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Press-fit handle assembly

US5415353A · kind A · utility

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47Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 12, 1993
Grant dateMay 16, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 12, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB05B1/30
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The specification discloses a lawn and garden sprayer in which the sprayer-valve assembly is joined to a rigid plastic handle by a threadless handle nut. The specification also discloses a method whereby the plastic handle, having an opening therein of slightly smaller dimensions than the handle nut, is ,joined to the handle nut by heating the plastic handle such that the handle nut can be forcibly inserted and intimately attached to the handle.

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