Abstract: A fluid dispensing apparatus and liquid container with a fluid dispensing apparatus are provided. The fluid dispensing apparatus includes a valve body defining a bore that extends at least partially through a valve body, and an adaptor including a piercing member positioned to pierce a pierceable membrane enclosing the liquid container. The adaptor also includes a releasable fastener that cooperates with a portion of the liquid container to releasably couple the valve body to the liquid container. A liquid droplet production apparatus of the fluid dispensing apparatus controls a discharge of the liquid from the liquid container. The liquid droplet production apparatus includes a perforate membrane, and an actuator that is selectively operable to vibrate the perforate membrane and cause liquid droplets to be emitted from the perforate membrane and projected generally away from the liquid container.

Abstract: A spray paint gun having a disposable cartridge inserted therein such that paint can flow through the cartridge in the spray gun without touching the spray gun. Since no part of the spray gun has paint touching it, there is no cleaning of the spray gun or its components. The cartridges can be easily inserted into the spray gun and easily removed such that different color paints can be used in the spray gun in quick succession without down time for cleaning. There is no use of solvents for cleaning, making the cartridge spray gun environmentally friendly. The disposable cartridges eliminate expensive time consuming cleaning. The cartridges can be breach loaded into the front portion of a spray gun and front portion containing the cartridge can quickly snapped into place and ready for use by a hinged connection to the rear portion or by other connection means.

Abstract: The present invention is a drywall spray gun that disperses drywall material that includes a funnel-shaped hopper, a casing that houses a flip lever and a fan, a slide lock trigger and a trigger shield that protects the slide lock trigger from being struck or touched unintentionally and a rechargeable battery pack. The spray gun also includes a removable motor, a forearm rest, an adjustable nozzle and a corresponding stand with a bottom base, an upright vertical backing and a c-shaped top that secures the drywall spray gun in place while the drywall material is poured into the hopper.

Abstract: A combination rinse pitcher, particularly for rinsing shampoo from the head of a child during “bath time.” A main container body is made of relatively rigid material, and has a bottom and a plurality of main body sidewalls. A lip element is attached to the main container body and defines a rim of the rinse pitcher. The lip element is made of a relatively soft material which is sufficiently flexible such that at least a first portion of the rim can conform to the shape of the child's forehead. The first portion of the rim can be pressed against the child's forehead forming a seal to prevent poured water from flowing down the forehead of the child. A second one of the lip element sidewalls has apertures through which water can be poured to provide a shower-like flow.

Abstract: A spray paint gun having a disposable cartridge inserted therein such that paint can flow through the cartridge in the spray gun without touching the spray gun. Since no part of the spray gun has paint touching it, there is no cleaning of the spray gun or its components. The cartridges can be easily inserted into the spray gun and easily removed such that different color paints can be used in the spray gun in quick succession without down time for cleaning. There is no use of solvents for cleaning, making the cartridge spray gun environmentally friendly. The disposable cartridges eliminate expensive time consuming cleaning. The cartridges can be breach loaded into the front portion of a spray gun and front portion containing the cartridge can quickly snapped into place and ready for use by a hinged connection to the rear portion or by other connection means.

Abstract: A spray gun reservoir has an oversize central opening 130 at one end allowing liquid to be added to the reservoir for fast filling with reduced risk of spillage. A cap member 132 is connectable to the reservoir and has a spout 115 providing a fluid outlet of reduced size relative to the opening 130 for connection to the spray gun. The reservoir can be disconnected from the cap member 132 when it is desired to add liquid to the reservoir. In this way, the reservoir can be re-filled in use.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for applying texture materials to wall and ceiling surfaces, and more particularly to an improved hopper gun with an internal air control valve for controlling the on and off function of the atomizing air stream and an integrated flow control valve to manage the volume/pressure ratio of the pressurized atomizing air. The air control valve and flow control valve integrated into the improved hopper gun provides improved control over the texturing process and simplified operation of the improved hopper gun.

Abstract: An apparatus for accessorizing water and beverage bottles, including a water mister, a portable humidifier, a vitamin or nutritional supplement dispenser, and other useful accessories, which are quickly, easily, and removably attached to any commercially available consumer water or beverage bottle or container.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a self contained, cordless, handheld spray gun (100). The spray gun (100) comprises a fluid container (225) in intercommunication with at least one fluid nozzle orifice (201) and a source of pressurized gas (204) in intercommunication with at least one gas nozzle orifice 207 and one fan nozzle orifice (227). The spray gun (100) is actuated by pulling a trigger (231) that opens at least one valve (202) so that the fluid, such as paint, primer, stain, varnish, sealant or the like, can flow to a fluid chamber (206), atomized, and sprayed through a fluid nozzle orifice (201) out onto the article to be painted.

Abstract: A hand-held apparatus for spraying texture material including a body, a pressurized air source mounted on the body, a texture material hopper mounted on the body, and a texture delivery nozzle for selectively spraying texture material from the hopper onto a surface to be coated by propelling the texture material using pressurized air from the pressurized air source wherein each of the air source and the hopper can be disconnected from the body without the use of tools.

Abstract: An ergonomic hopper holder for use with spray application equipment includes a vertical support member having a holster end, an opposite hopper end, and a hopper hanger proximate to the hopper end. The holder also includes an arm member having a support end, a spray gun end, and a spray gun support proximate to the spray gun end for supporting a spray gun. The arm member is pivotably joined to the vertical support member. The holder further includes a holster and belt combination capable of being worn by an artisan.

Abstract: A spray gun has a fluid reservoir that contains a removable liner. The liner, which may be thermo/vacuum-formed from a plastics material, is a close fit within the interior of the reservoir and collapses as fluid is withdrawn from within the liner during operation of the gun. Preferably, the liner has a comparatively-rigid base and is capable of standing, unsupported, outside the reservoir. The side walls of the liner are preferably thin in comparison to the base and can be collapsed for disposal of the liner. The reservoir has a removable lid and is capable of standing, inverted, on its own so that it can be filled with fluid. The lid also functions to secure the liner in the reservoir and, at the end of a spraying operation, the lid and the liner are removed together from the reservoir and discarded, thereby simplifying the cleaning of the spray gun.

Abstract: To further improve upon a spray gun container, according to the present invention a spray gun container, preferably a flow container, is used to accommodate coating materials whereby the spray gun container has a container part and a fixed container insert.

Abstract: A hopper spray gun stand holds a hopper spray gun upright, such as during filling and between uses, and facilitates transportation of a hopper spray gun around a job site. The stand includes a frame with a hopper holder, legs and wheels facilitate transportation.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a granular spreader device that includes a tear-shaped container having a lower rotary outlet The granular material feeds downwardly by gravity into a flexibly tube through a rotary fitting. From there the granular material feeds into a hand held rigid tube and from there into a distributor head similar to a shower head. At the juncture between the flexible tube and the rigid tube there is a manually operated shutoff valve. The container has shoulder straps for carrying the container on the back of a person or a separate carrier has the container separately attached to the same. A simple agitator operates a wire system inside the container to disintegrate any clumps that may formed within the granular material inside the container because of moisture.

Abstract: A spray gun suitable for spraying plaster and other particulate matter uses a series of easily replaceable elements for fast cleaning and changeover of the spray gun. A barrel portion of the gun has a supply chamber for receiving material to be sprayed. A slidable tube is mounted in the barrel portion and provides a jet of compressed air for forcing the material to be sprayed through a nozzle plate. A handle portion extends downwardly from the gun and supports a slidable trigger mechanism. The trigger mechanism includes a fixed member at one end thereof which is slidable on the slide tube trapped between an adjustable stop member and a further member secured on the slide tube. The adjustable stop member can also be used to position the slide tube for continuous operation independent of the trigger mechanism. The adjustable stop member is moved along the slide tube until it contacts the end of the barrel. Further movement moves the slide tube rearwardly and is held in the open position.

Abstract: An adjustable adapter includes two arms, each having an axis, a surface substantially normal to the axis, wherein the surfaces of the arms face each other, an end and a passageway for fluid communication between the end and the opening, wherein one of the arm ends is for connection to an inlet of an applicator and the other arm end is for connection to an outlet of a container, and a fastener for pivotally coupling the arms. One of the arm surfaces is provided with a groove in fluid communication with both arm openings. The groove is sealed to prevent fluid from leaking from between the surfaces. When the fastener is in a rotation-resisting mode, the fastener forces the surfaces of the arm toward one another sufficiently to increase friction and resist rotation therebetween, and when the fastener is in a rotation-permitting mode, the fastener releases the surfaces sufficiently to decrease friction and permit rotation therebetween.

Abstract: A cover-connector for covering and connecting a fluid supply container to a conduit is provided, wherein one of the container and the conduit has a male frustoconical connecting surface and the other one of said container and said conduit has a threaded connecting surface. The novel cover-connector comprises a conduit side with a conduit connecting region, a container side with a container connecting region, and a passageway between the connecting regions, wherein one of the connecting regions has a female frustoconical surface having an acute frustoconical angle complementary to the male frustoconical connecting surface for frictional connection therebetween, and wherein the other one of the connecting regions has a threaded portion complementary to the threaded connecting surface for threaded connecting therebetween.

Abstract: An assembly for making accurate mixtures of liquid components and feeding that liquid mixture to the inlet port of a sprayer. The assembly includes a container of stiff polymeric material comprising a side wall with a frusto conical inner surface, and a bottom wall at the bottom end of the side wall opposite a top end of the side wall that defines an opening into a cavity in the container. A flexible liner positioned within the cavity in the container has an outer surface corresponding in shape to the inner surface of the container, an inner surface defining a cavity in the liner, and an annular lip along the top end of the side wall defining an opening into the cavity in the liner.

Abstract: The structure of a spray gun of the present invention is basically composed of a hook, a pin, a spray gun and a retaining ring. The top portion of the spray gun has a trough to receive the hook therein. The trough has a connecting ridge at one end with a through hole at the center portion thereof. The hook comprises a hole at one end, in correspondence to the through hole of the connecting ridge, and is secured by inserting a pin through the hole of the hook and the through hole of the connecting ridge, this allows the hook to change its angle position with respect to the trough.

Abstract: An air brush is shown and described including a replaceable, rotatable, nozzle head including a media port and a needle arrangement. Media contamination of the air brush is limited to the removable nozzle head, thereby making the air brush body free of media contamination. By rotatable mounting of the nozzle head, a variety of media sources are made available, ranging from gravity fed devices such as media top and side cups to suction fed devices such as media jars. The trigger arrangement of the present invention presents an actuator shaft movable longitudinally in response to trigger movement for engagement of the needle of the nozzle head. Mechanical coupling between the air brush body and nozzle head is limited to structural coupling for mounting the nozzle head and an abutment relationship between the actuator shaft and the needle. This allows rotational freedom of movement for the nozzle head relative to the body, and also ease of dismounting by simply separating the nozzle head from the air brush body.

Abstract: A paint sprayer includes a body having a connection hole on a top thereof and a trigger device is pivotably connected to the body. A hose fitting is connected to a handle of the body so as to be connected with a compressor. A connection device is pivotably connected between the body and a paint cup such that the paint cup is pivotable relative to the body so that the surface of the paint in the paint cup can be maintained at horizontal whatever angle the sprayer is operated.

Abstract: An air brush is shown and described including a replaceable, rotatable, nozzle head including a media port and a needle arrangement. Media contamination of the air brush is limited to the removable nozzle head, thereby making the air brush body free of media contamination. By rotatable mounting of the nozzle head, a variety of media sources are made available, ranging from gravity fed devices such as media top and side cups to suction fed devices such as media jars. The trigger arrangement of the present invention presents an actuator shaft movable longitudinally in response to trigger movement for engagement of the needle of the nozzle head. Mechanical coupling between the air brush body and nozzle head is limited to structural coupling for mounting the nozzle head and an abutment relationship between the actuator shaft and the needle. This allows rotational freedom of movement for the nozzle head relative to the body, and also ease of dismounting by simply separating the nozzle head from the air brush body.

Abstract: An airless sprayer adapted to spray both paint and texture material. The sprayer uses a reciprocating piston that mechanically forces the material to be dispensed out of a charging chamber. The piston is driven by a motor mounted within a motor chamber. A working surface of the piston has a surface area adapted to dispense texture material. The sprayer is gravity fed with an overhead hopper. The sprayer is provided with a detachable overflow member that defines an overflow chamber for capturing texture material that leaks around the piston. This overflow chamber is configured relative to the motor chamber such that material leakage is contained within the overflow chamber and does not reach the motor chamber.

Abstract: An industrial spray gun cup structure includes a connector, a guide member, a collar and a cover body. A reception section of the cup is engaged with the guide member so that the cup can be only normally rotated without rotating and loosening other parts. The cup is integrally formed with inclined ribs which are tightly fitted with corresponding connecting sections of the cover body. While rotating the cover body by a certain angle, the ribs can be separated from or inserted with the connecting sections so as to open or close the cover body. Therefore, the cover body can be conveniently rotated to firmly and tightly fit with the cup without leakage.

Abstract: A handheld pressurized hopper gun for use in patching acoustic ceilings and repairing cracks and damage in walls and ceilings by applying a texturized sealing compound thereto is disclosed. The pressurized hopper gun is typically employed where plaster walls and ceilings are being refurbished due to damage thereto. The handheld pressurized hopper gun includes a spray gun, a pressurized sealed hopper mounted over the spray gun and containing a sealing compound, and a pressurized air input. The pressurized air input provides low pressure air from an air input housing to an air regulator and the spray gun and to a cock valve and the pressurized sealed hopper. The spray gun has a handle having a first air passage formed therethrough, a movable hollow plunger shaft having a second air passage formed therethrough, a nozzle for seating an end of the hollow plunger shaft and an orifice formed through the nozzle.

Abstract: An aerosol generator for producing fine droplets in large quantities is used in an apparatus which can produce small particles having a high degree of crystallization and large surface area. The aerosol generator includes a chamber having a porous filter and a solution, and air is supplied to an upper side of the filter. A low pressure driving force, such as by a vacuum, is supplied to the chamber below the filter to generate droplets. A pyrogenetic reactor dries and pyrolyzes the droplets produced by the aerosol generator to give ultrafine particles and an ultrafine particle collector collects the ultrafine particles obtained by the pyrogenetic reactor. The low pressure driving force moves the droplets through the pyroletic reactor.

Abstract: An apparatus for spraying liquidous mixtures via compressed air is described. The design allows extensive use of plastic in its construction, employs a minimum of parts and allows complete assembly and reassembly with only a minimum of hand tools. The device incorporates an automatic air shut off valve that stops the flow of air upon release of the trigger, an adjustable trigger stop that ensures a uniform flow rate and a special orifice plate design that enables its quick replacement.

Abstract: A one-piece spray nozzle for the metered mixing and dispensing of a carried fluid with a primary carrier fluid comprising a first connection for connecting the nozzle to a source of the carried fluid and a second connection adapted for carrying the nozzle to a source of the primary carrier fluid. A jet passageway communicating with the second connection projects the primary carrier fluid in a stream. A mixing chamber is aligned with the jet passasgeway but is separated from the jet passageway by an air gap or recess. A passage extending between the first connection and the mixing chamber conducts the carried fluid under gravity to the mixing chamber. The mixing chamber is sized so that the stream of the primary carrier fluid does not contact the walls of the mixing chamber but draws a stream of a secondary carrier fluid from the air gap or recess through the mixing chamber. The stream of the secondary carrier fluid draws the carried fluid into the chamber to mix with the primary carrier fluid.