GUN CONTAINING HANGER WITH LIGHTING FUNCTION FOR POWDER COATING APPLICATIONS

Abstract

A powder coating gun with lighting function which is used in the powder coating industry in areas where manual application will be performed and contains a gun body, a gun handle, a gun trigger, a gun nozzle set, a union nut, and an electrostatic generator, further having a gun hanger with lighting source with a light source providing the illumination, a lens providing the focusing and an electrical cable providing the connection to a control unit.

Claims

1. A powder coating gun with a lighting function which is used in the powder coating industry in areas where manual application will be performed and contains a gun body, a gun handle, a gun trigger, a gun nozzle set, a union nut, and an electrostatic generator, characterized by comprising: a gun hanger with lighting function comprising the following; a light source that provides illumination, a lens that provides focusing, and an electrical cable that provides connection to a control unit.

2. The powder coating gun with lighting function according to claim 1, wherein the control unit to which the electrical power of the powder coating gun and the light source is connected comprises the following: an adjusting button which allows to control the illumination level of the light source, and a display panel for displaying the illumination level.

3. The powder coating gun with lighting function according to claim 1, wherein the electrical cable is inside the powder coating gun, and which is connected to the gun power cable and connected to the control unit with the gun power connection.

4. The powder coating gun with lighting function according to claim 1, wherein the gun hanger with lighting function ensures the protection of electrostatic powder coating gun by hanging the same on the a hanger hook on the booth and similar application equipment where the application is made so as not to damage the gun surface and functional parts when application is not made.

5. Operating method of a powder coating gun with lighting function which is used in the powder coating industry in areas where manual application will be performed and contains a gun body, a gun handle, a gun trigger, a gun nozzle set, a union nut, and an electrostatic generator, the method comprising, the following process steps: coming out of a light beam from a gun hanger with lighting function and illuminating the workpiece is by forming an illumination zone on the workpiece while spraying with the electrostatic powder coating gun, initiation of an illumination process simultaneously with the spraying of the coating powder when the gun trigger is pressed and termination of the same when the gun trigger is released and/or continuing to illuminate the workpiece for a while after the gun trigger is released with the help of a light source located in the gun hanger with lighting function, in cases where the lighting function is desired to work continuously, starting the illumination made by the light source in the gun hanger with lighting function when a button on a user interface is pressed by an operator and end automatically after a while or terminating the same by the operator by pressing the button on the user interface.

Description

FIGURES CLARIFYING THE INVENTION

[0021] FIG. 1.1 is a perspective view of the inventive gun.

[0022] FIG. 1.2 is a rear view of the inventive gun.

[0023] FIG. 1.3 is a side view of the inventive gun.

[0024] FIG. 1.4 is a detailed view of the lighting configuration of the inventive gun.

[0025] FIG. 2.1 is a side view of the use of the inventive gun.

[0026] FIG. 2.2 is an illustrative view of the environment where the inventive gun is used.

[0027] FIG. 3, is an illustrative view of the relation of the inventive gun and the control unit.

[0028] The figures are not required to be scaled and the details which are not necessary for understanding the present invention may be neglected. Moreover, the elements that are at least substantially identical or have at least substantially identical functions are shown by the same number.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PART REFERENCES

[0029] A. Powder coating gun

[0030] B. Control unit

[0031] B1. Control unit display panel

[0032] B2. Control unit adjusting button

[0033] C. Workpiece

[0034] D. Cabin and similar application equipment

[0035] D1. Gun hanging hook

[0036] E. Light beam

[0037] F. Operator

[0038] G. Gun power connection

[0039] Lighting zone

[0040] 1. Gun hanger with lighting function

[0041] 11. Light source

[0042] 12. Lens

[0043] 13. Light source power cable

[0044] 2. Gun body

[0045] 3. Gun handle

[0046] 4. Gun trigger

[0047] 5. Gun nozzle set

[0048] 6. Union nut

[0049] 7. Gun power cable

[0050] 8. Electrostatic generator

[0051] 9. User interface

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0052] In this detailed description, the preferred embodiments of the invention are described only for clarifying the subject matter in a manner such that no limiting effect is created.

[0053] The present invention relates to a powder coating gun with lighting function (A) and a gun hanger with lighting function (1), used in the powder coating industry, in areas where applications will be carried out manually.

[0054] The workpiece (C) should be illuminated so as to ensure the operator (F) to better see the area to be coated. The problem of shadow formation on the workpiece (C) caused by the closeness of the light source (11) to the body in the state of the art is solved with the inventive structure by positioning the light source (11) on the gun hanger with lighting function (1) away from the gun body (2).

[0055] The inventive electrostatic powder coating gun with lighting function (A) mainly comprises gun hanger with lighting function (1), gun body (2), gun handle (3), gun trigger (4), gun nozzle set (5), union nut (6), electrostatic generator (8), and user interface (9).

[0056] The said gun hanger with lighting function (1) comprises light source (11), lens (12) that provides focusing and electric cable (13) that provides the connection to the control unit (B). Electrostatic powder coating gun (A) and light source (11) receive their electrical power from a control unit (B) to which they are connected. The said electrical cable (13) engages with the gun power cable (7) inside the electrostatic powder coating gun (A) and connects to the control unit (B) with the gun power connection (G).

[0057] The gun hanger with lighting function (1) is a part connected to the gun body (2), the illumination level is adjusted using and adjusting button (B2) on the control unit (B) if necessary and the control unit on the front of the illumination level control unit (B) can be seen on the display panel (B1).

[0058] The gun hanger with lighting function (1) ensures the protection of electrostatic powder coating gun (A) by hanging the same on the hanger hook (D1) on the booth and similar application equipment (D) where the application is made so as not to damage the gun surface and functional parts when application is not made.

[0059] The said light source (11) can be operated in various ways for different aims by using the gun trigger (4) and the user interface (9). The operating principle of the light source (11) is mainly as follows; while spraying with the electrostatic powder coating gun (A), a light beam (E) comes out from the gun hanger with lighting function (1) and the workpiece (C) is illuminated by forming an illumination zone (H) on the workpiece (C). The illumination process starts simultaneously with the spraying of the coating powder when the gun trigger (4) is pressed and ends when the gun trigger (4) is released and/or the light source (11) located in the gun hanger with lighting function (1) continues to illuminate the workpiece (C) for a while after the gun trigger (4) is released. In cases where the lighting function is desired to work continuously, illumination made by the light source (11) in the gun hanger with lighting function (1) starts when the button (9) on the user interface is pressed by the operator (F) and ends automatically after a while or it is terminated by the operator (F) by pressing the button (9) on the user interface.