Patent ID: 9433963
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: B05B,B05C

Claim Text:
1. A dispensing assembly comprising: a body portion; and a blow-off mechanism operably attached to the body portion, the blow-off mechanism including a cap member having one or more openings proximate a dispensing nozzle, the dispensing nozzle configured to dispense a dispensing fluid through an outlet of the dispensing nozzle, wherein a fluid is forced through the one or more openings to blow-off a dispensed fluid residue located at a tip of the dispensing nozzle, a path of the fluid flowing between the cap member and the dispensing nozzle from a first end of a surface of the cap member that faces the dispensing nozzle to a second end of the surface of the cap member, the second end being an end of the cap member where the fluid exits the one or more openings to the tip of the dispensing nozzle external to the dispensing nozzle; wherein the fluid is forced through the one or more openings while the dispensing fluid is not continuously exiting an outlet of the dispensing nozzle; wherein the cap member is stationary with respect to the body portion when the fluid is passed through the one or more openings; wherein the second end of the cap member that defines the end of the cap member is located on a different plane than the tip of the dispensing nozzle.