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Nozzle guard for airless spray pistols

US4025045A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 21, 1975
Grant dateMay 24, 1977
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Expiry dateJul 21, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB05B15/16
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A nozzle guard for airless spray pistols including a generally cylindrical tubular guard member attached to the nozzle end of the pistol with the spray nozzle received interior thereof adjacent one axial end, the guard member projecting beyond the nozzle orifice a distance sufficient to prevent injection of human flesh by the paint spray from the orifice when the flesh is positioned at the terminus end of the guard member. The guard member is circumferentially discontinuous providing axial extending slots aligned with the peripheries of the major diameter of the spray pattern.

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