Patents by Inventor Christopher W. Carleton

Christopher W. Carleton 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).

  • Patent number: 9192950
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher W. Carleton, James J. Handzel, Joseph W. Kieffer, Richard P. Anderson, Christopher J. Sulzer
  • Publication number: 20110121103
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Wagner Spray Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher W. Carleton, James J. Handzel, Joseph W. Kieffer, Richard P. Anderson, Christopher J. Sulzer
  • Patent number: 7878425
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Handzel, Joseph W. Kieffer, Christopher J. Sulzer, Christopher W. Carleton
  • Publication number: 20090108089
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: James J. Handzel, Joseph W. Kieffer, Christopher J. Sulzer, Christopher W. Carleton