Systems and methods for cleaning gun-style applicators
AssigneeCyCan Industries, Inc.
InventorJames R. Spinks
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Abstract
Systems and methods for cleaning gun-style applicators are provided that reduce the costs associated with cleaning applicators as well as the cost and burden associated with disposing of containers of cleaning material when they are empty. An adapter of the system has a first end that couples with an output port of a canister of aerosolized cleaning material and a second end that couples with a first end of a hose having a second end that couples with an input port of the applicator. Actuation of a trigger of the applicator causes the aerosolized cleaning material to flow through a bore of the adapter, through the hose, through an internal portion of the gun-style applicator and out of a nozzle of the gun-style applicator.
Claims20
A system for cleaning a gun-style applicator comprising:
- an adapter having a first end, a second end, a body extending from the first end to the second end, and a bore extending through the body from the first end to the second end, the first end being configured to be coupled with an output port of an aerosol canister containing aerosolized cleaning material, the second end being configured to couple with a first end of a hose having a second end that is configured to be coupled with an input port of the gun-style applicator, the first end of the adapter comprising a valve configured to engage a valve disposed in the output port of the adapter when the first end of the adapter is coupled with the output port of the aerosol canister;
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- wherein actuation of a trigger of the gun-style applicator when the valves are engaged and the first and second ends of the hose are coupled to the second end of the adapter and to the output port of the gun-style applicator, respectively, causes the aerosolized cleaning material to flow through the bore of the adapter, through the hose, through an internal portion of the gun-style applicator and out of a nozzle of the gun-style applicator.
A method for cleaning a gun-style applicator comprising:
- providing an adapter having a first end, a second end, a body extending from the first end to the second end, and a bore extending through the body from the first end to the second end;
- coupling the first end of the adapter with an output port of an aerosol canister containing aerosolized cleaning material, wherein coupling the first end of the adapter with the output port of the aerosol canister causes a valve of the adapter to engage a valve disposed in the output port of the adapter to allow aerosolized cleaning material to flow from the aerosol canister into the bore of the adapter;
- coupling the second end of the adapter with a first end of a hose;
- coupling a second end of the hose with an input port of the gun-style applicator;
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- actuating a trigger of the gun-style applicator causing the aerosolized cleaning material to flow through the bore of the adapter, through the hose, through an internal portion of the gun-style applicator and out of a nozzle of the gun-style applicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.