Patent ID: 6502768
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A water spraying gun comprising:a gun body having a barrel part with front and rear end portions, and a handle part extending downwardly from said rear end portion of said barrel part, said rear end portion of said barrel part being formed with a mounting cavity, an upright mounting wall which faces rearwardly and which defines a front periphery of said mounting cavity, and a horizontal base wall which extends rearwardly from said mounting wall and which defines a bottom periphery of said mounting cavity, said mounting wall being formed with a mounting hole and a pair of rearwardly projecting horizontal insert plates below said mounting hole, said insert plates being spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction and being spaced-apart from said base wall to define a receiving space with said base wall; a depressible valve switch mounted on said gun body within said mounting cavity, said valve switch being actuatable for controlling fluid flow through said handle part and said barrel part of said gun body; and an operating lever mounted on said gun body in said mounting cavity, said operating lever having a lever portion and a mounting head portion which extends forwardly from an upper end of said lever portion, said mounting head portion having spaced-apart top and bottom walls and a vertical connecting rib that extends between said top and bottom walls and that interconnects said top and bottom walls so as to cooperate with said top and bottom walls to define a pair of insert grooves on opposite lateral sides of said connecting rib and between said top and bottom walls, said insert grooves opening forwardly for receiving said insert plates, respectively, said mounting head portion being further formed with a mounting projection which projects forwardly relative to said top and bottom walls and which is extendible into said mounting hole in said gun body, said bottom wall having a valve engaging portion for engaging said valve switch such that said operating lever is operable for actuating said valve switch, said mounting projection and said bottom wall extending respectively into said mounting hole and said receiving space to enable said insert plates to be inserted respectively into said insert grooves, said bottom wall of said mounting head portion forming a clearance with said base wall when extended into said receiving space.