Patent ID: 7360720
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A spray gun ( 1 ) for atomizing paints, lacquers or similar media ( 3 ) that can be supplied to a workpiece by means of an air flow, wherein the spray gun ( 1 ) is actuated by means of a lever ( 15 ) mounted in a pivoting arrangement on a sleeve ( 11 ) which accommodates an atomizer nozzle ( 12 ), and the air flow is generated by an air turbine ( 5 ) assigned to the spray gun ( 1 ), wherein the air turbine ( 5 ) and an electric drive motor ( 4 ) are arranged substantially coaxially with the atomizer nozzle ( 12 ) of the spray gun ( 1 ) on a side of a handle ( 21 ) opposite to the sleeve ( 11 ) that carries the atomizer nozzle ( 12 ), so that the air flow from the air turbine ( 5 ) is supplied in a substantially straight line through the sleeve ( 11 ) of the atomizer nozzle ( 12 ), and wherein the air turbine ( 5 ) is provided with a muffler ( 6 ), and wherein a movement sequence of the lever ( 15 ) that actuates the spray gun ( 1 ) is adapted to operate a switch ( 22 ) associated with the drive motor ( 4 ) of the air turbine ( 5 ) and is influenced by the lever ( 15 ) in such a way that the drive motor ( 4 ) is switched on before the atomiser nozzle ( 12 ) opens and is switched off after the atomiser nozzle ( 12 ) closes.