Patent ID: 6588929
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A portable spraying apparatus, comprising:a cylinder body having opposite first and second ends and having a longitudinal axis; a piston in the body movable between its opposite ends; and a fluid-conducting framework including spaced first and second end plates disposed transversely of said axis and a conduit assembly, the end plates providing cylinder heads secured in substantially parallel relation to each other at the first and second ends respectively of the body, each cylinder head having a fluid outlet and a fluid inlet both in fluid communication with the cylinder body, the end plates also having horizontal supporting legs extending transversely of said axis outwardly from the cylinder body for supporting the apparatus in a horizontal position, the conduit assembly having first and second inlet branches at opposite ends of the cylinder body and respectively connected in fluid communication to the fluid outlets of the heads, an intermediate branch, and first and second end branches respectively extending endwardly from the end plates axially of the cylinder body and in fluid communication with the intermediate branch and with their respective first and second inlet branches, wherein the first end branch is a first vertical supporting leg; and wherein there are second and third supporting legs extending endwardly from the first end plate in triangular relation to the first vertical supporting leg, whereby the vertical supporting legs are for supporting the apparatus in a vertical position.