COVER FOR LIQUID CONTAINER OF SPRAY GUN

Abstract

The invention relates to a plastic injection molded cover for a liquid container for a spray gun. The cover includes an elongated tapered filter arranged in a connecting spout and including a filter frame which a integrally provided in one piece with the cover and into which a filter medium is embedded. The covers are stackable, wherein the filters are inserted into each other and can be longer than a distance of stacked covers.

Claims

1. A cover for a liquid container for a spray gun, the cover comprising: a tubular connecting spout for a disengageable connection with a spray gun, wherein the cover is made from a plastic material, wherein the cover includes a filter, wherein a filter medium is attached and embedded at the cover at attachment portions in a master formed plastic material of the cover, or wherein the filter medium is provided as an integral component in one piece with the cover made by master forming.

2. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the cover includes a filter frame that is integrally provided in one piece with the cover, and wherein attachment portions of the filter medium are embedded in the filter frame that is integrally provided in one piece with the cover.

3. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the filter is tubular.

4. The cover according to claim 3, wherein the filter tapers from an open end so that plural filters can be plugged into each other.

5. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the filter is arranged within an enveloping surface of an inside of the connecting spout.

6. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the cover includes a coupling that is coaxial with the connecting spout, and wherein a connecting spout of another cover is pluggable into the coupling so that plural covers are pluggable together coaxially to form a stack.

7. The cover according to claim 6, wherein a distance of plugged together covers is smaller than an axial extension of the filter.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURE

[0014] The invention is subsequently described in more detail based on an embodiment illustrated in the drawing figure. The only drawing figure illustrates an axial sectional view of a cover according to the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0015] The cover 1 according to the invention illustrated in the drawing figure is provided for a beaker shaped non illustrated liquid container for a compressed air gun or other spray gun which is also riot illustrated either. In particular the cover 1 is provided for a paint container for painting with the spray gun that is not illustrated. The cover 1 is made by plastic injection molding, this means it is master formed. The cover has a shape of a flat, that means obtuse angled hollow frustum from whose inside a hollow cylindrical collar 2 extends coaxially and proximal to the edge wherein the collar is used for placing the cover 1 onto the liquid container that is not illustrated. The collar 2 of the cover 1 is insertable in a clamping manner and fluid tight into an open side of the beaker shaped liquid container.

[0016] On an outside of a cover 1 a cylindrical tube shaped connecting spout 3 extends in a coaxial manner from the cover 1 wherein the connecting spout is an integral part of the cover 1 like the collar 2. The connecting spout 3 is used for a disengageable connection with the non-illustrated spray gun, wherein the connection mechanically supports the cover 1 at the spray gun together with the liquid container including the liquid and wherein the cover 1 also provides a liquid supply from the liquid container to the spray gun through the connecting spout of the cover 1. The disengageable connection of the connecting spout 3 of the cover 1 with the spray gun is liquid tight. In the embodiment it is a plug in connection wherein the connecting spout 3 includes externally circumferential beads 4 which provide ample clamping support for the plug in connection of the connecting spout of the cover 1 with the spray gun as well as a liquid tight seal. Other disengageable connections like e.g. threaded connections or snap locking connections are also possible. At a base of the connecting spout 3, this means at a transition from the connecting spout 3 into the hollow frustum shaped portion of the cover 1 the cover 1 includes an annular shoulder 5 configured as an axial stop at the non-illustrated spray gun.

[0017] The cover 1 includes a filter 6 at a base of the connecting spout 3, thus at a transition from the connecting spout 3 into the hollow frustum shaped portion of the cover 1, thus at an inside of the connecting spout 3 and at an inside of the cover wherein the filter 6 projects at an inside of the cover 1 coaxially from the connecting spout 3. The filter 6 is shaped tubular which can also be designated hose shaped and the filter includes an open end and a closed end, wherein the open end is oriented towards the open spout 3 and leads into the connecting spout 3. The filter 6 is arranged within a cylindrical enveloping surface of an inside of the connecting spout 3. A largest cross section of the filter 6 is not greater than an inner diameter or generally than a smallest inner cross section of the connecting spout 3. The filter 6 does not protrude outward beyond an axial projection of a smallest inner cross section of the connecting spout 3. This facilitates plugging on a connecting spout 3 of another cover 1 for stacking covers 1. The filter 6 can be for example hollow cylindrical or hollow frustum shaped. In the embodiment the filter 6 includes a hollow cylindrical section a, adjoining the connecting spout 3 wherein the hollow cylindrical section a subsequently transitions into a shape of an elongated semi rotation ellipsoid b.

[0018] Different from the embodiment the filter can also protrude from the connecting spout 3 at an outside of the cover 1 (not illustrated), thus opposite to the direction illustrated in the drawing figure and/or the filter can penetrate the connecting spout 3 partially or completely and can optionally protrude from the connecting spout 3 (not illustrated). When the filter penetrates the connecting spout 3 there is advantageously an annular intermediary space between the connecting spout 3 and the filter.

[0019] The filter 6 includes a filter frame 7 with ribs 8 that are arranged distributed over a circumference and a circumferential ring 9 that is arranged at a base of the connecting spout 3 on an inside of the connecting spout 3. The ribs 8 are arranged in axial planes of the cover 1 and extend in a hollow cylindrical section a of the filter 6 parallel to the axis and in a straight line and subsequently transition into semi elliptical arcs in the semi rotation ellipsoid section b of the filter 6 wherein the semi elliptical cars intersect at an end of the filter 6 that is oriented away from the connecting spout 3 and closed. In the hollow cylindrical section a of the filter 6 outsides of the ribs 8 of the filter frame 7 of the filter 6 which extend in a straight line at this location and parallel to the axis have a distance from each other which corresponds to an inner diameter of the connecting spout 3.

[0020] At the base of the connecting spout 3 the filter frame 7 of the filter 6 transitions into the connecting spout 3 or the cover 1 integrally in one piece. The filter frame 7 is produced through plastic injection molding in one process step together with the cover 1.

[0021] The filter 6 includes a filter fabric configured as a filter medium 10 wherein the filter fabric has the shape of the filter 6. In the embodiment the filter medium 10 is hollow cylindrical in a section starting at an open end and the filter medium 10 and transitions into a section that is shaped as an elongated semi rotation ellipsoid. The filter medium 10 is embedded in the plastic material of the filter frame 7, thus in the ribs 8 and the ring 9. Portions of the filter medium 10 which are embedded in the ribs 8 and embedded at an edge at an open end of the filter medium 10 or of the filter 6 into the ring 9 of the filter frame 7 can also be considered as attachment portions of the filter medium 10. During production of the cover 1 the filter medium 10 is inserted into an injection molding tool that is not shown which is subsequently closed and into which the plastic material forming the cover 1 including the collar 2, the connecting spout 3 and the filter frame 7 is subsequently injected. In the portion of the ring 9 and of the ribs 8 of the filter frame 7 plasticized plastic material flows through the filter medium 10 so that the filter medium 10 is embedded in the plastic material in these portions designated as attachment portions. The plastic material forms a type of matrix for the embedded attachment portions of the filter medium 10 which is comparable to a fiber composite material.

[0022] The filter 6 including the filter medium 10 can also be injection molded integrally in one piece together with the cover 1, this means the entire cover 1 together with the connecting spout 3 and the filter 6 including filter medium 10 is one single injection molded component.

[0023] The hollow cylindrical section a of the filter 6 or the ribs 8 of the filter frame 7 extending in a straight line and parallel to the axis in the hollow cylindrical section a of the filter 6 in axial planes of the cover 1 form a coupling 11 that is coaxial to the connecting spout 3 wherein a connecting spout 3 of an additional cover 1 is pluggable onto the coaxial coupling as indicated with dashed lines in the drawing figure. The filter 6 or its hollow cylindrical section a, which forms the coupling 11 is clamped and retained in the connecting spout of the additional cover 1. This way covers 1 are stackable for storage and transporting. The filters 6 are placed into each other when plugging the covers 1 together and stacking them due to the hollow shape that tapers in one direction so that the distance of the covers 1 during stacking is not predetermined by a length or axial extension of the filter 6. The filter 6 can thus be configured long in axial direction in order to provide a sufficiently large filter surface. In the embodiment a distance of the cover 1 is determined during stacking by an axial height of the connecting spout 3.

[0024] The filter 6 filters liquids which flow out from the non-illustrated liquid container to which the cover 1 is applied and through the connecting spout 3. In case stackability of the cover 1 is irrelevant the filter 6 can have different shapes and can be larger, in particular in a radial direction, than an inner diameter of the connection spout 3, this means the filter 6 can extend in this case also beyond the cylindrical enveloping surface of the inside of the connecting spout 3 in the outward direction.