Hand-held coating dispensing device
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsKevin Alexander, Gene Altenburger, Michael Rodgers
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Abstract
A hand-held, electrostatically- and/or compressed gas-aided coating material dispensing device comprises a barrel and a handle extending downward from the barrel. The handle includes a module selected from modules having a number of different characteristics for coupling sources of coating material, compressed gas and/or electrical supply to the coating material dispensing device.
Claims15
A hand-held, electrostatically-aided coating material dispensing device comprising a barrel and a handle extending generally downward from the barrel, the handle including a module selected from a group of modules including at least two of:
- a module including a compressed gas-driven dynamoelectric machine, a compressed gas input port and an electrical output port;
- a module including an input port for coupling to a low-magnitude potential source and an electrical output port;
- a module including a battery and an electrical output port;
- and, a module including a port for coupling to a high-magnitude potential.
A hand-held coating material dispensing device comprising a barrel and a handle extending generally downward from the barrel, the handle including a module including first and second ports for coupling to first and second conduits, respectively, a first one of said conduits for providing a flow of the coating material to be dispensed to the coating material dispensing device and a second one of said conduits for providing a flow of the coating material to be dispensed away from the coating material dispensing device.
A hand-held, compressed gas-aided coating material dispensing device comprising a barrel and a handle extending generally downward from the barrel, the handle including a module selected from a group of modules including at least one of:
- a module for regulating the pressure of the compressed gas provided to the coating material dispensing device;
- a module for regulating the flow rate of coating material provided to the coating material dispensing device;
- and, a module for regulating the pressure of the compressed gas provided to the coating material dispensing device and the flow rate of the coating material provided to the coating material dispensing device.
A hand-held, electrostatically- and compressed gas-aided coating material dispensing device comprising a barrel, a handle extending downward from the barrel, the handle including a module including ports for coupling to sources of coating material, compressed gas and electrical supply, the module selected from:
- a module in which lines drawn through respective pairs of the coating material port, compressed gas port and electrical supply port extends generally in the same direction as the longitudinal extent of the barrel;
- and a module in which lines drawn through respective pairs of the coating material port, compressed gas port and electrical supply port form sides of a triangle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.