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US 8,371,592 B2Granted
Tilting paint spray pump and cart
AssigneeTitan Tool, Inc.
InventorAnn Catherine Feitel
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Abstract
A paint pump and cart having a movable carriage to enable tilting of the paint pump secured to the carriage via a pivot mechanism without tilting the remainder of cart. A latching mechanism having a spring biased pin received in one of a pair of apertures provides selective retention of the carriage in an operating or loading position and the latching mechanism is operable to release the carriage to move between the operating and loading positions.
Claims16
A paint pump cart assembly comprising:
- a base frame including:
- a lower section having wheels for supporting the paint pump cart assembly;
- and
- a cart handle rotatably fixed in a position relative to the lower section for tilting the base frame and moving the paint pump cart assembly on the wheels;
- a carriage;
- a paint pump secured to the carriage, the paint pump having a suction tube;
- and
- a pivot mechanism to pivotally mount the carriage to the base frame, the pivot mechanism configured to allow the paint pump and carriage to pivot relative to the base frame and the cart handle between an operating position and a loading position while the base frame and the cart handle remains stationary with the cart handle in the rotatably fixed position relative to the lower section,
- wherein when in the operating position the cart handle is in the rotatably fixed position relative to the lower section and the pump is positioned such that the suction tube is at a position that permits the suction tube to draw paint from a paint container underneath the paint pump, and
- wherein when in the loading position the cart handle is in the rotatably fixed position relative to the lower section and the pump is positioned such that the suction tube is in a raised position relative to the base frame that permits replacement of the paint container underneath the paint pump.
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A paint pump cart assembly comprising:
- a base frame including a lower section having wheels for supporting the paint pump cart assembly and a cart handle for tilting the base frame and moving the paint pump cart assembly on the wheels;
- a carriage;
- a paint pump secured to the carriage, the paint pump having a suction tube;
- a pivot mechanism to pivotally mount the carriage to the base frame, the pivot mechanism configured to allow the paint pump and carriage to pivot relative to the base frame and the cart handle between an operating position and a loading position while the base frame and the cart handle remain stationary, wherein when in the operating position the pump is positioned such that the suction tube is at a position that permits the suction tube to draw paint from a paint container underneath the paint pump, and wherein when in the loading position the pump is positioned such that the suction tube is in a raised position relative to the base frame that permits replacement of the paint container underneath the paint pump;
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- a latching mechanism having latched and unlatched positions, the latching mechanism having a latch handle with an elongate portion configured to move the latching mechanism from the latched position to the unlatched position, wherein when in the latched position pivoting between the pump and base frame is prevented, and wherein the unlatched position pivoting between the pump and base frame is permitted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.