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US 7,731,106 B2Granted
Air driven delivery system for sprayable media
AssigneeNano Mist International, LLC
InventorsAugust K. Doner, G. Thomas Ray
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a gas-compression spray device, wherein the nozzle assembly containing all of the wettable parts is detachable from the body of the spray device.
Claims7
A gas-compression spray device comprising:
- a disposable nozzle assembly, said assembly comprising:
- an outer shell cap having an interior and exterior surface and an axial opening for passage of liquid and compressed gas;
- a fluid orifice located within the interior of said cap, said orifice having a forwardly projecting centrally located axially elongated tip with an axial opening for passage of liquid, and one or more circumferential openings for passage of compressed gas;
- an air plate located within the interior of said cap, said air plate having a centrally located axial opening aligned with the axial opening of the fluid orifice;
- and one or more rearwardly projecting circumferentially located tubes having an axial opening for passage of compressed gas;
- a cup port plate at least partially located within the interior of said cap, said cup port plate having a centrally located forwardly projecting tube having an axial opening for passage of liquid, said tube having an side port perpendicular to said tube and having an opening in communication with said axial opening, said cup port plate having one or more circumferentially located holes corresponding to each of the tubes of the air plate;
- a medium container removably attached to the cup port plate;
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- a needle with a forward portion and a rearward portion, said forward portion having a tip located within the axial opening of the elongated tip of the fluid orifice, said rearward portion having a means for preventing the rearward flow of liquid through the cup port plate, and a means for reversibly engaging a trigger means within the spray device;
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- an air brush body, said body comprising:
- a needle retractor having a forward portion and a rearward portion, said forward portion removably attachable to the rearward portion of said needle;
- a trigger for controlling the flow of liquid through said device, said trigger being attached to the rearward portion of said needle retractor;
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- a means for controlling the flow of gas through said device;
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- a double-independent control means for controlling flow of compressed gas and liquid, whereby movement of said trigger in an axial direction reversibly controls flow of liquid, and movement of said trigger in a direction perpendicular thereto controls flow of compressed gas.
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A nozzle assembly for a gas-compression spray device comprising:
- an outer shell cap having an interior and exterior surface and an axial opening for passage of liquid and compressed gas;
- a fluid orifice located within the interior of said cap, said orifice having a forwardly projecting centrally located axially elongated tip with an axial opening for passage of liquid, and one or more circumferential openings for passage of compressed gas;
- an air plate located within the interior of said cap, said air plate having a centrally located axial opening aligned with the axial opening of the fluid orifice;
- and one or more rearwardly projecting circumferentially located tubes having an axial opening for passage of compressed gas;
- a cup port plate at least partially located within the interior of said cap, said cup port plate having a centrally located forwardly projecting tube having an axial opening for passage of liquid, said tube having an side port perpendicular to said tube and having an opening in communication with said axial opening, said cup port plate having one or more circumferentially located holes corresponding to each of the tubes of the air plate;
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- a needle with a forward portion and a rearward portion, said forward portion having a tip located within the axial opening of the elongated tip of the fluid orifice, said rearward portion having a means for preventing the rearward flow of liquid through the cup port plate, and a means for reversibly engaging a trigger means within the spray device;
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- a medium container attached to the side port of the cup port plate;
- said medium container comprises a cup with an open upper portion and an outlet port located in the lower portion for reversible insertion into said port;
- a cup plug having an opening and a raised pin;
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- a cup cap having an opening and an aperture slot,
- said cup plug and cup cap being reversibly attached to the upper portion of said cup;
- wherein said cup cap is positioned over said cup plug such that said aperture slot is aligned over said raised pin, whereupon rotation of the cup cap the opening of the cup cap is aligned over the opening of said cup plug.
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A gas-compression spray device comprising:
- a disposable nozzle assembly, said assembly comprising:
- an outer shell cap having an interior and exterior surface and an axial opening for passage of liquid and compressed gas;
- a fluid orifice located within the interior of said cap, said orifice having a forwardly projecting centrally located axially elongated tip with an axial opening for passage of liquid, and one or more circumferential openings for passage of compressed gas;
- an air plate located within the interior of said cap, said air plate having a centrally located axial opening aligned with the axial opening of the fluid orifice;
- and one or more rearwardly projecting circumferentially located tubes having an axial opening for passage of compressed gas;
- a cup port plate at least partially located within the interior of said cap, said cup port plate having a centrally located forwardly projecting tube having an axial opening for passage of liquid, said tube having an side port perpendicular to said tube and having an opening in communication with said axial opening, said cup port plate having one or more circumferentially located holes corresponding to each of the tubes of the air plate;
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- a needle with a forward portion and a rearward portion, said forward portion having a tip located within the axial opening of the elongated tip of the fluid orifice, said rearward portion having a means for preventing the rearward flow of liquid through the cup port plate, and a means for reversibly engaging a trigger means within the spray device;
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- an air brush body having a needle retractor having a forward portion and a rearward portion, said forward portion reversibly attached to the rearward portion of said needle;
- a trigger for controlling the flow of liquid through said device, said trigger attached to the rearward portion of said needle retractor;
- a means for controlling the flow of gas through said device;
- a medium container attached to the side port of the cup port plate;
- said medium container comprising a cup with an open upper portion and an outlet port for reversible insertion into said port;
- a cup plug having an opening and a raised pin;
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- a cup cap having an opening and an aperture slot, said opening being aligned over said opening of said cup plug and said aperture slot being aligned over said raised pin;
- said cup plug and cup cap being reversibly attached to the upper portion of said cup.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.