Liquid spray gun having quick change pattern control

A spray gun having a quick change pattern control valve assembly mounted thereon for varying the patterns of liquid emitted from said gun, said gun including a gun body, an air passage in said gun body, said pattern control valve assembly comprising a valve seat within the forward end of said passage, a valve mounted for axial movement toward and away from said seat, a tubular hollow casing, said casing having threads threadedly engaged with mating threads of said gun body, a shank integral with said valve and extending rearwardly through said hollow casing, a rotational driving connection between said shank and said casing, said connection permitting relative axial sliding motion between said shank and said casing, a threaded end on said shank projecting rearwardly of said casing, a first adjusting means fixedly secured onto the rearward end of said shank and a second adjusting means threadedly secured over the threaded end of said shank, an annular shoulder means on said shank facing rearwardly away from said valve seat, a first annular forwardly facing shoulder means on said casing engageable with said annular shoulder means on said shank, a second rearwardly facing shoulder means on said casing, forwardly facing shoulder means on said second adjusting means engageable with said second shoulder means on said casing, said pattern control valve assembly being movable between a first low air flow position and a second high air flow position, said control valve assembly being moved to said first low air flow position upon application of forwardly directed manual pressure on the rear of said first adjusting means, said forwardly directed manual pressure being operable to move said valve forwardly toward said valve seat until said forwardly facing shoulder of said second adjusting means engages said second rearwardly facing shoulder means on said casing to establish the first forwardmost adjusted position of said valve relative to said valve seat.

A spray gun having a quick change pattern control valve assembly mounted thereon for varying the patterns of liquid emitted from said gun, said gun including a gun body, an air passage in said gun body, said pattern control valve assembly comprising a valve seat within the forward end of said passage, a valve mounted for axial movement toward and away from said seat, a tubular hollow casing, said casing having threads threadedly engaged with mating threads of said gun body, a shank integral with said valve and extending rearwardly through said hollow casing, a rotational driving connection between said shank and said casing, said connection permitting relative axial sliding motion between said shank and said casing, a threaded end on said shank projecting rearwardly of said casing, a first adjusting means fixedly secured onto the rearward end of said shank and a second adjusting means threadly secured over the threaded end of said shank, an annular shoulder means on said shank facing rearwardly away from said valve seat, a first annular forwardly facing shoulder means on said casing engageable with said annular shoulder means on said shank, a second rearwardly facing shoulder means on said casing, forwardly facing shoulder means on said second adjusting means engageable with said second shoulder means on said casing, said pattern control valve assembly being movable between a first low air flow position upon application of forwardly directed manual pressure on the rear of said first adjusting means and a second high air flow position, said forwardly directed manual pressure being operable to move said valve forwardly toward said valve seat until said forwardly facing shoulder of said second adjusting means engages said second rearwardly facing shoulder means on said casing to establish the first forwardmost adjusted position of said valve relative to said valve seat, and said second high air flow position being established by said rearwardly facing shoulder means on said shank being engaged with said first forwardly facing shoulder means on said casing to establish the second rearwardmost adjusted position of said valve relative to said valve seat.

A spray gun having a quick change pattern control valve assembly mounted thereon for varying the patterns of liquid emitted from said gun, said gun including a gun body, an air passage in said gun body, said pattern control valve assembly comprising a valve seat within the forward end of said passage, a valve mounted for axial movement toward and away from said seat, a tubular hollow casing, said casing having threads threadedly engaged with mating threads of said gun body, a shank integral with said valve and extending rearwardly through said hollow casing, a rotational driving connection between said shank and said casing, said connection permitting relative axial sliding motion between said shank and said casing, a threaded end on said shank projecting rearwardly of said casing, a first adjusting means fixedly secured onto the rearward end of said shank and a second adjusting means threadedly secured over the threaded end of said shank, an annular shoulder means on said shank facing rearwardly away from said valve seat, a first annular forwardly facing shoulder means on said casing engageable with said annular shoulder means on said shank, a second rearwardly facing shoulder means on said casing, forwardly facing shoulder means on said second adjusting means engageable with said second shoulder means on said casing, said pattern control valve assembly being movable between a first low air flow position and a second high air flow position, said first low air flow position being established by being operable to move said valve forwardly toward said valve seat, said forwardly facing shoulder of said second adjusting means engaging said second rearwardly facing shoulder means on said casing to establish the first forwardmost adjusted position of said valve relative to said valve seat, and said second high air flow position being established by said rearwardly facing shoulder means on said shank being engaged with said first forwardly facing shoulder means on said casing to establish the second rearwardmost adjusted position of said valve relative to said valve seat.