IP Library Granted Patent US 7,328,855
Granted Patent B2
US 7,328,855 · App. 10/514,497 · Granted Feb 12, 2008

Spray head for a product such as paint

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Patent No.
US 7,328,855
App. No.
10/514,497
Granted
Feb 12, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a spray head for a product such as paint. According to the invention, the blow cap comprises a flat face which can be applied against a flat face of the body and the retaining ring is fixed to said body. The contact between the aforementioned faces provides sealing to the outside. In addition, the gas distributor ring is used to hold the spray nozzle and the blow cap in a concentric manner in relation to the body.

Claims (24)

1. A spray head, comprising:

a body, the body further comprising an internal insert configured to supply spray product and at least one internal tube configured to supply pressurized gas, the internal insert comprising a free annular end and an annular flat face around the free annular end;

a tubular spray nozzle configured to receive the spray product from the free annular end of the internal insert, the nozzle comprising a spray neck at one end and a shoulder at the other end, the shoulder defining a first annular flat face on one side and a second annular flat face on a second side, the spray neck configured to output a jet of spray product from the second side;

a seal disposed between the first annular flat face of the nozzle and the free annular end of the internal insert;

a gas blow cap;

a gas distributor ring disposed between the spray nozzle and the blow cap, the gas distributor ring detachable from the gas blow cap and configured to receive pressurized gas from the at least one internal tube, the gas distributor ring configured to homogenously supply the cap with pressurized gas and to distribute the gas to vary a shape of the output jet of the spray product; and

a swivel retaining ring rotatably connected to the gas blow cap, the retaining ring configured to join the blow cap to the body, thereby creating a waterproof assembly wherein the internal insert of the body abuts the spray nozzle, the spray nozzle abuts the gas distribution ring, and the gas distributor ring abuts the blow cap;

wherein:

the body further comprises a second annular flat face around the free annular end of the internal insert;

the gas distributor ring further comprises, a first side and a second side, an annular flat face disposed on the first side and configured to be applied against the second annular flat face of the spray nozzle, and a second side comprising a second annular flat face forming a shoulder comprising a projecting part, the second annular flat face of the gas distributor ring configured to be applied against by the blow cap; and

the blow cap comprises an annular flat face configured to be simultaneously applied against the second annular flat face of the body and against the second annular flat face of the gas distributor ring.

2. The spray head according to claim 1 wherein the retaining ring and the body comprise a system of ramps configured to join the body, the seal, the spray nozzle, the gas distributor ring, and the blow cap, consecutively by a rotation of the retaining ring.

3. In combination, the spray head according to claim 1 and a spray device.

4. A spray head, comprising:

a body comprising a supply tube configured to supply spray product, the supply tube comprising a free annular end and an annular flat face around the free annular end;

a tubular spray nozzle, the tubular spray nozzle fitted with a spray neck at one end and a shoulder at the other end that defines a first annular flat face on one side and a second annular flat face at the other end, the spray neck configured to output a jet of spray product;

a seal removeably disposed between the first annular flat face of the nozzle and the free annular end of the supply tube;

a gas distributor ring, the gas distributor ring comprising a central opening, a first annular flat face arranged to be applied against the second annular flat face of the spray nozzle, a second annular face disposed opposite the first annular flat face of the gas distributor ring, the second annular face on the second side of the gas distributor ring forming a shoulder comprising a projecting part, wherein the gas distributor ring is configured to distribute gas through the central opening on the second annular flat face of the gas distributor ring to vary a shape of the jet of spray product;

a gas blow cap, comprising an annular flat face arranged to be simultaneously applied against the second annular flat face of the body and against the second annular flat face of the gas distributor ring, and a central chamber fitted with a blow neck and two symmetric ducts that are extended by sloping blow ducts, the central chamber configured to receive the projecting part of the gas distributor ring; and

a swivel retaining ring connected to the gas blow cap, the retaining ring configured to join with the body, thereby simultaneously pressing:

the annular flat face of the blow cap against the second annular flat face of the body and against the second annular flat face of the gas distributor ring;

the first annular flat face of the gas distributor ring against the second annular flat face of the spray nozzle; and

the seal between the first annular flat face of the nozzle and the free annular end of the supply tube;

wherein the body, the spray nozzle, the seal, the gas distributor ring, and the blow cap, are consecutively joined together forming a water-tight assembly.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2023
From: SURFACES & FINITIONS S.A.S.
To: CARLISLE FLUID TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 065081/0565 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 8, 2014
From: ITW SURFACES & FINITIONS
To: SURFACES & FINITIONS S.A.S.
Reel/Frame 031939/0478 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2004
From: CHATRON, MICHEL; VACHER, ERIC
To: ITW SURFACES AND FINITIONS
Reel/Frame 015420/0651 →