EP1566223B1 - A manual spray gun and associated cup - Google Patents
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- EP1566223B1 EP1566223B1 EP04009716A EP04009716A EP1566223B1 EP 1566223 B1 EP1566223 B1 EP 1566223B1 EP 04009716 A EP04009716 A EP 04009716A EP 04009716 A EP04009716 A EP 04009716A EP 1566223 B1 EP1566223 B1 EP 1566223B1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
- B05B7/24—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device
- B05B7/2402—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device
- B05B7/2478—Gun with a container which, in normal use, is located above the gun
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
- B05B7/24—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device
- B05B7/2402—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device
- B05B7/2405—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device using an atomising fluid as carrying fluid for feeding, e.g. by suction or pressure, a carried liquid from the container to the nozzle
- B05B7/2408—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device using an atomising fluid as carrying fluid for feeding, e.g. by suction or pressure, a carried liquid from the container to the nozzle characterised by the container or its attachment means to the spray apparatus
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- the present invention relates to manual guns for the spraying application of coating substances such as paints, chemicals and the like.
- the invention relates to a spray gun of the type comprising a body having a union for the inflow of a substance to be sprayed, whereto is able to be connected a cup containing the substance to be sprayed and having an outflow union designed to be coupled with said inflow union through removable connecting means.
- the removable coupling between the inflow union of the gun body and the outflow union of the cup is achieved by means of a screw-on system: more in particular, through an external thread whereof is provided the inflow union of the gun body whereon is screwed an internal thread of the outflow union of the cup or, alternatively, by means of an external thread of the outflow union of the cup which is screwed into an inner thread of the inflow union of the gun body.
- US-5,035,339 discloses a combination of a manual spray gun and a cup containing the substance to be sprayed corresponding to the pre-characterizing part of claim 1, i.e. comprising a bayonet coupling between a pair of axial arms projecting from a closure of the spray gun and formed with respective slots to be hooked into a corresponding pair of lateral projections of the cup formed with respective rectangular holes, and a rotatable thumb bolt is provided to positively secure the bayonet coupling. Since the sprayer closure is of a conventional type and the cup consists of a plastic canister which is still easily reproducible, the above mentioned second problem remains open.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a simple, economical and functional solution to both technical problems described above.
- the number 1 designates the body of a gun for spray painting, provided posteriorly with a grip 2 and anteriorly with a generally conventional nebuliser nozzle 3.
- a tubular boss 4 communicating with a feeding conduit, not shown, connected in known fashion to the atomising nozzle 3.
- a tubular inflow union 5 adapted for the removable sealed connection of a cup 6 containing the substance to be sprayed by means of the gun 1.
- the substance to be sprayed contained in the cup 6 is in use fed to the gun by gravity, placed in upside down position above the gun 1.
- the inflow union 5 has a cylindrical terminal portion 7, an intermediate portion with conical inner surface 8 and an initial cylindrical portion 9 with narrowed conformation, i.e. having reduced cross section with respect to that of the cylindrical terminal portion 7.
- the edge of the free end of the narrowed initial portion 9 has an annular inner narrowing with conical surface 10.
- the cylindrical terminal portion 7 is formed with a pair of diametrically opposite slits 11, each whereof has, as shown in detail in Figure 4, a general "L" shape with an axially directed upper segment 12 and an inclined or generally horizontal lower segment 13.
- the reference 14 designates a ring nut which coaxially surrounds in rotatable fashion the cylindrical terminal portion 7 of the inflow union 5 and is axially movable relative thereto for a downwards travel, i.e. the initial narrowed portion 9, by an extend that is limited inferiorly by an arresting ring 15.
- the ring nut 14 is formed on its inner wall with an annular groove 16 communicating with a pair of diametrically opposite axial grooves 17, whereof one is shown in Figure 3.
- the cup 6 shown in Figure 1 is generally conventional and consists of a container of generally cylindrical shape, for example metallic or made of moulded plastic material, provided at an end with a removable lid 18 which may have an opening and aerial valve 19, and formed at the opposite end with a generally funnel shaped bottom 20 provided with an axial outflow union 22 able to be coupled in sealed, removable fashion with the inflow union 5 of the gun body 1, in the manner made more readily apparent below.
- the outflow union 22 has a complementary shape to the inflow union 5: in detail, it comprises a broadened cylindrical initial portion 23, complementary to the final portion 7 of the inflow union 5, an intermediate portion with conical outer surface 34 complementary to the conical inner surface portion 8 of the inflow union 5, and a cylindrical terminal tang 24, complementary to the initial portion 9 of the inflow union 5.
- the terminal tan 24 of the outflow union 22 has at its free end an externally enlarged annular edge 25 with a conical outer surface 26 complementary to the conical surface 10 of the inflow union 5.
- one or the other of the conical surfaces 10 or 26 can be provided with a circumferential throat for the insertion of a sealing O-ring made of elastomeric material, not shown in the drawings.
- said sealing O-ring is optional.
- the reference number 27 designates a radial pin or stake which traverses the broadened cylindrical initial portion 23 of the outflow union 22 and whose opposite ends project externally thereto.
- the through pin 27 could be replaced with two distinct and separate pins, projecting outside two diametrically opposite areas of the initial cylindrical portion 23, in a wholly equivalent manner at the opposite ends of said through pin 27.
- a single pin could also suffice, projecting radially outside the initial cylindrical portion 23.
- the cylindrical terminal portion 7 of the inflow union 5 may be provided with a single L shaped slit 11 and, similarly, the ring nut 14 may be provided with a single axial groove 17.
- Said bayonet coupling is in practice constituted at one side by the opposite projecting end of the diametrical pin 27 of the outflow union 22, and at the other by the L shaped slits 11 of the inflow union 5, whilst the safety device is constituted by the rotatable and slidable ring nut 14.
- connection can be improved as a result of the yielding and of the consequence elastic reaction of the optional sealing O-ring inserted between the conical surfaces 10 and 26, or with the aid of possible additional elastic means.
- the presence of the sealing ring is not strictly necessary, although it is preferable also for the purposes of a more secure hermetic seal between the unions 22 and 5.
- the bayonet coupling system with positive safety locking described above is applicable not only to conventional cups 6, but also to disposal cups, such as the one designated by the reference number 28 in Figure 4, in which parts that are identical or similar to those already described above are designated by the same numerical references.
- the cup 28 comprises a disposable container 29, normally made of moulded plastic material, and the outflow union 22 is borne by a substantially funnel shaped bottom 30 separated from the container 29 and connected in removable fashion thereto by means of a ring nut 31.
- the arrangement of the cup 28 could be, for example, of the type described and illustrated in document EP 1424135 by the same Applicant, not published as of the priority date of the present application. Otherwise, it may be of the type currently produced and marketed by the same Applicant with the commercial name "Mix & Spray Cup".
- the funnel shaped bottom 30 with the outflow union 22 may in practice constitute an integral part of the body of the gun 1, in the sense that it may remain permanently coupled to the gun by means of the bayonet coupling and the safety locking between the unions 22 and 5.
- the funnel shaped bottom 30 can be disposable like the container 29: in this case, the outflow union 22 may also be, with the or with each projecting radial pin for the engagement of the or of each L-shaped slit 11, integrally formed by moulding of plastic material with said bottom 30.
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Description
- The present invention relates to manual guns for the spraying application of coating substances such as paints, chemicals and the like.
- More in particular the invention relates to a spray gun of the type comprising a body having a union for the inflow of a substance to be sprayed, whereto is able to be connected a cup containing the substance to be sprayed and having an outflow union designed to be coupled with said inflow union through removable connecting means.
- Traditionally, the removable coupling between the inflow union of the gun body and the outflow union of the cup is achieved by means of a screw-on system: more in particular, through an external thread whereof is provided the inflow union of the gun body whereon is screwed an internal thread of the outflow union of the cup or, alternatively, by means of an external thread of the outflow union of the cup which is screwed into an inner thread of the inflow union of the gun body.
- This traditional connection system has essentially two problems.
- In the first place, the screwing and unscrewing between the cup and the gun body require a relatively long and inconvenient operation.
- In the second place, with this system, which is technologically simple and hence easily reproducible, there is the risk that the guns of a given manufacturer may be equipped with cups not produced by the same manufacturer, i.e. not original. In this case, it is possible that non original cups may induce an improper operation of the gun, and otherwise an operation that does not correspond with the use of the original cups for which the gun was designed.
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US-5,035,339 discloses a combination of a manual spray gun and a cup containing the substance to be sprayed corresponding to the pre-characterizing part ofclaim 1, i.e. comprising a bayonet coupling between a pair of axial arms projecting from a closure of the spray gun and formed with respective slots to be hooked into a corresponding pair of lateral projections of the cup formed with respective rectangular holes, and a rotatable thumb bolt is provided to positively secure the bayonet coupling. Since the sprayer closure is of a conventional type and the cup consists of a plastic canister which is still easily reproducible, the above mentioned second problem remains open. - To attempt to solve this second problem, international patent application
WO-03/069208 - The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, economical and functional solution to both technical problems described above.
- According to the invention, this object is achieved thanks to the features set forth in the characterizing portion of
claim 1. - The invention will now be described in detail in reference to the accompanying drawings, provided purely by way of non limiting example, in which:
- Figure 1 is an exploded schematic view of a combination of a manual spray gun and a cup according to a first embodiment of the invention,
- Figure 2 is an axial section view, in enlarged scale, showing the connection area between the body of the gun and the cup of the substance to be sprayed,
- Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of Figure 2, and
- Figure 4 shows a variant of Figure 1.
- Initially referring to Figure 1, the
number 1 designates the body of a gun for spray painting, provided posteriorly with agrip 2 and anteriorly with a generally conventionalnebuliser nozzle 3. - In the upper part of the
gun body 1 is formed atubular boss 4 communicating with a feeding conduit, not shown, connected in known fashion to theatomising nozzle 3. - Into the
boss 4 is permanently inserted, for example screwed, atubular inflow union 5 adapted for the removable sealed connection of acup 6 containing the substance to be sprayed by means of thegun 1. In the case of the illustrated example, the substance to be sprayed contained in thecup 6 is in use fed to the gun by gravity, placed in upside down position above thegun 1. - As shown in detail in Figures 2 and 3, the
inflow union 5 has acylindrical terminal portion 7, an intermediate portion with conicalinner surface 8 and an initialcylindrical portion 9 with narrowed conformation, i.e. having reduced cross section with respect to that of thecylindrical terminal portion 7. - The edge of the free end of the narrowed
initial portion 9 has an annular inner narrowing withconical surface 10. - The
cylindrical terminal portion 7 is formed with a pair of diametricallyopposite slits 11, each whereof has, as shown in detail in Figure 4, a general "L" shape with an axially directedupper segment 12 and an inclined or generally horizontallower segment 13. - The
reference 14 designates a ring nut which coaxially surrounds in rotatable fashion thecylindrical terminal portion 7 of theinflow union 5 and is axially movable relative thereto for a downwards travel, i.e. the initial narrowedportion 9, by an extend that is limited inferiorly by an arrestingring 15. As Figure 3 shows in detail, thering nut 14 is formed on its inner wall with anannular groove 16 communicating with a pair of diametrically oppositeaxial grooves 17, whereof one is shown in Figure 3. - The
cup 6 shown in Figure 1 is generally conventional and consists of a container of generally cylindrical shape, for example metallic or made of moulded plastic material, provided at an end with aremovable lid 18 which may have an opening andaerial valve 19, and formed at the opposite end with a generally funnel shapedbottom 20 provided with anaxial outflow union 22 able to be coupled in sealed, removable fashion with theinflow union 5 of thegun body 1, in the manner made more readily apparent below. - Referring now in greater detail to Figures 2 and 3, the
outflow union 22 has a complementary shape to the inflow union 5: in detail, it comprises a broadened cylindricalinitial portion 23, complementary to thefinal portion 7 of theinflow union 5, an intermediate portion with conicalouter surface 34 complementary to the conicalinner surface portion 8 of theinflow union 5, and acylindrical terminal tang 24, complementary to theinitial portion 9 of theinflow union 5. - The
terminal tan 24 of theoutflow union 22 has at its free end an externally enlargedannular edge 25 with a conicalouter surface 26 complementary to theconical surface 10 of theinflow union 5. - As shall be described below, one or the other of the
conical surfaces - The
reference number 27 designates a radial pin or stake which traverses the broadened cylindricalinitial portion 23 of theoutflow union 22 and whose opposite ends project externally thereto. It should be noted that the throughpin 27 could be replaced with two distinct and separate pins, projecting outside two diametrically opposite areas of the initialcylindrical portion 23, in a wholly equivalent manner at the opposite ends of said throughpin 27. It should also be noted that, instead of two diametrically opposite projecting pins, a single pin could also suffice, projecting radially outside the initialcylindrical portion 23. In this case, thecylindrical terminal portion 7 of theinflow union 5 may be provided with a single L shapedslit 11 and, similarly, thering nut 14 may be provided with a singleaxial groove 17. - With the above described arrangement, the removable connection between the
outflow union 22 of thecup 6 and theinflow union 5 of the gun is achieved, according to the peculiar characteristic of the invention, through a bayonet coupling with associated safety device for its reversible locking. - Said bayonet coupling is in practice constituted at one side by the opposite projecting end of the
diametrical pin 27 of theoutflow union 22, and at the other by the L shapedslits 11 of theinflow union 5, whilst the safety device is constituted by the rotatable andslidable ring nut 14. - To achieve the coupling between the
cup 6 and thegun 1 it is simply necessary, starting from the configuration shown in Figure 1, to introduce axially theoutflow union 22 into theinflow union 5, until the abutment between theconical surfaces pin 27 are introduced into theaxial portions 12 of theslits 11. Then, rotating theunions pin 27 are made to slide along theportions 13 of theslits 11, until positioning themselves in correspondence with their terminal ends: the bayonet coupling between theunions conical surfaces unions - To proceed with the positive locking of the bayonet coupling, it is therefore simply necessary axially to position the
safety ring nut 14 engaging the projecting ends of thepin 27 into theaxial grooves 17, and then to rotate saidring nut 14 to engage the ends of thepin 27 into theannular groove 16. - In this way, all risks of accidental or undesired disengagement between the
cup 6 and thegun 1 are prevented. - To remove the
cup 6, it will thus be sufficient to disengage thesafety ring nut 14 from the projecting ends of thepin 27 and then disengage said ends of thepin 27, first by rotation and then axially, from theslits 11. - The bayonet coupling system with positive safety locking described above is applicable not only to
conventional cups 6, but also to disposal cups, such as the one designated by thereference number 28 in Figure 4, in which parts that are identical or similar to those already described above are designated by the same numerical references. - According to said variant, the
cup 28 comprises adisposable container 29, normally made of moulded plastic material, and theoutflow union 22 is borne by a substantially funnel shapedbottom 30 separated from thecontainer 29 and connected in removable fashion thereto by means of aring nut 31. The arrangement of thecup 28 could be, for example, of the type described and illustrated in documentEP 1424135 by the same Applicant, not published as of the priority date of the present application. Otherwise, it may be of the type currently produced and marketed by the same Applicant with the commercial name "Mix & Spray Cup". In this case, the funnel shapedbottom 30 with theoutflow union 22 may in practice constitute an integral part of the body of thegun 1, in the sense that it may remain permanently coupled to the gun by means of the bayonet coupling and the safety locking between theunions - As an additional alternative, the funnel
shaped bottom 30 can be disposable like the container 29: in this case, theoutflow union 22 may also be, with the or with each projecting radial pin for the engagement of the or of each L-shaped slit 11, integrally formed by moulding of plastic material withsaid bottom 30. - Naturally, the construction details and the embodiments may vary widely from what is described and illustrated herein, without thereby departing from the scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.
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- A combination of a manual spray gun and a cup (6; 28) containing the substance to be sprayed, said spray gun comprising a body (1) having an inflow union (5) of the substance to be sprayed designed to be connected to an outflow union (22) of said cup (6; 28) by removable connection means comprising a bayonet coupling (27, 11) to which a safety device (14) for the positive locking of said bayonet coupling (27, 11) in the coupled condition is operatively associated, characterised in that:- said outflow union (22) of said cup (6, 28) consists of a tubular body having a broadened cylindrical initial portion (23), an intermediate portion with conical outer surface (34) and a narrowed terminal tang (24), said broadened cylindrical initial portion (23) bearing at least one radial stake (27) projecting outwards,- said inflow union (5) of said gun body (1) has a cylindrical terminal portion (7), an intermediate portion with conical inner surface (8) and a narrowed initial portion (9), designed to be engaged by shape coupling respectively with said broadened cylindrical initial portion (23), said intermediate portion with conical outer surface (34) and said narrowed terminal tang (24) of said outflow union (22), said inflow union (5) further having said cylindrical terminal portion (7) formed with at least one L shaped slit (11) engageable by said at least one radial stake (27) of said cup (6, 28) so as to provide said bayonet coupling (27, 11),- said safety device comprises a ring nut (14), rotatable coaxially to said inflow union (5) of said gun body (1) and axially slidable outside said cylindrical terminal portion (7) thereof for a travel of a predetermined amount, said ring nut (14) having at least one inner groove (16, 17) to engage axially and in rotation said at least one radial stake (27) for the arrest in rotation between said inflow union (5) and said outflow union (22) in the coupled condition of said bayonet coupling (27, 11).
- A gun and cup combination as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that said broadened cylindrical initial portion (23) of the outflow union (22) of said cup (6; 28) has a pair of projecting radial stakes (27), diametrically opposite to each other, said cylindrical terminal portion (7) of the gun body (1) is formed with a pair of corresponding L shaped slits (11), and said ring nut (14) has a pair of corresponding inner grooves (16, 17).
- A gun and cup combination as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that said projecting radial stakes are defined by the end of a pin (27) inserted through said broadened cylindrical initial portion (23) of the outflow union (22).
- A gun and cup combination as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that said narrowed terminal tang (24) of the outflow union (22) of said cup (6; 28) has an externally enlarged annular end edge (25) and said narrowed initial portion (9) of the inflow union (5) of said gun body (1) has a complementary inner annular narrowing to bear said externally enlarged annular end edge (25).
- A gun and cup combination as claimed in claim 4, characterised in that said externally enlarged annular end edge (25) and said complementary inner annular narrowing having respective conical surfaces (26, 10).
- A gun and cup combination as claimed in claim 4 or claim 5, characterised in that a sealing elastic ring is interposed between said externally enlarged annular end edge (25) and said inner annular narrowing.
- A gun and cup combination as claimed in one or more of the previous claims, in which said outflow union (22) is borne by a substantially funnel-shaped bottom (20) of said cup (6), characterised in that said bottom (20) is integral with said cup (6).
- A gun and cup combination as claimed in one or more of the claims 1 through 6, in which said outflow union (22) is borne by a substantially funnel-shaped bottom (30) of said cup (28), characterised in that said bottom (30) is connected to said cup (28) in a removable fashion.
- A gun and cup combination as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said cup (28) is disposable.
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