Patent ID: 6981611
Filing Date: 2006-01-03
Classification: B05C

Abstract:
1. In a caulking gun, the caulking gun having a container filled with an extrudable material to be dispensed, means for forcing the material out of the container, and a tip, the tip being configured to receive the material being ejected from the container and to distribute the material through a plurality of spaced-apart openings formed in an outlet portion of the tip, the tip having a pair of lateral edges defining a width of the outlet portion of the tip, the outlet portion of the tip including upper and lower surfaces which are generally parallel to each other, the improvement wherein the tip includes first and second guides, the guides being located at said lateral edges, wherein said first guide extends above said upper surface and does not extend below said lower surface, and wherein said second guide extends below said lower surface and does not extend above said upper surface, wherein said first and second guides are oriented in mutually opposite directions.