Including Handle Or Handgrip For Supply Container And Attached Outlet Patents (Class 239/375)
  • Patent number: 5992531
    Abstract: A fire extinguisher including a spring biased plunger controlled by a trigger mechanism wherein the plunger is mounted in a flame retardant compound container and the spring and plunger cooperate, when the trigger mechanism is activated, to discharge flame retardant compound from the container toward a fire. The extinguisher has a handle end and an outlet end at opposite ends of its length such that a user can hold the outlet end in a remote location away from the user when compound is discharged. The extinguisher can also be mounted and provided with a heat sensor for automatic activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Inventor: Conrad S. Mikulec
  • Patent number: 5965067
    Abstract: A portable fan device for use with a spray misting bottle which is capable of being mounted atop a spray applicating head portion of the misting bottle so that a fan blade unit of the fan device is positioned forwardly and in communication with an atomized spray nozzle of the spray head and cools and atomizes the mist spray issued by the nozzle. Releasable securing means such as an attachment bracket or contoured gripping tabs extending from the fan underside are employed for securing the fan body in a generally horizontal fashion atop the spray head. A stand member is held within a recessed cavity in the fan underside and can be rotated downwardly to support the fan device in an upright position for use as a portable fan once the fan body has been detached from atop the spray head. In a further embodiment, a gripping tab which forms part of the releasable securing means can provide the dual function of gripping part of the spray head and supporting the fan body in an upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Circulair, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric F. Junkel, Linda M. Usher
  • Patent number: 5961050
    Abstract: The air brush of the present invention has a function to improve a maintenance work characteristic within the air brush main body and capable of selectively realizing a plurality of kinds of blowing injection forms. The air brush main body is separated from between the coating material container and the air supplying port so as to separate into the nozzle container unit at the extremity end of the main body and the residual main body unit, these sections are removably connected at the aforesaid separating section, the aforesaid air brush main body is comprised of one main body unit and a plurality of kinds of nozzle container units and then optional nozzle container units are selectively replaced and installed in respect to the main body unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: B.B. Rich Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuaki Kitajima
  • Patent number: 5904273
    Abstract: An easy spray can holder including a unitary trigger arm that has a first linear portion and a second linear portion. The first linear portion has a trigger extension and the second linear portion having a finger grip. An L-shaped body member is in receipt of the trigger arm. The L-shaped body member has a first body portion with a second body portion extending outwardly. The first body portion is generally cylindrical with an upper member and a lower member separated by a thumb rest. The second body portion is generally rectangular and has a bottom side adjacent the thumb rest. The bottom side of the second body member has a second lower extent that is spaced from a first lower extent to form a lateral gap. Finally, an adjustable bracket is sized for receiving an aerosol can. The adjustable bracket has a support plate with an elongated second extent. The elongated second extent is sized and shaped to be positioned within the lateral gap of the second body portion of the L-shaped body member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Inventors: John C. Aspacher, Sandra Aspacher
  • Patent number: 5881955
    Abstract: An improved spraying device for mixing a first fluid with a second fluid prior to dispensing into the environment. The spraying device includes a spraying head connected to a cartridge bottle. A shroud covers the spraying head to cartridge bottle connection. The chemical remains in a closed system even after the cartridge bottle is attached to the spraying head. A unique gear and/or cam system is provided to open the flow path of the second fluid and provide a positive operation. Also, the orifice diameter of the second fluid flow path is predetermined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventor: James J. Styne
  • Patent number: 5873530
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid atomizing spray gun of the general type that produce single, finite bursts of gas/liquid mixture which overcomes disadvantages of prior designs in that it does not depend for pressurizing and propelling gas on the squeezing of a trigger while aiming the device throughout the spraying stroke and in which a gas compressing piston is not driven by or otherwise directly mechanically linked to a trigger. These and other objectives are achieved in part by providing a spray gun with a chamber containing a gas tight piston that is reciprocable within the chamber, but wherein the piston is not reciprocated by the trigger. Instead, the piston is independently drawn to a rearward position for drawing gas into the chamber through a one way gas intake valve by the creation of a partial vacuum within the chamber. The piston is then released and biased forward to compress the gas within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Inventor: George Chizinsky
  • Patent number: 5836519
    Abstract: A portable wheeled apparatus for storing and spraying liquids includes a low center of gravity liquid container having generally elliptical shape horizontally extended center section with integral end caps and attached wheels, a pump for supplying air pressure into the container, a carrying handle, and a threaded outlet fitting. A removable handle is provided that adjusts for user height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Inventor: Robert S. Brown
  • Patent number: 5775595
    Abstract: A sprayer apparatus for dispensing liquid fertilizer, weed control or liquid insecticide from an elongated storage tube using one hand. A see-through plastic storage tube has a spray nozzle one end and a handgrip with trigger on the opposite end. Compressing the trigger moves a trigger rod to move a piston that forces gravity fed liquid through the spray nozzle. The spray nozzle can be located in a housing having a convex curved outer surface along with a wheel protruding from the bottom surface of the housing. The wheel can have conical side edges and a flat exterior side. Alternatively, the wheel can have rounded outer edges. Visible markings on the exterior of the plastic storage tube can tell the user the remaining amount of the liquid stored inside. An optional protruding handgrip can be located halfway down the storage tube for allowing the device to be controlled by two hands. A second version includes a two way valve located inside the storage tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Inventors: John J. Knodel, Kenneth D. White
  • Patent number: 5775591
    Abstract: A compact portable cleaning device is provided that is useful for quick clean-up jobs. The device includes a water bottle with an integral hand pump for pressurizing the contents of the bottle. A hose is used to direct the pressurized water to either a spray nozzle or a portable faucet, either of which can be attached to the hose. The spray nozzle includes a trigger switch and an adjustable spray head which makes it useful for quickly rinsing an object. The portable faucet includes an integral valve for permitting the flow of a stream of water which makes the faucet useful for hands-free operation such as for washing one's hands. A carrying case is also provided with storage for the spray bottle and a spare bottle. The carrying case includes a bracket for permitting the portable faucet to be held in a convenient position for washing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Inventor: Dino A. Fauci
  • Patent number: 5716007
    Abstract: A battery operated, hand-held fluid dispenser comprises a supply container having a body portion and a narrow neck extending upwardly therefrom. A pump and discharge unit is mounted on the upper end of the neck and comprises a pump diaphragm and pump chamber for pumping liquid from the container to a discharge nozzle. A battery powered pump drive unit is removably mounted on the container and comprises an electric motor having an output shaft coupled with the pump diaphragm to displace the latter through a pump stroke when the motor is energized. The pump drive unit is interconnected with the pump and discharge unit and with the body portion of the container and either alone or together with the neck provides a handle for holding the container during a dispensing operation. Removability of the pump drive unit provides for the latter to be usable with supply containers having different fluids to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Nottingham, John W. Spirk, Jr., Richard O. McCarthy, Dale A. Panasewicz
  • Patent number: 5683544
    Abstract: There are adhesive foams that are formulated for gun uses and adhesive foams that are formulated for adapter use. This means a double track in production, storage and use of adapter foams. The invention is a gun version that permits use of adhesive foams such as used in the adapter version. For this purpose, the needle and the nozzle tube in the gun have a shape such that the nozzle tube has at least one mixing path, and the amount of foam can be sensitively metered by means of narrowings and widenings between the inner wall of the nozzle tube and the outer wall of the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Inventor: Volker Kopp
  • Patent number: 5620633
    Abstract: A portable misting device and fan for use by sunbathers and those engaged in athletic pursuits. The fan encloses a fan blade unit and the misting device includes a body which contains a volume of a liquid and which is mounted to a rear of the fan by a mounting bracket. A spray applicator extends from the body and is in a direction above and toward a front of said fan blade unit. The spray applicator is actuable to withdraw fluid from within the misting device body and to supply it as an atomized spray in front of the fan blade unit. The fan blade unit cools and distributes the spray in a direction chosen by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: Circulair, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric F. Junkel, Linda M. Usher
  • Patent number: 5601211
    Abstract: A dispenser assembly for dispensing liquid from a container has a dispenser operable remotely from the container by way of a tube communicating the dispenser and the liquid within the container. The dispenser assembly has a hand-held dispenser and a tube connected to the dispenser for extension into the liquid within the container. The dispenser is operable to dispense liquid from the container by way of the tube. An adaptor is secured to the container with the tube operable for extending from the dispenser, through the adaptor, and into the container. With the dispenser disconnected from the adaptor and with the adaptor secured to the container, the dispenser may be operated remotely from the container to dispense the liquid from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Contico International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald D. Foster
  • Patent number: 5538190
    Abstract: An electrostatic spray gun including a housing for receiving a replaceable fluid container, a nozzle from which fluid is to be sprayed, apparatus for expelling the fluid from the container and a high voltage generator for applying electrostatic potential to the fluid to form an electrically charged atomized spray at the nozzle. The replaceable fluid container is externally insulating and the electrical path from the generator passes through the fluid entering it at a point remote from the nozzle. A piston is employed to expel the fluid from the nozzle during spraying. The electrostatic spray gun has the advantage that it does not employ propellants and the paint need not be stored in a flexible plastic container thereby preventing loss of solvent during storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Inventors: Robert H. Greene, Alan C. Outhwaite, Timothy J. Noakes, Michael L. Green, Jonathan Jones
  • Patent number: 5501399
    Abstract: An automobile wheel cleaning device comprises a regulator shaft formed in a hollow generally cylindrical configuration with a first open end and a second open end. The shaft includes a coupling device on its second open end which is adapted to be coupled with the end of a standard garden hose in the operative orientation. A restrictor dial includes a finger grip and is positioned outside the shaft. A valve is formed in a generally planar circular configuration and is positioned within the hollow interior of the regulator shaft. A rod extends through the shaft and connects the finger grip and valve. The regulator dial is adapted to allow a user to regulate the flow of water therethrough. A cleaning head is comprised of a foamed elastomer and formed in a hollow generally cylindrical configuration. The head includes an open end which is adapted to be positioned around the first open end of the regulator shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Inventor: Joseph P. Cienkus
  • Patent number: 5485942
    Abstract: A dispenser assembly for dispensing liquid from a container has a dispenser operable remotely from the container by way of a tube communicating the dispenser and the liquid within the container. The dispenser assembly has a hand-held dispenser and a tube connected to the dispenser for extension into the liquid within the container. The dispenser is operable to dispense liquid from the container by way of the tube. An adaptor is secured to the container with the tube operable for extending from the dispenser, through the adaptor, and into the container. With the dispenser disconnected from the adaptor and with the adaptor secured to the container, the dispenser may be operated remotely from the container to dispense the liquid from the container. The container has a crown formed in a top wall which projects adjacent to and beyond the dispenser when the dispenser is secured to the container top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: Contico International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald D. Foster
  • Patent number: 5427125
    Abstract: This appliance for the cleaning of lavatories and the like has the peculiar feature of an inside water tank, a high pressure pump producing water jets for the removal of faecal residuals, a steam generator producing jets for the sterilization of the surfaces to be cleaned, an electric rechargeable battery. This appliance comprises a container that serves for both the water and electricity supply that is necessary for future use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Mortech Technologies of North America Ltd.
    Inventor: Gerardo A. Meza
  • Patent number: 5421518
    Abstract: An airbrush which comprises a front body through which air and paint are directed is provided. A head, having a tube known as a post, is removably attached to the front body. A paint tip and a regulator, removably attached to the head, are also provided. The regulator comprises a detachable holding ring and a regulating tip. The paint tip is secured to the head by the holding ring when the paint tip is placed within the post and the holding ring is attached to the head. The regulating tip can be detached from the airbrush while the paint tip remains secured by the holding ring. The head, paint tip and regulator, comprising a crown, are interchangeable with other crowns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Badger Air Brush Co.
    Inventors: Herman Robisch, Walter Schlotfeldt
  • Patent number: 5411211
    Abstract: An electrostatic spray gun includes a housing for receiving a replaceable fluid container, a nozzle from which fluid is to be sprayed, a device for expelling fluid from the container, and a high voltage generator for applying electrostatic potential to the fluid to form an electrically charged atomized spray at the nozzle. An electrical path from the generator to the nozzle passes through the fluid, entering the fluid prior to its emergence from the nozzle. The container is rigid and fluid is expelled from the container by a piston under pressure exerted thereon through a forward part of the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Inventors: Robert H. Greene, Alan C. Outhwaite, Timothy J. Noakes, Michael L. Green, Jonathan Jones
  • Patent number: 5409166
    Abstract: A portable electric-powered particulate spreader has a housing having an inlet and an outlet. A reservoir for holding particulate material is located above the housing. A blower is located with a flow path extending from the inlet to the outlet for inducing air flow along the flow path. A particulate intake port is formed in a channel wall which encompasses an exhaust channel extending downstream from the blower to the outlet. A valve controls flow of particulate material from the reservoir to the particulate intake port. An agitator located between the reservoir and exhaust channel rotationally reciprocates and induces vibrations which assist the flow of particulate material. A foil in the exhaust channel produces a low static pressure in the which tends to draw particulate material from the reservoir into the air flow. Delays are built in so that the blower turns on before opening the valve is opened and the valve is closed before the blower is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Natural Earth Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudolph M. Gunzel, Jr., Donald J. Shanklin, Darcy E. Staggs, Roy K. Fujitaki
  • Patent number: 5375769
    Abstract: A mixing and dispensing sprayer apparatus is comprised of a bottle or container and a nozzle assembly where a fluid passed through the nozzle assembly mixes with a material contained in the container and the mixture of fluid and material then passes from the container back into the fluid flow through the nozzle assembly and exits the nozzle assembly as a spray. The container and nozzle assembly are molded as a single unit of a plastic material by a blow molding process. A hollow interior volume of the container communicates with a fluid conducting channel of the nozzle assembly through one or more ports formed in the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Inventor: Abraham Y. Schultz
  • Patent number: 5372304
    Abstract: A twist apply granular spreader comprising a tapered hollow body having an open top end, a closed bottom end, and a wall surface integral with the top and bottom ends for containing and dispersing granular dispersal substances through a multiplicity of apertures in the wall surface. A handle extends from the top end of the spreader body for supporting the body from above during use. A cover lid having a lip rim is detachably coupled to the top end of the spreader body for retaining granular dispersal substances. A channel encompasses the exterior circumference of the top end of the body and accepts the lip rim of the cover lid thus securing the cover lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Inventor: John J. R. Sheen
  • Patent number: 5335858
    Abstract: A spring (304) biases a movable housing part (12, 16) away from a fixed housing part (10, 306, 156). The fixed housing part (10, 306, 156) is composed only a main housing (10), a draw tube (306) and an inlet valve housing (156). The inlet valve housing (156) is inserted into the main housing (10). The movable housing part (12, 16) is composed of a forward housing (12), which includes a trigger (14), and a nozzle (16). The main housing (10), the inlet valve housing (156) and the forward housing (12) together form a variable volume pump chamber (318). The inlet valve (184, 268) includes , a valve plug (184) which is initially connected to a sidewall portion (168) of the inlet valve housing (156) by a frangible section (196). During assembly, an axial push is imposed on the valve plug (184), to sever the frangible section (196), and then move the valve plug (184) rearwardly past stop lugs (198, 200), into a position axially between the stop lugs (198, 200) and an inlet valve seat (268).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Inventors: Walter B. Dunning, Robert L. Bundschuh
  • Patent number: 5251822
    Abstract: A spray paint gun has an air passage interconnecting an air chamber of the gun body and the interior of a paint container, and a valve device for opening and closing the air passage. The gun body has a blind bore connected to the air passage. The air passage has a first section extending from the air chamber to the blind bore, a second section extending from the blind bore to the exterior of a connecting portion, and a third section formed in the wall of a tubular member which is connected to the gun body. The third section of the air passage intercommunicates the second section of the air passage and the interior of the container. The valve device includes a threaded bolt screwed to the blind bore. A threaded rod is threaded through a central hole of the threaded bolt. The threaded rod has a first end connected with a knob and a second end extending out of the threaded bolt into the blind bore of the gun body. The second end of the threaded rod has a central receiving blind hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Inventor: Hsing-Tzu Wang
  • Patent number: 5244124
    Abstract: A container 12, for example for containing herbicide for delivery means of a hand-held applicator, has a guide rib 84 for assisting guidance of the container 12 with respect to a handset 2 of the applicator as the container 12 is fitted to the handset 2. The container 12 also has a latching recess 20 for cooperation with a latching element 44 provided in the handset, to retain the container 12 with respect to the handset. The rib 84 tapers in the direction from a base 66 of the container towards an outlet 16, so that the fit between the rib 84 and a slot 24 in a guide 22 on the handset becomes progressively tighter as the container is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Nomix-Chipman Limited
    Inventor: David Raffo
  • Patent number: 5221050
    Abstract: Liquid to be dispensed is supplied to a dispensing nozzle (88) from a compressible container (30) such as a sachet with a valve-controlled outlet (66) by compressing the sachet through the agency of a pad (46) of resiliently deformable material. The dispensing device is embodied in a hand held unit having a trigger (102) and electrical circuitry (91, 96, 106, 98, 106) for applying high voltage to the liquid in order to effect dispensing of the liquid in the form of an electrostatically charged, atomised spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Andrew Jeffries, Michael L. Green, Timothy J. Noakes
  • Patent number: 5188295
    Abstract: A spray applicator to discharge plaster or another texturizing material in a spray pattern against a wall surface or the like. There is a manually operable air cylinder and piston assembly which discharges pressurized air through a first nozzle, with an air jet traveling through an area where the plaster or the material descends from a container, with the air jet carrying some of the plaster through a forward discharge nozzle to cause a spray pattern. There is rotatable fluid discharge nozzle portion which is, by said rotation, moved toward and away from an air discharge nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: DJS & T Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Donald J. Stern, Jeff S. Heaton, James A. Tryon, Brett A. Bartholmey
  • Patent number: 5160071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid dispensing device for the downward application of a spray. The device generally comprises a liquid storage bottle defining a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces. Fluidly connected to the top surface of the storage bottle is a spray applicator defining a first portion threadably attached to and extending vertically upwardly from the top surface of the bottle and a second portion extending laterally from the first portion. The spray applicator further includes an outlet nozzle and trigger portion disposed on a distal end of the second portion in a manner wherein the outlet nozzle directs the spray in a downward direction upon actuation of the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Inventor: Keith D. Wright
  • Patent number: 5150841
    Abstract: A battery operated hand-held dispenser which operates efficiently at lower power levels than prior art devices. The dispenser as included therein has spray, foam or stream, dispensing capabilities coupled with pump mechanisms, vent mechanisms and positive closures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: DowBrands Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Silvenis, Paul B. Monaghan, Arthur A. Massucco, Richard H. Spencer, William R. Gagne
  • Patent number: 5086955
    Abstract: An apparatus wherein an elongate support rod includes an extension leg to underlie and secure a pressurized spray can thereon. A mounting tube receives the spray can nozzle therewithin, wherein a spaced second support rod arranged parallel to and overlying the first support rod mounts an actuator plate therewithin, whereupon pivotment of the actuator plate effects a spray from the spray can nozzle to an underlying log member, wherein a measuring tube is orthogonally arranged relative to and adjacent a lower terminal end of the mounting tube and telescopingly mounts measuring tube extension thereon, wherein the measuring tube extension includes a plate member orthogonally directed relative to and extending below the measuring tube extension to provide an abutment for a forward terminal end of the log member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Inventor: Connie I. Anglen
  • Patent number: 5069390
    Abstract: A spray applicator to discharge plaster or another texturizing material in a spray pattern against a wall surface or the like. There is a manually operated air cylinder and piston assembly which discharges pressurized air through a first nozzle, with an air jet traveling through an area where the plaster or the material descends from a container, with the air jet carrying some of the plaster through a forward discharge nozzle to cause a spray pattern. There is a rotatable adjusting sleeve which moves the two nozzles further apart or closer together to control the spray pattern and also to close the discharge nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: DJ S & T Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Donald J. Stern, Jeff S. Heaton, James A. Tryon, Brett A. Bartholmey
  • Patent number: 5054687
    Abstract: An improved pressure feed remote paint cup for use with a spray gun. The cup consists of a pressure tank with a large opening for filling and cleaning and a lid for closing the opening. The lid is secured to the tank with a separate threaded ring. The lid has an integral handle which facilitates holding from a point of balance during use. A pressure regulator and a pressure gauge are mounted on the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Ransburg Corporation
    Inventors: Marvin D. Burns, Albert S. Orr
  • Patent number: 5039017
    Abstract: A portable texturing system is disclosed which includes a small spray unit and a source of portable compressed air which may simply be a small tank which the workman may wear on a belt or shoulder harness. The spray unit includes a reservoir for holding a charge of texturizing mixture and a cap assembly incorporating a mixer/spray mechanism. In use, the cap is positioned below the reservoir such that the texturizing mixture can flow by gravity and suction to the spray mechanism. The cap assembly includes a quick connect coupling and a valve for receiving and controlling air from the supply. A discharge nozzle is provided for directing the compressed air/texturizer mixture toward a wall area to be texturized. A mixing region within the cap assembly permits the texturizing mixture to be entrained with a stream of compressed air and discharged from the nozzle whenever the valve is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Inventor: David Howe
  • Patent number: 4971257
    Abstract: In an electrostatic particle spraying apparatus, a hand-held triggering mechanism is provided with a self-contained source of high D.C. voltage and a coupling sleeve into which a conventional aerosol spray can is inserted. A trigger mechanism is squeezed by a mechanism operator and closes a switch that completes an electrical connection between the D.C. voltage source and an electrode of the mechanism, creating an electric potential in the electrode. The electrode is positioned in the projected path of particle spray from the aerosol can, and continued depression of the trigger lever causes a hammer to contact and depress a nozzle tip of the aerosol can, releasing the pressurized fluid contents of the can from the nozzle tip in a projected path of particle spray. A distal end of the electrode extends into the projected path of particle spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Inventor: Marc Birge
  • Patent number: 4962888
    Abstract: A portable device for the storage of water under pressure fitted with a hose ending with a nozzle which may be used either to introduce the water under pressure in the storage tank or to activate the supply of a jet from the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Inventors: Giuseppe Beccaria, Enzo Fava, Giuseppe Manfredini
  • Patent number: 4955545
    Abstract: A spray applicator to discharge plaster or another texturizing material in a spray pattern against a wall surface or the like. There is a manually operated air cylinder and piston assembly which discharges pressurized air through a first nozzle, with an air jet traveling through an area where the plaster or the material descends from a container, with the air jet carrying some of the plaster through a forward discharge nozzle to cause a spray pattern. There is a rotatable adjusting sleeve which moves the two nozzles further apart or closer together to control the spray pattern and also to close the discharge nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: DJS&T Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Donald J. Stern, Jeff S. Heaton, James A. Tryon, Brett A. Bartholmey
  • Patent number: 4821372
    Abstract: A reusable handle for lifting, carrying and pouring for use with containers having a flanged portion. In attaching the handle of this invention, the top handle portion is snapped onto or otherwise affixed to the neck portion of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Inventor: Nicholas Casiello
  • Patent number: 4775104
    Abstract: A hand held device for directing water soluble insecticide or the like on growing plants by use of a directable hand held source of water under pressure. A quantity of water soluble insecticide fertilizer, plant food or the like in the form of a solid bar or brick is attached to a length of dowel or a paddle like structure with a water directing end surface. By directing a stream of water on the water soluble bar or brick, the water soluble substance of the bar or brick is mixed with water and directed toward a selected plant. Manipulation of the water stream and/or dowel or paddle like structure can provide precise directional flow of the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Inventor: Chris Harkins
  • Patent number: 4773568
    Abstract: A material spreader carried by the operator in one hand and operated by the same hand for oscillatory movement includes a hollow hopper, a spring-like carrying and operating handle attached to the hopper wall, and a material distributor mounted on the hopper exterior wall to receive material inertially ejected from the hopper through a gated aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Inventor: Louis R. Schaefer
  • Patent number: 4742963
    Abstract: A portable aerosol airbrush type gun apparatus is used for applying liquid cosmetics. A pressurized container has a liquid cosmetic compound therein under pressure. An airbrush type nozzle is attached to the container and operatively connected thereinto and has a flow restrictor and a needle therein. A valve is mounted to the container adjacent the nozzle for releasing the pressurized liquid in the pressurized container into the nozzle responsive to the actuation of the valve. The valve has a hinged finger lever mounted for actuating the valve with an operator's finger. A handle is hinged to the container nozzle housing and has a first storage position adjacent the pressurized container and a second operating position for supporting the operator's hand so that facial makeup and cosmetics can be applied with an airbrush type nozzle in a pressurized storage aerosol container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Inventor: Douglas A. Marvaldi
  • Patent number: 4693423
    Abstract: Power paint sprayer includes a power handle assembly and a separately detachable pump and container assembly. The pump housing has a bail pivotally connected to opposite sides thereof for pivotal movement into and out of locking engagement with a detent on the top of the power handle assembly to detachably hold the pump housing up against the bottom of the power handle assembly. The pump housing may be cast in one piece and has a longitudinal bore extending therethrough in which a pump cylinder is permanently affixed using a suitable adhesive/sealant. The pump piston is driven by an oscillating armature whose movements are limited by a stroke limiting screw thus to limit the stroke of the pump piston. The stroke limiting screw threadedly engages a split nut held together by a pair of O-rings that apply a friction load on the stroke limiting screw to prevent creep thereof due to vibrations and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Assignee: The Wooster Brush Company
    Inventors: Elverton O. Roe, C. Gregg Moore
  • Patent number: 4667881
    Abstract: A flask for cyclists is equipped with a closing and delivery device for the liquid contained therein, which consists of a fixed part, comprising a bush having a partially open bottom and an orifice, and a central cylindrical body coaxial to the bush, connected to its bottom and projecting from its orifice, and of a mobile tubular nozzle part, cooperating with the bush and with the central body in order to close the flask, to deliver selectively a series of light sprays or to deliver a large single spout. The flask has an elongated shape, tapering towards the device, a gripping recess which is also elongated, and a flattened section on one side, all of which guarantee the ergonomic grip and, at the same time, the aerodynamic shape of the flask itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Campagnolo S.p.A.
    Inventor: Guido Michelotti
  • Patent number: 4657477
    Abstract: A portable engine-blower supporting device in which a handle suspending a fan case provided with an engine is always maintained in a horizontal state through adjusting holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Inventor: Gen Shinoda
  • Patent number: 4596363
    Abstract: A combination container and spreader package for particulate material is disclosed. The combination comprises a container having a side wall and bottom for holding the particulate matter. Openings are provided in the side wall adjacent the juncture of the side wall and the bottom. A handle is provided whereby the container can be oscillated about a vertical axis. The oscillatory movement forces the particular material from the openings in the container and evenly spreads the material over the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1986
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Wellard
  • Patent number: 4570855
    Abstract: An apparatus for spraying both liquid and dry particulate material such as powder. A rectangular housing holds upright cylinders, one for liquid and the other for dry particulate material and each having a one-way check valve at the top for receiving pressurized air and an air pressure gauge above the housing. Coiled flexible hoses extend from the respective cylinders to spray nozzles outside the housing. This entire assembly is stored in a covered carrying case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Inventor: Taylor C. Johnston
  • Patent number: 4562965
    Abstract: A compressed fluid spraying pistol includes a central nozzle for ejecting a spraying medium, a tank for holding the spraying medium, a jet needle for opening and closing the nozzle, and a connecting channel between the nozzle and the tank. The nozzle, tank, jet needle, and connecting channel form a foot-like exchangeable member insertable within a slipper-shaped housing within the body of the pistol. The spraying medium includes a product to be sprayed and a hardener, separately contained within the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Inventors: Manfred Ihmels, Hartmut Ihmels
  • Patent number: 4519545
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a self-contained spray applicator for one handed operation in a zero gravity vacuum environment by a free-flying astronaut not attached to any spacecraft while avoiding contamination of the operator by back spray.Said applicator includes a rigid accumulator (12) for containment of a fluid (17) within a flexible bladder (16), the fluid being urged out of the accumulator under pressure through a spray gun (13). The spray gun includes a spring loaded lockable trigger (47) which controls a valve (56). When in an open position, the fluid passes through the valve into the ambient environment in the form of a spray. A spray shield (14) is provided which directs the flow of the spray from the applicator by trapping errant particles of spray yet allowing the passage of escaping gases through its material. This reduces the reactive force exerted by the escaping spray on the operator of the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Jerome F. Kuminecz, Merlyn F. Lausten
  • Patent number: 4502640
    Abstract: A spray gun is disclosed intended alternatively for the application of plaster to walls, and the application of particulate finishing materials to the wet plaster. The gun has a hand held stock supporting a tubular housing, which receives at its front end interchangeable barrels having apertures in their side walls which can be brought into coincidence with an aperture in the housing communicating with a supply of material to be sprayed. One barrel has a handle so that it can be rotated in the housing to adjust the degree of coincidence between the openings and thus control release of particulate material into the barrel, while the other barrel is provided with a nozzle for the spraying of plaster. Compressed air for carrying out the spraying is admitted through an axial pipe connected to an external trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Inventor: Italo Nonis
  • Patent number: 4485971
    Abstract: A liquid sprayer to assist in disposal of animal excrement and characterized so that the sprayer may be carried as a walking cane, the liquid sprayer consisting primarily of two axially aligned, concentric chambers, one acting as a pressurized water reservoir communicated by a spring-biased ball valve with the other chamber which is an air chamber, the pressurized water reservoir fitting into the other chamber and acting as an air pump which pumps air through the ball valve into the water reservoir when the air chamber is compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Inventor: Paul D Pajevic
  • Patent number: 4477023
    Abstract: A special container vessel and associated compatible spray for dispensing hot liquids in spray form such as melted butter, margarine, peanut oil, and the like; more specifically, for spraying popcorn uniformly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Inventor: James T. Gates