EP1566223A2 - Pistolet pulvérisateur manuel et réservoir associé - Google Patents

Pistolet pulvérisateur manuel et réservoir associé Download PDF

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Publication number: EP1566223A2
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: cup; union; gun; outflow; inflow
Prior art date: 2003-12-05
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

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EP04009716A

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EP1566223A3 (fr

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Marco G. Vicentini

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Anest Iwata Europe SRL

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Anest Iwata Europe SRL

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2003-12-05

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2004-04-23

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2005-08-24

2004-04-23 Application filed by Anest Iwata Europe SRL filed Critical Anest Iwata Europe SRL

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2007-11-07 Application granted granted Critical

2007-11-07 Publication of EP1566223B1 publication Critical patent/EP1566223B1/fr

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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
- 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.
the object of the present invention is to provide a simple, economical and functional solution to both technical problems described above.
this object is achieved thanks to the fact that the aforesaid removable connection means between the inflow union of the gun body and the outflow union of the cup containing the substance to be sprayed comprise a bayonet coupling to which a safety device for the positive locking of said bayonet coupling in the coupled condition is operatively associated.
the aforesaid safety device includes a ring nut able to rotate coaxially to the inflow union of the gun body for the arrest in rotation between said inflow union and said outflow union in the coupled condition of said bayonet coupling.
the injection union of the gun body and the outflow union of the cup have peculiar complementary profiles which assure their precise sealed mutual coupling eliminating, during the operation of the gun, risks of leaks of the substances to be sprayed.
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 European patent application no. 03026312.3 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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EP04009716A 2003-12-05 2004-04-23 Pistolet pulvérisateur manuel et réservoir associé Expired - Lifetime EP1566223B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
IT000981A ITTO20030981A1 (it)	2003-12-05	2003-12-05	Pistola manuale a spruzzo e relativa tazza.
ITTO20030981		2003-12-05

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EP1566223A2 true EP1566223A2 (fr)	2005-08-24
EP1566223A3 EP1566223A3 (fr)	2006-02-15
EP1566223B1 EP1566223B1 (fr)	2007-11-07

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EP04009716A Expired - Lifetime EP1566223B1 (fr)	2003-12-05	2004-04-23	Pistolet pulvérisateur manuel et réservoir associé

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EP (1)	EP1566223B1 (fr)
AT (1)	ATE377454T1 (fr)
DE (1)	DE602004009890T2 (fr)
ES (1)	ES2295724T3 (fr)
IT (1)	ITTO20030981A1 (fr)

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Publication number	Publication date
ATE377454T1 (de)	2007-11-15
EP1566223B1 (fr)	2007-11-07
ITTO20030981A1 (it)	2005-06-06
ES2295724T3 (es)	2008-04-16
DE602004009890T2 (de)	2008-08-28
DE602004009890D1 (de)	2007-12-20
EP1566223A3 (fr)	2006-02-15

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