Abstract: A pressure proof gasket plate for use with a cup and special or modified lid assembly for a spray gun, consisting of a cup with a first end configured with fittings suitable for attachment to the feed port of the spray gun and a second end with a large opening for access and filling, and a domed lid, with an external mechanism for providing a compressive attachment of the lid to the cup with the gasket plate in between. The floating gasket plate has a compressible gasket configured on its inside surface so as to form a seal when it contacts the edge of the cup as the lid is applied to the cup. The floating gasket plate is sealed to the cup by pressure on its periphery as applied by the domed lid. The floating gasket plate is made of such material and thickness as to resist deflection and deformation under normal working pressure of the spray gun.

Abstract: An automatic spray gun for use in an automatic spray system which is a modular unit, wherein each working component is a separate module that can be removed from and re-assembled on the spray gun body itself for cleaning, repair and replacement without disturbing the setting of the gun body in the automatic spray set-up, such as distance from the work pieces to be sprayed, angle and the like. The needle valve which stops and starts the flow of liquid to be atomized and sprayed is operated by an air pressure piston and cylinder component which is a separate module and designed in a way whereby the pressurized air which powers and initiates operation of the piston and cylinder module can also be utilized to start and stop the flow of a separate source of pressurized air to atomize the liquid as it flows from the nozzle orifice and to delay the stop of atomizing air until after flow of pressurized air to hold the needle valve in its open position has been stopped.

Abstract: An air supply and control assembly for use with a spray gun comprises an assembly to couple a first source of pressurized air which controls the needle valve of a spray gun to a pilot valve connected to a second source of pressurized air to control delivery thereof to the spray gun atomizing component. The assembly includes a manifold connected by one port to the first source of air, by a second port to components operating the needle valve, and by a third port to a coupling passageway connected to the pilot valve.

Abstract: An air volume booster for sprayers which have a turbine, which when connected to a compressed air source, provide a high volume, low pressure output to a spray gun connected to the sprayer. The booster comprises a supercharger having a shallow cylindrical chamber mounted to the sprayer below the turbine chamber at the intake side thereof, and two inlet ports, one of which is connected to a compressor which provides a source of pressurized air, the other opening to the ambient air. The first inlet port has a venturi incorporated therein and connected to the pressurized air source, which increases the volume of air fed into the supercharger chamber and in turn into the turbine through its intake side for delivery of a substantially increased volume of air at low pressure from the output side of the turbine directed to the spray gun connected thereto.