Patent Application
20150266041
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a spray gun.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A conventional spray gun for cleaning, as disclosed in patent TW M444219, includes a spray tube, a fluid container, a sucking tube, and a flared tube. Pressurized-gas is directed into the spray tube, and the fluid in the fluid container is sucked out and mixed with the gas to form mist due to the Venturi effect. Thereby, the spray tube is swung in the flared tube to spray the mist on the surface to be cleaned.
However, the fluid may be difficult to be sucked out when the density of the fluid is too high or the pressure of gas is lowered. As a result, continuous mist is hard to generate.
The main object of the present invention is to provide a wrench which is easy to operate and has a simple structure.
To achieve the above and other objects, a wrench of the present invention includes a main body, a jaw portion, a handle, and an elastic element.
The main body is formed in one piece and forms a fixed jaw at an end. The main body further forms a sliding slot along a first direction which is substantially perpendicular to an extending direction of the fixed jaw.
The jaw portion integrally forms a movable jaw at an end and a sliding portion at a bottom of the movable jaw. The sliding portion forms at least a restricting recess and is slidably disposed in the sliding slot. A jaw opening is defined between the movable jaw and the fixed jaw. An interface is defined by a contact surface between a bottom of the sliding portion and a bottom surface of the sliding slot away from the fixed jaw. An extension of the interface traverses the restricting recess.
The handle is rotatably disposed on the main body. The handle has at least one toggle element at an end, and the toggle element extends into the restricting recess. The handle is able to pivot between a driving position and a release position. When the handle is at the driving position, the toggle element abuts against the sliding portion to retain the jaw opening in a minimum size. When the handle is at the release position, the movable jaw is able to move away from the fixed jaw to enlarge the jaw opening.
The elastic element is disposed between the main body and the jaw portion and provides an elastic force so that the movable jaw tends to move toward the fixed jaw.
Thereby, the wrench of the present invention is able to fully transmit the force exerted by a user to the movable jaw and the fixed jaw. Thus, the wrench of the present invention is easy to be operated and has a simple structure to reduce manufacturing cost.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which show, for purpose of illustrations only, the preferred embodiment(s) in accordance with the present invention.
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The control portion 13 is connected with an end of the connecting tube 11 and a pressurized-air source therebetween so as to conditionally allow gas from the pressurized-air source enter the connecting tube 11. The control portion 13 is also connected with an end of the air channel 12 and the pressurized-air source therebetween so as to conditionally allow gas from the pressurized-air source enter the air channel 12. Practically, the pressurized-air source can be an air compressor. The control portion 13 partitions gas from the pressurized-air source into two portions to reroute it to the connecting tube 11 and the air channel 12. Preferably, the control portion 13 includes a handle 132 and a trigger 131. When the trigger 131 is triggered, gas from the pressurized-air source is allowed to enter the connecting tube 11 and the air channel 12.
The flared tube 14 is located at an end of the spray gun 10 opposite to the control portion 13. The flared tube 14 has a first end and an opposite second end. An inner diameter of the flared tube 14 is increasing from the first end toward the second end to form a working portion 141 at the second end. The flared tube 14 is further formed with a hollow restriction portion 142 therein. The restriction portion 142 has a predetermined length and is coaxial with the flared tube 14. Preferably, the restriction portion 142 is integrally formed in the flared tube 14 to be tunnel-shaped. Besides, in the present embodiment, a wall of the flared tube 14 is formed with at least one ventilation opening 143 to allow air outside enter the working portion 141 for facilitating mixing of the fluid and air in order to form finer mist.
The resilient spray tube 15 is located in the restriction portion 142. An end of the spray tube 15 closer to the first end of the flared tube 14 communicates with an end of the connecting tube 11 opposite to the control portion 13. An end of the spray tube 15 closer to the second end of the flared tube 14 is located in the working portion 141 but exposed out of the restriction portion 142. In the present embodiment, the spray tube 15 has a weight piece 151 at the end thereof located in the working portion 141 to help the spray tube 15 swing. An o-ring is disposed on a periphery of the weight piece 151 to prevent the weight piece 151 from hitting inner wall of the flared tube 14 when the spray tube swings.
The fluid container 16 does not communicate with outside directly. Instead, the fluid container 16 communicates with the connecting tube 11 via a sucking tube 161. An end of the air channel 12 opposite to the control portion 13 communicates with the fluid container 16. In the present embodiment, the spray gun 10 is fixedly formed with cover 101, and the fluid container 16 is detachably connected with the cover 101 by screwing or other means. The end of the air channel 12 opposite to the control portion 13 is detachably disposed on a top of the fluid container 16. More specifically, the end of the air channel 12 opposite to the control portion 13 is detachably disposed on the cover 101 to communicate with the fluid container 163. Optionally, the sucking tube 161 has a weight element at an end thereof inside the fluid container 16 to allow the fluid be sucked out when the fluid container 16 inclines.
The inner tube 17 is received in the spray tube 15 and the connecting tube 11. An end of the inner tube 17 communicates with an end of the sucking tube 161 located in the connecting tube 11. In the present embodiment, the inner tube 17 is not exposed out of the spray tube 15. A gap is formed between the inner tube 17 and the spray tube 15.
In use, one can pull the trigger 131 to allow gas enter the connecting tube 11 and the air channel 12. Due to the Venturi effect, gas passing through the spray tube 15 sucks the fluid in the fluid container 16 out and mixes with it to form mist. Thereby, the terminal end of the spray tube 15 swings to spread the mist. In addition, the spray tube 15 is restricted by the restriction portion 142 so that the swinging range of the spray tube 15 is limited. Besides, the pressurized gas also enters the fluid container 16 via the air channel 12, so fluid in the fluid container 16 is squeezed out by the pressurized gas to help the fluid mix with the gas.
