Patent ID: 8622323

Claim:
In a sprayer having a tank having a filling opening through which a supply of liquid to be sprayed is poured into the tank, the sprayer also having a pressure chamber having an inlet port for flow of liquid from the tank via the inlet port into the chamber, the chamber also having an outlet port for liquid which is pressurized in the chamber, the improvement comprising a filter removably disposed inside said tank and adjacent the inlet port in the flow of liquid into the inlet port from the tank, the filter having a handle manually accessible via the filling opening of the tank and moveable into and out of filter relationship with the inlet port, wherein the pressure chamber is contained in the tank with a clear passageway between the filling opening and the inlet port, said filter being movable into and out of said filter relationship via said clear passageway, wherein said handle extends in said clear passageway linearly upwards from said filter towards said filling opening along at least a substantial extent at least half-way to said opening, and substantially parallel to, the outside of said pressure chamber.