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US 5,090,623 AGranted
Paint spray gun
AssigneeRansburg Corporation
InventorsMarvin D. Burns, Alan H. Fritz, Thomas E. Grime
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AssigneeRansburg Corporation
InventorsMarvin D. Burns, Alan H. Fritz, Thomas E. Grime
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An improved high volume low pressure air (HVLP) operated paint spray gun of the type having adjustable fan air and suitable for operation from a high pressure air source. The high pressure air passes from a high pressure chamber through first or second parallel calibrated orifices to supply both low pressure atomization air and low pressure fan air for controlling the shape of the spray pattern. In one embodiment, both orifices supply air to a low pressure chamber which in turn supplies both atomization air and fan air. A fan air control ring adjusts the flow of low pressure air to fan jet orifices. Rotating the fan air control ring controls both air flow through the second orifice to the low pressure chamber and air flow from the low pressure chamber to the fan jet orifices. In a second embodiment, one orifice supplies only low pressure atomization air and the other orifice supplies only low pressure fan air. A valve adjusts the flow of fan air.
An improved paint spray gun including a gun body having a chamber to which high pressure air is supplied, said gun having a nozzle assembly including an orifice from which paint is discharged and atomized by a flow of atomization air and at least two fan orifices from which fan air may be discharged for shaping the pattern of the atomized paint, said spray gun being characterized by a first passage delivering low pressure air to atomize paint, a second passage delivering low pressure air to said fan orifices to control the pattern of the atomized paint, a first calibrated orifice connecting said high pressure air chamber to said first passage, a second calibrated orifice connecting said high pressure air chamber to said second passage, said first orifice having a size to drop said high pressure air to a predetermined maximum low pressure in said first passage, said second orifice having a size to drop said high pressure air to a predetermined maximum low pressure in said second passage, and valve means for controlling air flow through said second orifice to said second passage to control the flow of fan air.
An improved paint spray gun including a gun body having a chamber to which high pressure air is supplied, said gun having a nozzle assembly including an orifice from which paint is discharged and atomized by a flow of atomization air and at least two fan orifices from which fan air may be discharged for shaping the pattern of the atomized paint, said spray gun being characterized by parallel first and second calibrated orifices connecting said high pressure air chamber to a low pressure air chamber, said orifices having a size to drop said high pressure air to a predetermined maximum low pressure in said low pressure chamber, a first passage delivering air from said low pressure chamber to atomize paint, a second passage delivering low pressure air from said low pressure chamber to said fan orifices to control the pattern of the atomized paint, and valve means for simultaneously controlling air flow through said second orifice and said second passage to control the flow of fan air while maintaining the pressure of said atomization air below said predetermined maximum low pressure.
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