Information
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Patent Grant
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6616069
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Patent Number
6,616,069
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Date Filed
Monday, February 4, 200222 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, September 9, 200321 years ago
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Inventors
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Examiners
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 239 525
- 239 526
- 239 532
- 239 DIG 21
- 239 DIG 22
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International Classifications
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Abstract
In a convertible blow and airless spray gun, separate attachments may be substituted at the end of a blowpipe coupled to a blowgun by means of a connection thread formed on the tip end of the blowpipe. The blowgun can be secured to a long extension blowpipe or to an airless spray adaptor to construct an airless spray cleaning or painting gun. By means of the suction generated by the high speed compressed air flow in an attached hose, liquid in a tank is sucked up to mix with the high speed air jet stream at the inside of a blow head to force an atomized cleaner or paint jet stream to blow out. A nozzle carrier rotates freely to allow the attached hose to hang beneath the air gun body, so as to provide for ease of operation of the gun.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a multifunction air-tool, and more particularly to a combined convertible blow and airless spray gun., which can be combined into multiple mechanisms for suiting to different purpose in application and improving good's market competence.
2. Description of Prior Art
In accordance with the conventional air blowgun
10
with a 4-inche standard length blowpipe, as shown in
FIG. 1
, it just only has a single function—blowing dust. But if meeting to a narrow or small space of the working site, the operator is unable to stretch the hand to reach the working area, so a different sized blowgun
20
with a longer blowpipe has to be need, as shown in FIG.
2
. But in the industrial application, long and short blowguns are needed simultaneously for alternating use frequently. So said blowguns just only have a single function—blowing dust without any change in application, and the length of said blowpipe can not be changed, but simultaneous carrying both of them for meeting to the necessary of applying on various working sites will increase the cost.
In the other hand, the conventional dual spray gun for painting and cleaning is also designed with a single professional function. Although by taking the advantage of compressed air, as same as said blowguns, to generate sucking force in the sucking cable for sucking up the paint or cleaner and spraying out the mixed atomized paint or cleaner on the work piece, but they can not be manufactured in compatible structure for sharing a single set, so that the users have to buy them respectively.
OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore a main object of the present invention to provide a multifinction blow and airless spray gun, which integrate a kit of compatible long and short blowpipes and combined painting and cleaning functions into one set facilitating carryover and operation.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a side view showing a conventional short blowgun.
FIG. 2
is a side view of a conventional long blowgun.
FIG. 3
is side view showing the using as a blowgun of the present invention.
FIG. 4
is a side view showing the use combined a long blowpipe on the blowgun of the present invention.
FIG. 5
is an exploded view showing attaching with a combined airless spray adaptor of the present invention.
FIG. 6
is a cross-section view showing securing state of a combined airless spray adaptor of the present invention.
FIG. 7
is a bottom side view showing the bottom side of the secured the combined airless spray adaptor of the present invention.
FIG. 8
is a scheme showing assembled spray gun with the combined airless spray adaptor of the present invention.
FIG. 9
is a scheme showing the use state as an airless spray gun of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Refering to
FIG. 3
, the present invention provides an air blowgun
30
comprising of a connecting thread
311
at the tip of a blowpipe
31
for connecting a different function adaptor to derive a different function air-tool.
Referring to FIG.
5
and
FIG. 6
, an airless spray adaptor
50
of the present invention is comprised of a nozzle carrier
51
having a stepped hole
511
, which has an internal screw
512
built on the bigger diameter end for securing the blow head
52
, and an internal nozzle
53
contained in said stepped hole
511
so that the front tip of said internal nozzle
53
is kept a space with the back end of said blow head
52
in combination, and a downward through tap hole
513
built on the proper position of the bottom side for securing a cable connection
54
holding a cable
55
; said internal nozzle
53
has an external screw
531
built on the back end stretching out from the back end of said nozzle carrier
51
for securing one end of a connecting nut
56
located on the back surface of a stopper
532
of said internal nozzle
53
so as to make said internal nozzle
53
have a free gap for rotating relatively, by means of said back surface of the stopper is extended out from the back side of said nozzle carrier
51
in combination, and the back end of said connecting nut
56
is secured on the tip end of said blowpipe
31
by joining the internal screw
561
and the external screw
311
.
Said internal nozzle
53
extends an injector spray tip
533
at the front side, which has a flat surface
534
at least for stropping it turning by plugging in screwdriver
60
or other fine bar from the tap hole
513
at the bottom side of said nozzle carrier
51
as securing said connecting nut
56
on, as shown in
FIG. 7
, so that said nozzle carrier
51
can be moved in a bit freely.
According to above-described, the present invention can be derived into different function air-tool for meeting to the necessaries of production, the detail in practice is described in following:
§ Long and Short Blowgun Conversion Function:
Referring to
FIG. 4
, securing an extending blowpipe
40
on the tip end of the blowgun
31
of the original short blowgun
30
is carried out said long blowgun conversion function for be used in narrow and deep space or hard touching place blocked by obstacles, and is converted so easily and simply. On the other hand, an extending blowpipe
50
is in convenience of carryover without the bother of carrying two conventional blowguns—long and short blowguns.
§ Cleaning Airless Spray Gun Function:
Referring to
FIG. 8
, it is showing an embodiment of use as an airless spray gun by attaching an airless spray adaptor
50
on the tip end of said blowpipe of said blowgun, meanwhile the cable
55
connected on said airless spray adaptor
50
by said cable connection
54
stretches the free end into a cleaner tank
70
directly, so that when press back the trigger of said blowgun
30
to cut in the valve to let the compressed air enter the inside of said airless spray adaptor
50
and blow out from the internal nozzle
53
in high speed to generate a negative pressure in the space of the inside of said nozzle carrier
51
simultaneously, said negative pressure creates a sucking force in said cable
55
to suck up the cleaner contained in the cleaner tank
70
through said cable
55
to mix with the high speed air jet stream at the inside of said blow head
52
to compound an atomized cleaner jet stream, further to generate high efficient cleaning function as a high efficient cleaning airless spray gun.
§ Base Paint Airless Spray Gun Function:
Referring to
FIG. 9
, based on the same principle of said cleaning airless spray gun, a painting airless spray gun just only replace the cleaner tank
70
in said cleaning airless spray gun application with a paint tank
80
so that the sucked liquid in the cable
55
is paint instead of the cleaner, to mix with the high speed air jet stream at the inside of said blow head
52
to compound an atomized paint jet stream, further to generate high efficient painting function as a high efficient painting airless spray gun for get the goal of changing multifunction effect.
§ Rotatable Airless Spray Adaptor Function:
Referring to
FIG. 6
, by means of the internal nozzle
53
, said nozzle carrier
51
is connected to the connecting nut
56
without touching or securing, but the connecting nut
56
is located on the back surface of a stopper
532
of said internal nozzle
53
so as to make said internal nozzle
53
have a free gap from said nozzle carrier
51
for moving relatively—when the another end of said connecting nut
56
is secured on the tip of said blowgun, the nozzle carrier
51
can free rotate in any angle in round 360° to the benefit of said cable
55
connected on the bottom side of said nozzle carrier
51
. When the user operates the cleaning or painting airless spray gun, the gun will be moved along with changing the working point or angle, but the longer cable
55
will be curled over relative to the fixed point—the end stretched in the inside of the tank
70
or
80
, so as to block or to affect the operator's action of swinging process if the nozzle carrier
51
is fixed in still, so far this demerits is overcome by the rotational nozzle carrier
51
, which can be spun an angle by the drive or dragging of said cable
55
to facility the operation.
In accordance with above-described, the present invention has following advanced progresses:
1. Combined multiple functions into one set, besides having all the functions of a conventional blowgun, but also by means of the connecting thread at the tip end of the blowpipe, it can be connected with variety nozzle adaptors to convert into a long blowgun with a long blowpipe, or an airless spray cleaning and painting gun with a nozzle adaptor for meeting to different necessaries in different working sites and purposes.
2. Facility to convert between the multiple functions, combining and replacing rapidly and conveniently make the carryover and maintenance easy and convenient, when a component is damaged or wore out, just need to replace one without buy a new whole gun set, so it is very economic for the users.
3. By means of the free rotational nozzle carrier, the cable will not block or affect the operator's action of swinging process whatever attitude and angle of holding the gun, further to improve the working efficient of the user, and facilitating the operation.
In summary, the present invention has thoroughly overcome the demerits of the above-mentioned prior arts in design, and combined multiple functions in the same principle into one set, further to improve the practicality of the air-tool production, and the space of development of commercial and capability of competition. It is suitable whatever to the various factories and family's DIYers.
Claims
- 1. A multifunction blow and spray gun comprising:a blowgun having a blowpipe coupled thereto, said blowpipe having a threaded portion at a distal end thereof for threadably coupling to either one of an extension tube or an airless spray adaptor, said airless spray adaptor including (a) a connecting nut for threadably engaging said distal end of said blowpipe; (b) a nozzle carrier having formed therein a stepped bore composed of a first bore section having a first diameter and a second bore section having a second diameter, said first diameter being larger than said second diameter and having formed thereon a threaded portion, said nozzle carrier further having a downward through hole laterally formed in a longitudinal wall thereof, said downward through hole being in communication with said stepped bore and threaded on inner walls thereof; (c) an internal nozzle including a stopper and an injector spray tip, said stopper including a first stopper section having a first diameter substantially equal to but not greater than said first diameter of said stepped bore of said nozzle carrier, and a second stopper section having a second diameter substantially equal to but not greater than said second diameter of said stopped bore of said nozzle carrier, said second stopper section having formed thereon threads at an end thereof, said injector spray tip longitudinally extending from said stopper section and including at least one flat surface on an exterior wall thereof, said injector nozzle having formed therethrough an axial bore having a first diameter at a distal end of said injector spray tip and a second diameter at said threaded end of said stopper, wherein said internal nozzle is inserted into said stepped bore of said nozzle carrier so that said threaded end of said stopper extends therethrough and is threadedly engaged with said connecting nut such that said axial bore of said injector nozzle is axially aligned with said blowpipe; (d) a blow head having formed therethrough an axial bore, said blow head including a threaded section at one end thereof for threadably coupling to said nozzle carrier such that said end having said threaded section is removed from said distal end of said injector spray tip by a predetermined distance and said axial bore is aligned with said axial bore of said internal nozzle; and (e) a hose connector threadedly coupled to said downward through hole of said nozzle carrier for connecting to a hose; and said extension tube having formed at one end thereof threads for threadably connecting to said distal end of said blowpipe.
- 2. The multifunction blow and spray gun as recited in claim 1, wherein said axial bore of said internal nozzle is step-wise reduced from said second diameter to said first diameter.
- 3. The multifunction blow and spray gun as recited in claim 2, wherein said axial bore is reduced from said second diameter to said first diameter in a single step.
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