Patent Application
20200383465
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The disclosure and prior art relates to paint brush devices and more particularly pertains to a new paint brush device for attaching a paint brush to a paint sprayer.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a spray nozzle that is fluidly coupled to supply hose of a paint sprayer for receiving pressurized fluid paint from the paint sprayer. A hose is fluidly and removably coupled to the spray nozzle and the hose receives the pressurized fluid paint from the spray nozzle. A paint brush is included that has a fluid input and a plurality of bristles that is each in fluid communication with the fluid input. The fluid input is fluidly coupled to the hose such that the each of the bristles receives the pressurized fluid paint. In this way the paint brush can be attached to the paint sprayer to paint a surface.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The valve 18 is positionable between an open position to release the pressurized fluid paint 24 and a closed position to restrict the pressurized fluid paint 24. The spray nozzle 12 has a trigger 26 is pivotally coupled thereto and the trigger 26 is coupled to the valve 18. The valve 18 is biased into the closed position and the valve 18 is urged into the open position when the trigger 26 is manipulated. The spray nozzle 12 may be a paint spraying nozzle such as is commonly employed with compressed air sprayers or the like. Additionally, the valve 18 may be a fluid valve 18 capable of metering the delivery of pressurized fluid paint 24. A pivot 27 is pivotally coupled to the output 16 and the pivot 27 is pivotable upwardly and downwardly on the output 16. Additionally, the pivot 27 comprises a jointed conduit or the like that is capable of passing the pressurized fluid paint 24 therethrough.
A hose 28 is fluidly and removably coupled to the pivot 16 and the hose 28 receives the pressurized fluid paint 24 when the valve 18 is opened. The hose 28 has a first end 30 and a second end 32, and the first end 30 is in fluid communication with the output 16 of the spray nozzle 12. A paint brush 34 is provided that has a fluid input 36 and a plurality of bristles 37. Each of the bristles 37 is in fluid communication with the fluid input 36 and the fluid input 36 is fluidly coupled to the hose 28. Thus, each of the bristles 37 can receive the pressurized fluid paint 24 when the valve 18 is opened. In this way the pressurized fluid paint 24 is delivered to the paint brush 34 to paint a surface.
The paint brush 34 has a handle 38 and a stock 40, the handle 38 has a distal end 42 with respect to the stock 40 and the stock 40 has a distal surface 44 with respect to the handle 38. The paint brush 34 has a conduit 46 extending through the distal end 42 of the handle 38 and the distal surface 44 of the stock 40. The fluid input 36 is positioned on the distal end 42 of the handle 38 and is in fluid communication with the conduit 46. Additionally, each of the bristles 37 is positioned on the distal surface 44 of the stock 40.
A pressure reducer 48 is provided and the pressure reducer 48 is positioned within the conduit 46. The pressure reducer 48 reduces a flow rate of the conduit 46 by a pre-determined percentage. In this way the pressure reducer 48 lowers the pressure of the pressurized fluid paint 24. Thus, the pressurized fluid paint 24 is delivered at a rate that is sufficiently slow for applying with a paint brush 34.
A plurality of tubes 50 is each coupled to the paint brush 34 and the tube are distributed amongst the bristles 37. Each of the tubes 50 is in fluid communication with the fluid input 36 to receive the pressurized fluid paint 24 thereby facilitating the pressurized fluid paint 24 to be applied to the surface. Each of the tubes 50 is coupled to the distal surface 44 of the stock 40 and is in fluid communication with the conduit 46 on the distal surface 44. Moreover, each of the tubes 50 is comprised of a flexible material such that the tubes 50 do not interfere with the normal motion of the bristles 37 during painting. Each of the tubes 50 has a diameter that is no greater that the diameter of the bristles 37 on the paint brush. In an alternative embodiment 52 as shown in
In use, a spray head, or other accessory, is uncoupled from the supply hose 20 of the paint sprayer 22 and the spray nozzle 12 is fluidly coupled to the supply hose 20. Thus, the paint brush 34 can be employed to paint instead of the spray head. The trigger 26 is squeezed to open the valve 18 and thusly deliver the pressurized fluid paint 24 to the paint brush 34. Thus, the paint brush 34 is supplied with a continuous flow of paint while the trigger 26 is squeezed. The valve 18 closes when the trigger 26 is released thereby stopping the flow of paint to the paint brush 34. Thus, existing paint sprayer 22s can be used to apply paint by spraying and by brushing.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
