Patent ID: 7213774
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. An air brush, in which a needle to open and close a nozzle member is inserted reciprocably in an axial direction, along an axial center of an approximately long-cylindrical air brush main body having the nozzle member at its end, compressed air supplied via an air valve provided in an intermediate part of the air brush main body is blown out of the nozzle member, the air valve is opened and the compressed air is introduced into the nozzle member by operation of a finger hooking mechanism provided in the intermediate part of the air brush main body, and the needle is withdrawn in the axial direction to spray paint supplied to the nozzle member, with the compressed air, wherein a screw connection member is provided between the air brush main body and a tail case connected with a rear part of the air brush main body so as to detachably screw-connect both members, and a needle chuck to hold the needle inserted therein is inserted from a rear position to abut on the axial center of the screw connection member and supported unrotatably but withdrawably in the axial direction; a spring case is fitted around an outer periphery of the needle chuck and is screw-engaged in a rear opening of the screw connection member, and a coil spring is elastically set in the spring case to always push the needle chuck toward a frontward direction; and a needle stopper screw is screw-engaged with the needle chuck projected from the spring case in a rearward direction.