Patents by Inventor Terry Reents

Terry Reents 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: 9079196
    Abstract: A reversible, multiple spray tip spray gun tip assembly includes a tip holder and a turret. In one embodiment, the tip holder has a turret opening and a fluid spray passage that is in communication with the turret opening. The turret has a barrel including a plurality of spaced apart spray tips and a handle to rotate the barrel within the turret opening. Either the tip holder or the turret includes one or more projections while the other of the tip holder or the turret includes a cam surface with which the one or more projections slideable engage such that rotating the turret relative to the tip holder causes the turret to translate relative to the tip holder and to align each of the spray tips with the fluid spray passage in a spray position and a clear position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Sandahl, Joseph W. Kieffer, Timothy J. Wessels, Viktor Sorg, Michael B. Jones, Terry Reents
  • Publication number: 20120280066
    Abstract: A reversible, multiple spray tip spray gun tip assembly includes a tip holder and a turret. In one embodiment, the tip holder has a turret opening and a fluid spray passage that is in communication with the turret opening. The turret has a barrel including a plurality of spaced apart spray tips and a handle to rotate the barrel within the turret opening. Either the tip holder or the turret includes one or more projections while the other of the tip holder or the turret includes a cam surface with which the one or more projections slideable engage such that rotating the turret relative to the tip holder causes the turret to translate relative to the tip holder and to align each of the spray tips with the fluid spray passage in a spray position and a clear position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: Wagner Spray Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Sandahl, Joseph W. Kieffer, Timothy J. Wessels, Viktor Sorg, Michael B. Jones, Terry Reents
  • Publication number: 20070228697
    Abstract: A collapsible cart for paint sprayers including a pair of spaced apart legs, a pump support extending between the upper ends of the legs, a pair of feet, a handle extending above the pump support, and lock and release means connected to the handle, pump support and legs and operable for releasably locking the pump support and handle in a first position wherein the pump support positions the pump for operation and the handle is positioned to enable moving the cart assembly and wherein the lock and release means is further operable for releasably locking the pump support and handle in a second position wherein the cart assembly is collapsed and further wherein each foot is pivotable respect to the leg to which it is attached between a first position generally perpendicular to a lower frame member, and a second position generally adjacent to the lower frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: Wagner Spray Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Miller, Terry Reents, Wayne Robens
  • Patent number: 5842638
    Abstract: An airless spray paint gun having an improved swirl valve which is less susceptible to erosion and reduces the amount of sputtering in the paint spray. The spray paint gun includes a gun assembly including a handle, a motor, and a switch for controlling the motor. A pump subassembly mounted to the gun assembly includes a pumping chamber having a discharge end with a beveled seat, a piston mounted within a pump housing and driven by the motor for pumping paint from the container through the discharge end of the pumping chamber, and a swirl valve mounted within the discharge end of the pumping housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Terry Reents, Wayne Bekius