Patent ID: 9656310
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B05C,B09B,B65D

Claim:
1. A fluid dispensing apparatus for use in dispensing a paint fluid from an associated paint container under a pressure greater than ambient, the associated paint container containing associated paint and having a pierceable membrane and a coupling element on a surface of the associated paint container, the fluid dispensing apparatus comprising: a valve body having a top, a bottom and a bore that extends through the valve body; an adaptor having a top, a bottom, a bore that extends through the adaptor, a coupling element on a bottom surface of the adaptor and a piercing member; a nozzle attached to the top of the valve body and having a bore that is communicatable with the valve body bore; wherein the bottom of the valve body is attached to the top of the adaptor the adaptor bore communicates with the valve body bore; wherein the fluid dispensing apparatus is operable by attaching the bottom of the adaptor to the associated paint container, by engaging the adaptor coupling element to the container coupling element, to pierce the pierceable membrane with the piercing member to communicate the associated paint within the paint container with the adaptor bore and thus with the valve body bore; and, wherein the nozzle is moveable with respect to the valve body and an interior passage including the bore of the nozzle and the bore extending through the valve body is selectively opened in response to movement of the nozzle relative to the valve body to cause the associated paint within the associated paint container to flow under the pressure out of the associated paint container, through the adaptor bore, through the valve body bore and through the nozzle bore to ambient.