Patent ID: 8408157
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: B05B,B05C

Abstract:
1. A hand-held paint edging apparatus configured to be held and operated by a single hand of a user, comprising: (a) a handle housing arranged and configured to be operatively held and carried by a person's hand and to detachably receive a painting module; (b) said painting module configured to be disposable, rapidly engaged with and carried by said handle housing and rapidly detachably removable from said handle housing, comprising: (c) an urging mechanism mounted to the handle housing and configured to impart a substantially constant force on said plunger along an entire operative paint discharge stroke of said plunger within said syringe body to discharge paint from said paint reservoir outlet at a substantially uniform flow rate; (d) a flow control mechanism operatively connected to said urging mechanism to controllably regulate flow of paint through said fluid coupling between no flow and selectively enabled flow positions; (e) a trigger mechanism mounted to said handle housing and operatively connected to said flow control mechanism and operable between non-actuated and actuated positions by the same hand of a user that operatively holds said paint edging apparatus, said trigger mechanism being operable when moved to said actuated position to move said flow control mechanism to selectively enable fluid flow through said fluid coupling; and (f) wherein said paint edging apparatus is operable to uniformly and continuously apply paint from said paint reservoir through said paint applicator to a work surface as said paint applicator is advanced along an edging path; and wherein said painting module is rapidly detachable from said handle housing after use for disposal and/or replacement by another painting module.