Spraying device and method for adjusting the spraying device

Abstract

A spraying device includes a spray head, which is connected to a supply line, via which a pressurized fluid can be conveyed. The spraying device includes a metering screw for influencing the fluid jet passing out of the spray head. The spraying device is designed such that a pointer element having at least one marking is connected to the metering screw in a rotationally fixed, yet detachable manner.

Claims

1. A spraying system, comprising: a spray head; a supply line connected to the spray head, wherein a pressurized working fluid is guidable via the supply line; a metering screw configured to influence a fluid jet emerging from the spray head, wherein the metering screw includes a first position for a first pressurized working fluid having a first viscosity and a second position for a second pressurized working fluid having a second viscosity, which is different from the first viscosity, wherein an amount of the first pressurized working fluid emerging from the spray head as the fluid jet when the metering screw is in the first position is a same amount as an amount of the second pressurized working fluid emerging from the spray head as the fluid jet when the metering screw is in the second position; and a pointer element having at least first and second markings corresponding to the first and second positions, wherein the pointer element is connected to the metering screw in a rotationally fixed, but detachable manner, wherein the pressurized working fluid is the first pressurized working fluid or the second pressurized working fluid.

2. The spraying system of claim 1, wherein the first marking is aligned with a stationary correspondence part in the first position and the second marking is aligned with the stationary correspondence part in the second position.

3. The spraying system of claim 1, wherein the pointer element is a wheel, and the marking is arranged on a visible base surface of the wheel, associated with an edge region.

4. The spraying system of claim 3, wherein, on a side of the metering screw facing the pointer element, the metering screw has a pin onto which the wheel is fitted.

5. The spraying system of claim 1, wherein the pointer element is held in a frictionally engaged or positive manner on the metering screw.

6. The spraying system of claim 4, wherein the pointer element is fixed to the metering screw by a laterally inserted grub screw that engages on the pin.

7. The spraying system of claim 1, wherein the first and second markings are arranged at a predetermined angular distance from each other.

8. The spraying system of claim 1, wherein the first and second markings includes numbers, letters, or strokes.

9. The spraying system of claim 1, wherein the first marking is aligned with a central axis of the spray head in the first position and the second marking is aligned with the central axis of the spray head in the second position.

10. A method for adjusting the spraying system of claim 1, the method comprising: monitoring, while the first or second pressurized working fluid is guided via the supply line to the spray head, the fluid jet emerging from the spray head, wherein the monitoring is a visual check of the fluid jet or a measurement of the fluid jet; adjusting the metering screw to optimize fluid discharge of the fluid jet based on the viscosity of the first or second pressurized working fluid; connecting the pointer element to the metering screw in the rotationally fixed, but detachable manner; and aligning the at least one marking with a stationary correspondence part of the spraying system.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the pointer element has only first and second markings.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES

(1) An embodiment example is described below using the attached drawings, wherein:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a spraying device according to the invention in a side view;

(3) FIG. 2 shows a section through a part of the spraying device according to line A-A in FIG. 1;

(4) FIG. 3 shows the spraying device in a partially intersected top view.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(5) The figures show a spraying device, having a housing 1 to which a spray head 2 is attached, which is connected in the housing 1 via a supply line not shown, via which a pressurized fluid can be guided to the spray head 2, wherein the spraying device in the embodiment example shown is designed in the manner of an injector nozzle, with a fluid connection 10 and a compressed air connection 11, so that the fluid is guided under pressure through a channel 13 (FIG. 3) of the spray head 2 and emerges as a spray jet. It is understood that other systems of fluid supply are also conceivable, which do not function according to the principle of an injector nozzle.

(6) To influence the fluid jet emerging from the spray head 2, a metering screw 3 is screwed into a nut part 12 of the housing 1 in an adjustable manner, which has a threaded shaft 4 and a head 5 thickened relative thereto.

(7) According to the invention, a pointer element 6 is arranged at the metering screw 3, which is connected thereto in a rotationally fixed but detachable manner, which is provided with two markings 14, as can be seen particularly clearly in FIG. 3, and which consists of a small wheel whose diameter corresponds approximately to the diameter of the head 5.

(8) The two markings 14, which are formed by digits, are arranged on the visible base surface and each represent a position of the metering screw 3 in which an optimized fluid jet emerges from the channel 13 of the spray head 2, wherein each marking 14 is provided for a specific property, in particular a viscosity of the fluids.

(9) To prevent the pointer element 6, which is shown in FIG. 2 in a cross section, from rotating, the pointer element 6 is pushed onto a pin 9 of the metering screw 3 and clamped to it by means of a grub screw 8, which is inserted laterally into a hole 7 of the pointer element 6 and contacts the pin 9 with its tip. The grub screw 8 can be screwed in a self-tapping manner into the smooth hole 7 of the pointer element 6 which consists of plastic.

(10) In FIG. 3 it can be seen that one of the markings 14 is aligned with the channel 13, which thus forms a correspondence part, which is not visible from the outside, but can be assumed without any problems, wherein here the first marking 14 represents the position in which a first fluid is sprayed from the channel 13 in a precisely adjusted manner.

(11) After turning the metering screw 3 and thus the pointer element 6, which is held thereon in a rotationally fixed manner, counterclockwise to a position in which the second marking 14 is aligned with the channel 13, i.e., aligned with the axis of the spray head 2, the spraying device is ready for the optimum application of a second fluid, if this is connected to the fluid connection 10.

(12) Although the invention has been illustrated and described in detail by way of preferred embodiments, the invention is not limited by the examples disclosed, and other variations can be derived from these by the person skilled in the art without leaving the scope of the invention. It is therefore clear that there is a plurality of possible variations. It is also clear that embodiments stated by way of example are only really examples that are not to be seen as limiting the scope, application possibilities or configuration of the invention in any way. In fact, the preceding description and the description of the figures enable the person skilled in the art to implement the exemplary embodiments in concrete manner, wherein, with the knowledge of the disclosed inventive concept, the person skilled in the art is able to undertake various changes, for example, with regard to the functioning or arrangement of individual elements stated in an exemplary embodiment without leaving the scope of the invention, which is defined by the claims and their legal equivalents, such as further explanations in the description.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

(13) 1 Housing 2 Spray head 3 Metering screw 4 Threaded shaft 5 Head 6 Pointer element 7 Hole 8 Grub screw 9 Pin 10 Fluid connection 11 Compressed air connection 12 Nut part 13 Channel 14 Marking