Claims
- 1. Painting apparatus comprising:
- a pump for pumping paint from a reservoir to an applicator;
- a conduit coupled from said pump to said applicator, a portion of said conduit being flexible tubing of a length sufficient to enable utilization of said applicator at a location remote from said pump;
- remote control signal receiver means, associated with said pump, for controlling operation of said pump;
- a handle connected to said applicator to facilitate manipulation of said applicator against a surface to be painted;
- remote control signal transmitter means, located in said handle, for sending commands to said receiver means to remotely control said pump from said handle;
- manually operable means, on said handle, for operating said transmitter means; and
- battery means, in said handle, for providing electrical supply to said transmitter means.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:
- said transmitter means and receiver means are radio signal transmitter means and receiver means.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2 and further comprising:
- a wheeled cart,
- said pump being mounted on said hand cart, said hand cart having a nest for a paint reservoir thereon.
- 4. Painting apparatus, comprising:
- a pump for pumping paint from a reservoir to an applicator;
- conduit means coupled from said pump to said applicator, a portion of said conduit means being flexible tubing of a length sufficient to enable utilization of said applicator at a location remote from said pump;
- remote control signal receiver means associated with said pump for control of said pump;
- a handle connected to said applicator to facilitate manipulation of said applicator against a surface to be painted;
- remote control signal transmitter means operable by manually operable means to control said pump remotely from said handle;
- said transmitter means and receiver means being radio signal transmitter means and receiver means;
- a wheeled hand cart;
- said pump being mounted on said hand cart, said hand cart having a nest for the paint reservoir thereon;
- said transmitter means being in said handle, and the manually operable means therefor being on said handle; and
- a light mounted on the cart to illuminate the work.
- 5. Painting apparatus, comprising:
- a pump for pumping paint from a reservoir to an applicator;
- a conduit connecting said pump to said applicator, said conduit comprising flexible tubing of a length sufficient to enable utilization of said applicator at a location remote from said pump;
- remote control signal receiver means, associated with said pump, for controlling operation of said pump;
- a handle connected to said applicator to facilitate manipulation of said applicator against a surface to be painted;
- remote control signal transmitter means for remotely controlling said pump via said remote control signal receiver means;
- manually operable means, actuatable by an operator while holding said handle, for operating said remote control signal transmitter means;
- support means for supporting said pump and said remote control receiver means;
- a control console mounted on said support means and provided with manually operable controls for controlling operation of said pump independently of said remote control signal transmitter means; and
- a switch on said support means for switching on said remote control receiver means.
- 6. The painting apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a light mounted on said support means to assist in illuminating the work.
- 7. The painting apparatus of claim 6, wherein said support means comprises a wheeled cart having a handle, said pump and said control console being mounted on said handle, said light being mounted above said pump and said control console, and said reservoir being supported on said cart forwardly of said handle.
- 8. Painting apparatus, comprising:
- a support structure;
- a pump mounted on said support structure;
- a reversible electric motor drivingly connected to said pump;
- a paint applicator mounted on a handle;
- conduit means for passage of paint between said pump and said applicator;
- radio transmitter means, located in said handle, for transmitting control signals to control operation of said motor;
- radio receiver means, mounted on said support structure, for receiving said control signals and controlling operation of said motor in accordance therewith; and
- a switch ring rotatably mounted on said handle, manual rotation of said switch ring between detented positions controlling operation of said radio transmitter means for remote controlling operation of said pump from said handle.
- 9. The painting apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a battery in said handle for supplying electrical power to said radio transmitter means.
- 10. The painting apparatus of claim 9, further comprising an antenna coil in said handle and operatively associated with said radio transmitter means.
- 11. The painting apparatus of claim 10, wherein said battery is disposed adjacent said switch ring, and said radio transmitter means is disposed between said battery and said antenna coil.
- 12. The painting apparatus of claim 8, wherein said switch ring is located between a shoulder of said handle and a shoulder of a swivel coupling assembly by which said conduit means is coupled to said handle for swivelling movement relative thereto.
- 13. The painting apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a control panel mounted on said support structure, said control panel having controls for controlling operation of said motor separately from said radio transmitter means.
- 14. The painting apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a switch on said support structure for supplying power to said radio receiver means, and a light mounted on said support structure to assist in illuminating work being performed.
- 15. The painting apparatus of claim 8, wherein:
- said pump comprises a housing, a pumping tube supported on a support cam in said housing, and pressure applying rollers cooperating with said pumping tube for pumping said paint, said motor being connected to drive said rollers; and
- said switch ring enables said motor to be operated in either of two directions of drive; and further comprising
- a reservoir for paint supported on said support means and connected to said pump, operation of said motor in one of said directions causing said pump to draw paint from said reservoir and deliver said paint to said applicator via said conduit means, and operation of said motor in the other of said directions causing said pump to return paint from said conduit means to said reservoir.
- 16. A painting apparatus, comprising:
- a cart supported on wheels and having a handle structure;
- a pump and an electric motor mounted on said cart, said motor being reversible and connected to said pump to drive the latter in forward and reverse directions;
- a paint container supported by said cart and connected to said pump for passage of paint therebetween upon operation of said pump;
- a paint applicator mounted on a handle;
- conduit means for passage of paint between said pump and said applicator;
- radio transmitter means for emitting control signals for remotely controlling operation of said pump;
- radio receiver means, supported on said cart and associated with said motor, for controlling operation of said motor in accordance with said control signals;
- manually operable means, actuatable by an operator while holding said handle, for operating said radio transmitter means to control said pump;
- manually operable controls on said cart for controlling operation of said motor independently of said radio transmitter means;
- a switch on said cart for switching on said radio receiver means; and
- said manually operable means and said manually operable controls each functioning to operate said motor in forward and reverse directions and to switch said motor off, paint being pumped from said paint container to said applicator in the forward direction of said motor, and paint being drawn from said conduit means and delivered to said paint container in the reverse direction of said motor.
- 17. The painting apparatus of claim 16, wherein said handle structure comprises an inverted U-shaped handle member extending upwardly at one end of said cart, said pump and said motor are mounted on said handle, said manually operable controls are grouped in a control panel mounted above said pump, and said radio receiver means is mounted behind said control panel together with control electronics for said motor.
- 18. The painting apparatus of claim 17, further comprising a light mounted on said handle above said control panel and directed forwardly for illuminating work being performed.
- 19. The painting apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a battery associated with said radio transmitter means for powering the latter.
- 20. The painting apparatus of claim 19, wherein said radio transmitter means is only keyed when a command is sent thereby in order to conserve battery power.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 564,726, filed Dec. 23, 1983, now abandoned, which is a division of application Ser. No. 218,354, filed Dec. 22, 1980 and now U.S. Pat. No. 4,424,011.
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Divisions (1)
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