Patent ID: 6431466
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
An air brush comprising:a needle movable forwards and backwards along a center axis of an air brush body, the air brush body comprises a cylindrical shape and is adapted to open and close a nozzle formed at one extremity of said air brush body, an operating lever extends inside said air brush body at an upper surface thereof and a pushing rod is depressiable by a lower section formed at a bottom of said operating lever and said pushing rod is freely supported for free up and down movement along with said operating lever, and a bottom of said pushing rod pushes against a top edge of a valve rod, the valve rod opens and closes an air valve positioned below the valve rod, said valve rod is push-activated when said operating lever is pressed to open the air valve and tilt said operating level rearwards from the lower section and actuates said needle linked to said operating lever to move backwards along the axis of the air brush body, said air brush is configured to atomize paint supplied to said nozzle by blowing out compressed air thereof, wherein a support piece is formed extending forwards from an operating button adjacent said operating lever, and a through rod is vertically inserted in an opening in said support piece, a contact piece is attached to the through rod and is detachably positioned parallel with said air brush body and opposingly facing the bottom of said through rod, a lock mechanism is provided on the air brush main body and adapted to clamp said through rod at a desired position to support said through rod for up and down movement, and the bottom surface of said contact piece may contact with and separate from the top surface of said air brush main body.