Dual spray gun for painting and cleaning

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6702203
  • Patent Number
    6,702,203
  • Date Filed
    Monday, February 4, 2002
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, March 9, 2004
    20 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Mar; Michael
    • Gorman; Darren
    Agents
    • Baxley; Charles E.
Abstract
The present invention relates to a dual spray gun for painting and cleaning, and more particularly, to a combined tin and pipe dual spray gun for painting and cleaning, which can be used separately and independently, increasing working radius at will, and can be used in unitized construction, depending on the working environments. The present invention includes a T-shaped main body, which is connected with an air blow-gun at a back end, and connected to a blow head at a front end. A pipe is secured on a vertical sucking tap hole. A tank is connected on a tip end of the pipe to construct a combined tin and pipe structure. The tank can be connected on the T-shaped main body directly to construct a tin structure or the pipe can be connected on the T-shaped main body to construct a pipe structure. So the three structures can meet necessities of any working environment so that the working radius is extended infinitely.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to a dual spray gun for painting and cleaning, and more particularly, to a dual spray gun that combines tin and pipe sucking methods into one set that can be used separately and independently or in a series connection so as to improve the painting or cleaning operation.




2. Description of the Prior Art




In accordance with a conventional dual spray gun for painting and cleaning used for painting priming paint or cleaning various work-pieces, whether sucking up paint or cleaner, most of the dual spray guns can be divided into a tin dual spray gun


11


, as shown in

FIG. 1

, and a pipe dual spray gun


12


, as shown in

FIG. 2

, for suiting different working environments.




For example, the tin dual spray gun


11


carries less paint or cleaner and is used in smaller working area painting or cleaning for a shorter working period, but it has shortcomings just like heavier units that limit wrist and hand dexterity making the wrist tire easily and working period shorter.




The pipe dual spray gun


12


with a long pipe


121


can use a large tank


13


at the other end of the pipe


121


, supplying more paint or cleaner to be sucked up and sprayed out for meeting the necessity of larger working areas. Meanwhile, the working radius is increased due to the pipe


121


. The pipe dual spray gun


12


, by the larger tank


13


providing more paint or cleaner, overcomes the shortcoming of interruption of the liquid in the tin, instead supplying enough liquid so that a larger working area can be processed and a larger working radius is achieved by means of the longer pipe


121


.




Although it has so many merits, there are some demerits obviously existing. For example, because the worker has to move often for adjusting position during working, sometimes he or she forgets the length limit of the pipe


121


when moving and overruns the length of the pipe


121


so that the pipe


121


is withdrawn out from the surface of the liquid in the tank and interrupts the spraying process unexpectedly affecting the quality of painting and delay work. On the other hand, the tank


13


is easily overturned by dragging the pipe


121


or by being run into by a passing worker casually to cause the paint or cleaner liquid to run out, so the operator has to pay attention to the positions of the tank


13


and the pipe


121


all the time, distracting his attention and further affecting job quality.




The above-mentioned tin and pipe spray guns are designed professionally to work independently. If the user has to use both methods on a job, he or she would buy the two kinds of dual spray guns for painting and cleaning because they can not be used convertibly or alternatively. Therefore, the cost must be higher and the operation is inconvenienced.




OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




It is therefore a main object of the present invention to provide a combined tin and pipe dual spray gun for painting and cleaning, which can be used convertibly and alternatively in tin style and pipe style with low cost and improved operation.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a side view of a conventional tin dual spray gun;





FIG. 2

is a side view of a conventional pipe dual spray gun;





FIG. 3

is an exploded view of the present invention;





FIG. 4

is a cross-sectional view of the present invention;





FIG. 5

is a cross-sectional view showing the pipe method of the present invention; and





FIG. 6

is a cross-sectional view showing the tin method of the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




Referring to FIG.


3


and

FIG. 4

, the present invention is comprised of a three-way T-shaped main body


21


having an inlet tap hole


211


for securing to an air blowgun


30


via a combined bolt


22


and a locating nut


221


, a front tap hole


212


for securing a blow head


23


, a downward sucking tap hole


214


connecting to the front tap hole


212


, and a through-hole


213


connecting the front tap hole


212


and the sucking tap hole


214


to the inlet tap hole


211


for locating an atomized nozzle


24


from the inlet tap hole


211


side so that a tip end of the nozzle


24


stretches inside the front tap hole


212


and above the sucking tap hole


214


. The sucking tap hole


214


is used for securing on a pipe connection


51


at one end of a pipe


50


.




A filter connection


52


, holding a filter leaf


521


for filtering foreign matter, is on the other end of the pipe


50


. An internal screw


522


is built on the inside of the filter connection


52


for securing on a bolt


411


with a through-hole on a cap


41


of a tank


40


that is sealed with an O-ring


42


. The bolt


411


with the through-hole built on a top side of the cap


41


also can be secured on the sucking tap hole


214


of the T-shaped main body


21


. The cap


41


has a sucking tube


43


extending at a bottom side connecting to the through-hole of the bolt


411


for sucking up the paint or cleaner contained in the tank


40


. The cap


41


also has a pair of pivoting holes


412


for a C-shaped handle


413


for carrying.




The above-mentioned mechanism of the combined tin and pipe dual spray gun provided by the present invention can be used as an individual tin spray gun or as an independent pipe spray gun, or as a combined tin and pipe dual spray gun, as follows:




4. Used in a combined tin and pipe method:




Referring to FIG.


3


and

FIG. 4

, the T-shaped main body


21


connects to the pipe connection


51


of the pipe


50


the same way as above-described. The other end of the pipe


50


, via the filter connection


52


, connects to the cap


41


of the tank


40


to construct a combined longer pipe and tank dual spray gun. Because the tank


40


not only can be put in a proper position, but also carried with the user moving to the working site, the working radius can be increased at will. Meanwhile, it not only overcomes the demerit of the conventional tin dual spray gun, like being heavy, but also has the merit of the conventional pipe dual spray gun, as being light and being a longer working radius.




Due to adopting screwing connections between the tank


40


and the pipe


50


, even if the tank


40


is overturned by dragging the pipe


50


, the sealed tank


40


still can keep the liquid inside without running out, and with moving of the tank


40


, the working radius can be increased infinitely. The tank


40


not only can be put on the ground, but also hung at different heights above the ground according to the necessity of the working environment. Besides, the operator can carry the tank


40


with one hand, while the other hand can hold the spray gun


30


so that processing becomes more rapid and more facilitated.




5. Used in a pipe method:




Referring to

FIG. 5

, the filter connection


52


on the tip end of the pipe


50


can be used independently, thereby not only filtering foreign matter with the filter leaf


521


held inside of the filter connection


52


, but also being in the painting tank


60


directly, whether small or big, working as the conventional pipe spray gun. In painting, the filter connection


52


can be put into a variety of painting tanks, and in cleaning, the cleaner tank can be used directly by putting it on the filter connection


52


end of the pipe


50


.




6. Used in a tin method:




Referring to

FIG. 6

, the tank


40


can be secured on the T-shaped main body


21


to construct a tin dual spray gun for painting and cleaning, like the conventional one, it can be selected depending on necessity of the working environment.




Therefore, according to the above-described, we find that the present invention has the following merits:




1. Used in the combined tin and pipe method makes the working radius extend infinitely in a painting or cleaning process. Meanwhile the tank not only can be set at different heights, but also can be carried and according to the necessity of the working environment, it can be moved or placed at will, so it has higher mobility and facility, without any worry of spilling caused by overturning.




2. Combining the tank and the T-shaped main body to form an individual spray gun for use in a smaller working area and a high mobility site.




3. For suiting to a large working area and long working period of the working environment, the present invention can be joined into a pipe dual spray gun by securing the pipe on the T-shaped main body.




So the present invention can suit any working environment by changing the combination style, in any of three ways.



Claims
  • 1. A dual spray gun for painting and cleaning comprising:a) a three-way T-shaped main body having: i) an inlet tap hole for securing to an air blowgun, via a combined bolt and locating nut; ii) a front tap hole for securing to a blow head; iii) a downward sucking tap hole connecting to said front tap hole; and iv) a through-hole connecting said front tap hole and said downward sucking tap hole to said inlet tap hole for locating an atomized nozzle from the inlet tap hole side so as to allow a tip end of said nozzle to stretch inside of said front tap hole and above said downward sucking tap hole; wherein said downward sucking tap hole is used for securing a pipe connection thereon, at one end of a pipe; b) a filter connection holding a filter leaf for filtering foreign matter and being on the other end of said pipe; and c) an internal screw on an inside of said filter connection for securing on a bolt with a through-hole on a cap of a tank and sealing with an O-ring; wherein said bolt with a through-hole on a top side of said cap is secured to said filter connection; wherein said cap has a sucking tube extending from a bottom side thereof connecting a through-hole of said bolt with a through-hole on the top side of said cap with a top end of said sucking tube for sucking up paint or cleaner in the tank; and wherein said cap has a pair of pivoting holes for a handle for carrying.
  • 2. A dual spray gun for painting and cleaning as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bolt with a through-hole on the cap of the tank is secured to the downward sucking tap hole of said three-way T-shaped main body to construct a tin dual spray gun for painting and cleaning.
  • 3. A dual spray gun for painting and cleaning as claimed in claim 1, wherein said downward sucking tap hole of said three-way T-shaped main body is secured to the pipe connection of said pipe to construct a pipe dual spray gun for painting and cleaning.
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