Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Sulzer
Christopher J. Sulzer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11826766Abstract: An example portable fluid spraying system includes a handheld fluid sprayer. The handheld fluid sprayer includes a fluid reservoir configured to store a fluid, a pump configured to pump the fluid from the fluid reservoir to an outlet of the handheld fluid sprayer and a handle. The handheld fluid sprayer includes a first trigger proximate the handle, configured to control fluid flow to the outlet. The portable fluid spraying system includes a fluid hose having a coupling mechanism configured to removably couple to the handheld fluid sprayer proximate the outlet and a fluid spray gun. The fluid spray gun includes a gun inlet configured to couple to the fluid hose and receive the fluid from the handheld fluid sprayer, a gun outlet configured to expel the fluid in a spray pattern and a second trigger configured to control fluid flow to the gun outlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher J. Sulzer, Joseph W. Kieffer
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Publication number: 20230191435Abstract: An example portable fluid spraying system includes a handheld fluid sprayer. The handheld fluid sprayer includes a fluid reservoir configured to store a fluid, a pump configured to pump the fluid from the fluid reservoir to an outlet of the handheld fluid sprayer and a handle. The handheld fluid sprayer includes a first trigger proximate the handle, configured to control fluid flow to the outlet. The portable fluid spraying system includes a fluid hose having a coupling mechanism configured to removably couple to the handheld fluid sprayer proximate the outlet and a fluid spray gun. The fluid spray gun includes a gun inlet configured to couple to the fluid hose and receive the fluid from the handheld fluid sprayer, a gun outlet configured to expel the fluid in a spray pattern and a second trigger configured to control fluid flow to the gun outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Christopher J. SULZER, Joseph W. KIEFFER
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Publication number: 20230034134Abstract: A fluid pump comprises an electric motor configured to provide a unidirectional rotational output. The fluid pump further comprises a screw drive coupled to the electric motor. The screw drive is configured to convert the unidirectional rotational output of the electric motor into reciprocating motion to linearly reciprocate a piston coupled to the screw drive.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Daniel R. Zientara, Jeffrey Scott Jerdee, Christopher J. Sulzer
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Patent number: 10682659Abstract: The present invention relates to a spray head for a paint sprayer, in particular a paint spray gun or a paint spray lance, for generating a paint jet. Here, an air cap comprises two curtain air channels whose outlets are arranged between air horns, and whose outlets lie opposite each other in relation to a longitudinal axis of a through-opening of the air cap.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: J. Wagner GmbHInventors: Christopher J. Sulzer, Jan Barthelmes
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Publication number: 20190283059Abstract: An example portable fluid spraying system includes a handheld fluid sprayer. The handheld fluid sprayer includes a fluid reservoir configured to store a fluid, a pump configured to pump the fluid from the fluid reservoir to an outlet of the handheld fluid sprayer and a handle. The handheld fluid sprayer includes a first trigger proximate the handle, configured to control fluid flow to the outlet. The portable fluid spraying system includes a fluid hose having a coupling mechanism configured to removably couple to the handheld fluid sprayer proximate the outlet and a fluid spray gun. The fluid spray gun includes a gun inlet configured to couple to the fluid hose and receive the fluid from the handheld fluid sprayer, a gun outlet configured to expel the fluid in a spray pattern and a second trigger configured to control fluid flow to the gun outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Christopher J. SULZER, Joseph W. Kieffer
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Publication number: 20180236471Abstract: The present invention relates to a spray head for a paint sprayer, in particular a paint spray gun or a paint spray lance, for generating a paint jet. Here, an air cap comprises two curtain air channels whose outlets are arranged between air horns, and whose outlets lie opposite each other in relation to a longitudinal axis of a through-opening of the air cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: J. Wagner GmbHInventors: Christopher J. SULZER, Jan BARTHELMES
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Publication number: 20180030967Abstract: A fluid delivery system comprises a motor that is configured to provide rotational motion to a rotary component. The fluid delivery system also comprises an alignment mechanism. The alignment mechanism comprises a first roller that engages a pin at a first end, and a second roller that engages the pin at a second end. The alignment mechanism also includes a coupler that is configured to couple the rotary component to a reciprocating component. Additionally, the alignment mechanism comprises a first alignment cavity that is configured to receive the first roller and a second alignment, and a second cavity that is configured to receive the second roller to align reciprocating motion of the reciprocating component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventor: Christopher J. Sulzer
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Patent number: 9610601Abstract: The invention relates to a paint spraying device with a spray head which dispenses a quantity of paint via a needle valve and a paint-dispensing line leading to the spray head, wherein the paint-dispensing line is connected upstream of a pressure reducer/pressure regulator which regulates the paint-dispensing pressure and holds the pressure in the paint-dispensing line to the spray head substantially constant.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: J. Wagner GmbHInventors: Andreas Abt, Christopher J. Sulzer
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Patent number: 9555430Abstract: A paint spraying system is proposed with a paint spraying device with a paint spray gun with a fan for dispensing paint via a spray head, which paint spraying device is connected via a paint line to a base station with a connector to a paint reservoir. In order to achieve a low and uniform paint pressure which is required in the paint spray gun, the paint spray gun is equipped with a separate pressure reducing device and the base station is equipped with a pressure monitor, which pressure reducing device and pressure monitor perform a pressure regulation of the paint pressure in the system.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: J. Wagner GmbHInventors: Christopher J. Sulzer, Andreas Abt, Jens Ulbrich, Thomas Jeltsch
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Patent number: 9192950Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a sprayer for a fluid delivery system. In one example, a sprayer for a fluid delivery system is provided. The sprayer includes a main body having a handle and a trigger. The sprayer also includes a spray head having a fluid input for receiving fluid material and a fluid output for spraying the fluid material. The spray head is removably couplable to the main body by rotating the spray head with respect to the main body to engage a connection component of the spray head to a corresponding connection component of the main body. The sprayer also includes a spray head locking mechanism on the main body that extends to engage a portion of the spray head.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher W. Carleton, James J. Handzel, Joseph W. Kieffer, Richard P. Anderson, Christopher J. Sulzer
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Publication number: 20150283568Abstract: The invention relates to a paint spraying device with a spray head which dispenses a quantity of paint via a needle valve and a paint-dispensing line leading to the spray head, wherein the paint-dispensing line is connected upstream of a pressure reducer/pressure regulator which regulates the paint-dispensing pressure and holds the pressure in the paint-dispensing line to the spray head substantially constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Andreas ABT, Christopher J. SULZER
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Publication number: 20150283567Abstract: A paint spraying system is proposed with a paint spraying device with a paint spray gun with a fan for dispensing paint via a spray head, which paint spraying device is connected via a paint line to a base station with a connector to a paint reservoir. In order to achieve a low and uniform paint pressure which is required in the paint spray gun, the paint spray gun is equipped with a separate pressure reducing device and the base station is equipped with a pressure monitor, which pressure reducing device and pressure monitor perform a pressure regulation of the paint pressure in the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Christopher J. SULZER, Andreas ABT, Jens ULBRICH, Thomas JELTSCH
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Publication number: 20110121103Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a sprayer for a fluid delivery system. In one example, a sprayer for a fluid delivery system is provided. The sprayer includes a main body having a handle and a trigger. The sprayer also includes a spray head having a fluid input for receiving fluid material and a fluid output for spraying the fluid material. The spray head is removably couplable to the main body by rotating the spray head with respect to the main body to engage a connection component of the spray head to a corresponding connection component of the main body. The sprayer also includes a spray head locking mechanism on the main body that extends to engage a portion of the spray head.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2009Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: Wagner Spray Tech CorporationInventors: Christopher W. Carleton, James J. Handzel, Joseph W. Kieffer, Richard P. Anderson, Christopher J. Sulzer
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Patent number: 7878425Abstract: A conventional liquid spray gun having a compressed air supply equipped with a liquid, e.g. paint, container for supplying the liquid to be sprayed onto a target surface. The container has a closed bottom, an open top and a cylindrical sidewall. A removable cover is attached over the open top of the container, and the cover has a pair of apertures extending through it, one of which holds a proximal end of a rigid tube whose distal end extends to a point close to the container's bottom. Slidingly mounted on the rigid tube is a generally circular, movable plunger whose periphery engages the cylindrical sidewall of the container. Pressurized air injected through the second aperture in the cover forces the plunger against the liquid's surface and causes the liquid to flow through the lumen of the rigid tube to the liquid inlet port of the spray gun.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech CorporationInventors: James J. Handzel, Joseph W. Kieffer, Christopher J. Sulzer, Christopher W. Carleton
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Publication number: 20100078499Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a nozzle or tip for a fluid delivery system, and more specifically, but not by limitation, to a nozzle for a texture sprayer. In one exemplary embodiment, a texture spraying system is provided and includes a spraying device, an air source configured to provide pressurized air to the spraying device, and a texture material source configured to provide texture material to the spraying device. The system also includes a nozzle mounted proximate an output of the spraying device. The nozzle receives a flow of air and a flow of texture material. The nozzle includes a pin positioned in the airflow and is configured to produce a spray pattern that is substantially rectangular.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher J. Sulzer, James J. Handzel
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Publication number: 20090108089Abstract: A conventional liquid spray gun having a compressed air supply equipped with a liquid, e.g. paint, container for supplying the liquid to be sprayed onto a target surface. The container has a closed bottom, an open top and a cylindrical sidewall. A removable cover is attached over the open top of the container, and the cover has a pair of apertures extending through it, one of which holds a proximal end of a rigid tube whose distal end extends to a point close to the container's bottom. Slidingly mounted on the rigid tube is a generally circular, movable plunger whose periphery engages the cylindrical sidewall of the container. Pressurized air injected through the second aperture in the cover forces the plunger against the liquid's surface and causes the liquid to flow through the lumen of the rigid tube to the liquid inlet port of the spray gun.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATIONInventors: James J. Handzel, Joseph W. Kieffer, Christopher J. Sulzer, Christopher W. Carleton
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Patent number: D616527Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2009Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech CorporationInventors: Richard P. Anderson, Joseph W. Kieffer, Christopher J. Sulzer
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Patent number: D620499Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Sulzer, James J. Handzel
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Patent number: D623663Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech CorporationInventors: Joseph W. Kieffer, Richard P. Anderson, Eric C. Lagman, Christopher J. Sulzer, James J. Handzel