Retrofit light assembly and powder spray gun with integrated or retrofit light

A light assembly configured to be coupled to a spray gun for spraying electrostatically charged coating material, the spray gun including a voltage multiplier transitionable between an activated state, in which the voltage multiplier produced a magnetic field, and a deactivated state, where the voltage multiplier does not produce the magnetic field, the light assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• a light attached to the housing;
• circuitry electrically connected to the light and contained within the housing;
• and
• at least one battery electrically connected to the circuitry and contained within the housing,
• the circuitry being configured to supply electrical energy inductively obtained by the circuitry to the light when the voltage multiplier is in the activated state, and to supply electrical energy obtained from the at least one battery to the light for a predetermined or adjustable period of time when the voltage multiplier is in the deactivated state.

A manually held spray gun for spraying electrostatically charged coating material, the spray gun comprising:

• a gun body comprising a barrel, a nozzle assembly extending from the barrel in a longitudinal direction, a voltage multiplier, and a trigger assembly to control the spraying of the electrostatically charged coating material from the spray gun;
• and
• a light assembly coupled to the gun body, the light assembly including a light and circuitry electrically connected to the light,
• wherein one actuation of the trigger assembly causes the light assembly to emit a light beam of a first brightness level, and wherein two or more actuations of the trigger assembly within a predetermined time period causes the light assembly to emit a light beam of a second brightness level that is different from the first brightness level.

A spray gun for spraying electrostatically charged coating material, the spray gun comprising:

• a gun body comprising a barrel, a nozzle assembly extending from the barrel in a longitudinal direction, a voltage multiplier comprising a transformer, and an actuator assembly configured to transition the voltage multiplier between an activated state and a deactivated state, such that the transformer produces a magnetic field when the voltage multiplier is in the activated state;
• and
• a light assembly coupled to the gun body, the light assembly including a light and circuitry electrically connected to the light,
• wherein the circuitry is configured to supply electrical energy inductively obtained by the circuitry to the light when the voltage multiplier is in the activated state.

A light assembly configured to be coupled to a spray gun for spraying electrostatically charged coating material, the spray gun including a voltage multiplier transitionable between an activated state, in which the voltage multiplier produced a magnetic field, and a deactivated state, where the voltage multiplier does not produce the magnetic field, the light assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• a light attached to the housing;
• and
• circuitry contained within the housing and having a resonant frequency,
• wherein the circuitry is configured to supply electrical energy inductively obtained by the circuitry to the light,
• wherein the circuitry is configured to be tuned such that the resonant frequency of the circuitry matches a resonant frequency of the voltage multiplier of the spray gun to permit the use of the light assembly on a first and second spray gun when the first spray gun has a first resonant frequency and the second spray gun has a second resonant frequency, and
• wherein the first and second resonant frequencies are different.

A powder coating material spray gun for spraying electrostatically charged powder, the spray gun comprising:

• a gun body comprising a barrel, a nozzle assembly extending from the barrel in a longitudinal direction, a voltage multiplier comprising a transformer, and a trigger configured to control spraying the electrostatically charged powder, the transformer producing a magnetic field when the electrostatically charged powder is being sprayed;
• and
• a light assembly coupled to the gun body, the light assembly including a light and circuitry electrically connected to the light,
• wherein the circuitry is configured to supply electrical energy inductively obtained by the circuitry to the light when the electrostatically charged powder is being sprayed.