with the central passageway in a forwardly facing direction and in the second orientation in a rearwardly facing direction to facilitate back-flushing of the nozzle with a pressurized fluid.

8. The resin spray nozzle mounted on the resin spray gun of claim 7 wherein the nozzle retainer has an opening in a top surface aligned with the U-shaped openings in the front face of the cylindrical body housing.

9. The resin spray nozzle mounted on the resin spray gun of claim 8 wherein the nozzle retainer has a pair of side walls in a rear end, the side walls abutting a rear end of the cylindrical body housing.

10. The resin spray nozzle mounted on the resin spray gun of claim 7 wherein the openings in the rotary fitting are circular.

11. The resin spray nozzle mounted on the resin spray gun of claim 7 wherein the tapered seal has a concave front end containing an opening from the central passageway.

12. The resin spray nozzle mounted on the resin spray gun of claim 7 wherein the rotary fitting has an annular flange on an exterior cylindrical surface to engage a top surface of the nozzle retainer and a locking tip mounted above the flange to engage a groove on the front face of the cylindrical body housing.

13. The resin spray nozzle mounted on the resin spray gun of claim 7 wherein the rotary fitting has an attached handle for turning the rotary fitting 180 degrees from the first orientation to the second orientation.

14. A resin spray flowcoat nozzle mounted on a front portion of a resin spray gun which mixes filler with resin, the nozzle comprising:

a) a cylindrical body housing having a central longitudinal bore, a first and second U-shaped opening in a front face separated by an opening to the central longitudinal bore

b) a rotary fitting rotatably received in the U-shaped openings perpendicular to the front face on the body housing, the rotary fitting having a row of three or more spaced apart circular orifices flared outwardly along a longitudinal axis and an annular flange on an exterior surface;

c) a nozzle retainer mounted within the central longitudinal bore, the nozzle retainer having an opening in a top surface of a front portion for receipt of the rotary fitting and having a longitudinal opening in a back portion for receipt of a tapered seal;

d) the tapered seal having a concave front portion with an opening from a central longitudinal passageway for receipt of a resin or pressurized air;

e) the rotary fitting being rotatable between first and second orientations, whereby in the first orientation the row of three or more spaced apart circular orifices flared outwardly are aligned with the tapered seal central passageway in a forwardly facing direction for spraying resin and in the second orientation in a rearwardly facing direction to facilitate back-flushing of the orifices with pressurized fluid.