Outlet fitting for a portable turbine
AssigneeWagner Spray Tech Corporation
InventorJoseph W. Kieffer
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Abstract
An outlet fitting for portable turbines used in paint spraying, the outlet fitting including an exhaust pipe threadedly carrying an annular reducer sized to closely interfit with a cylindrical exhaust tube of the turbine and sealed thereto with an O-ring, with the outlet fitting secured to a wall of an enclosure for the turbine by a decorative ring.
Claims15
An outlet fitting combination with a portable turbine carried in an enclosure, the turbine having an exhaust tube of fixed internal diameter, the outlet fitting in combination with the turbine and enclosure, the outlet fitting comprising:
- a) an annular reducer member having a bore therethrough carrying internal threads and having an external diameter at a first end thereof closely interfitting the internal diameter of the exhaust tube of the portable turbine;
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- b) an exhaust pipe having a first set of external threads thereon at a first end thereof to matingly engage the internal threads of the annular reducer and wherein the exhaust pipe further has mounting means securing the exhaust pipe to the enclosure of the turbine.
A method of connecting to the outlet of a turbine having an exhaust tube comprising the steps of:
- a) threading an annular reducer having a bore therethrough onto an exhaust pipe;
- b) installing the exhaust pipe in a wall of an enclosure for the turbine and in alignment with an exhaust tube of the turbine;
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- c) backing the annular reducer along the threads of the exhaust pipe until the reducer is received in the exhaust tube of the turbine.
A combined outlet fitting, turbine and enclosure assembly for portable paint spraying, the assembly comprising:
- a) a turbine having a generally cylindrical exhaust tube projecting along a cylindrical axis;
- b) an enclosure carrying the turbine and having a wall spaced apart from the cylindrical exhaust tube and positioned generally perpendicularly to the cylindrical axis of the exhaust tube;
- c) an outlet fitting having
- i) an exhaust pipe threaded at one end thereof, and
- ii) an annular reducer having a bore therethrough threadably received on the exhaust pipe;
- wherein the outlet fitting is secured to the wall of the enclosure and projects generally perpendicularly thereto and interiorly of the enclosure in alignment with the cylindrical axis, and further wherein the annular reducer is received in and seals against the cylindrical exhaust tube of the turbine to direct air exiting the turbine to pass through the annular reducer and the exhaust pipe for delivery exterior of the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.