Patent ID: 6655606
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A spray tip assembly for use in combination with a spray gun of an airless paint spraying system, said spray tip assembly comprising:a spray tip housing, having a bore perpendicular to a direction of escape for paint from the gun, said bore equipped with multiple spacedapart semi-annular indexing channels, each of said channels having an outer periphery Interconnected by a slot; a generally cylindrical tip shaft insertable within said bore, said tip shaft having at least one spray nozzle associated with a single indexing channel, each nozzle being usable independently of any other nozzle on the same tip shaft; a handle rigidly affixed to one end of the tip shaft, said handle facilitating the rotation of the shaft to reverse the direction of each nozzle within the spray tip assembly so that, if necessary, it may be unclogged, said handle also indicating whether the nozzle is pointed forward for spraying, or is reversed; and a rotational stop and index tab spaced away from the handle and rigidly affixed to the tip shaft, said tab insertable through said slot and indexable within any of the semi-annular indexing channels, the positioning of the tab within a single channel being associated with the positioning of a single nozzle for use in both normal and reversed directions, said stop and index tab permitting the shaft to be reversibly and axially rotated through no more than one-half of a full revolution.