Patent ID: 11934212
Assignee: GRACO MINNESOTA INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC G  B  F  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 12:
13. A method of operating a spray system, the method comprising:
spraying paint with a hand portable paint sprayer, the hand portable paint sprayer comprising:
a spray gun configured to spray paint as an atomized spray fan, the spray gun comprising a trigger that actuates the spray gun to spray the paint and a tip nozzle configured to atomize the paint;
a hose that connects to the spray gun;
a frame that permits the hand portable paint sprayer to be moved by hand to job sites;
a pump supported by the frame, the pump having a reciprocating piston that outputs paint under pressure to the spray gun via the hose;
a motor supported by the frame, the motor configured to drive the pump;
a drive cycle indicator configured to indicate one or both of partial or complete revolutions of the motor;
sprayer control circuitry supported by the frame; and
a wireless module supported by the frame, the wireless module configured to wirelessly send and receive information;

generating, with the sprayer control circuitry, spray data based on a plurality of cycle status indications output by the drive cycle indicator;
wirelessly transmitting the spray data off of the hand portable paint sprayer with the wireless module;
receiving the spray data with one or more computing devices that are remote from the hand portable paint sprayer;
receiving an input regarding the tip nozzle via an interface of the one or more computing devices; and
generating an output on the interface of the one or more computing devices that indicates wear of the tip nozzle, the output generated based on the spray data and the input regarding the tip nozzle.