EP0572237B1 - Spritzpistole mit einem in zwei Betriebsarten arbeitenden Betätigungshebel - Google Patents

Spritzpistole mit einem in zwei Betriebsarten arbeitenden Betätigungshebel Download PDF

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EP0572237B1
EP0572237B1 EP93304087A EP93304087A EP0572237B1 EP 0572237 B1 EP0572237 B1 EP 0572237B1 EP 93304087 A EP93304087 A EP 93304087A EP 93304087 A EP93304087 A EP 93304087A EP 0572237 B1 EP0572237 B1 EP 0572237B1
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Thomas E. Grime
James P. Baltz
Roger T. Cedoz
John F. Schaupp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/0081—Apparatus supplied with low pressure gas, e.g. "hvlp"-guns; air supplied by a fan
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/30—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
    • B05B1/3033—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages the control being effected by relative coaxial longitudinal movement of the controlling element and the spray head
    • B05B1/304—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages the control being effected by relative coaxial longitudinal movement of the controlling element and the spray head the controlling element being a lift valve
    • B05B1/3046—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages the control being effected by relative coaxial longitudinal movement of the controlling element and the spray head the controlling element being a lift valve the valve element, e.g. a needle, co-operating with a valve seat located downstream of the valve element and its actuating means, generally in the proximity of the outlet orifice
    • B05B1/306—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages the control being effected by relative coaxial longitudinal movement of the controlling element and the spray head the controlling element being a lift valve the valve element, e.g. a needle, co-operating with a valve seat located downstream of the valve element and its actuating means, generally in the proximity of the outlet orifice the actuating means being a fluid
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B12/00—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area
    • B05B12/002—Manually-actuated controlling means, e.g. push buttons, levers or triggers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B12/00—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area
    • B05B12/002—Manually-actuated controlling means, e.g. push buttons, levers or triggers
    • B05B12/0022—Manually-actuated controlling means, e.g. push buttons, levers or triggers associated with means for restricting their movement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/02—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge
    • B05B7/12—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
    • B05B7/1209—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages the controlling means for each liquid or other fluent material being manual and interdependent
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/02—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge
    • B05B7/12—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
    • B05B7/1209—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages the controlling means for each liquid or other fluent material being manual and interdependent
    • B05B7/1218—With means for adjusting or modifying the action of the controlling means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/02—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge
    • B05B7/12—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
    • B05B7/1254—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages the controlling means being fluid actuated
    • B05B7/1263—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages the controlling means being fluid actuated pneumatically actuated
    • B05B7/1272—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages the controlling means being fluid actuated pneumatically actuated actuated by gas involved in spraying, i.e. exiting the nozzle, e.g. as a spraying or jet shaping gas

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  • the invention relates to paint spray guns and more particularly to a hand held paint spray gun in which the trigger has two operating modes for turning the gun on and off.
  • a typical prior art hand held paint spray gun having the features of the prior art portion of claim 1 is, e.g., known from US-A-3 396 911 and includes a gun body having a nozzle assembly mounted on one end and having a handle depending from adjacent an opposite end.
  • a trigger is attached to the gun body to pivot towards and away from the handle.
  • an air valve is opened and then a valve needle is moved to open a fluid valve.
  • the air valve supplies any air required for atomization and for shaping the spray pattern. If the trigger is only partially squeezed, the fluid valve may be only partially opened to permit the operator to apply a lighter coating, for example, for feathering when touching up a coating.
  • the spray gun also includes an adjustable stop which limits either trigger travel or the valve needle travel to adjust the maximum paint flow from the gun when the trigger is fully squeezed.
  • the trigger has a relatively long travel. Consequently, the operator's fingers must move the trigger over a relatively large arc when squeezing or releasing the trigger. Also, a relative high force has been required to overcome friction when squeezing the trigger and to assure that the gun turns off when the trigger is released.
  • An aim of the present invention is to provide an improved hand held spray gun having a trigger with dual operating modes which reduces stress on the finger and hand of an operator.
  • a hand held liquid spray gun including a gun body having first and second ends, a liquid atomization nozzle assembly secured to the first end, a handle extending from adjacent the second end for holding the spray gun and a main trigger for controlling the discharge of liquid from the spray gun, the spray gun trigger having first and second operating modes, first means responsive to trigger movement for varying the amount of liquid discharged from the spray gun as a function of trigger movement when the trigger is in the first operating mode, and second means responsive to a predetermined small trigger movement when the trigger is in the second operating mode for turning fully on and off the flow of liquid discharged from the spray gun.
  • the spray gun 10 generally includes a body 11 having a front end 12 to which a fluid nozzle assembly 13 is secured and having a rear end 14.
  • a knob 15 is secured to the rear body end 14 for adjusting the maximum flow of paint from the gun 10.
  • a handle 16 depends from the body 11 adjacent the rear end 14.
  • a fluid hose 17 and a compressed air hose 18 are shown secured to a lower free end 19 of the handle 16.
  • the spray gun 10 is shown as having a main trigger 21 and an optional auxiliary trigger 22.
  • the main trigger 21 is mounted to pivot towards and away from the handle 16 and the auxiliary trigger is mounted to pivot towards and away from a top 23 of the gun body 11.
  • the main trigger 21 has two distinct operating modes.
  • the trigger 21 When the trigger 21 is positioned in the first operating mode as shown in solid lines and an operator gradually squeezes the trigger 21, a mechanical linkage mounted on the gun body 11 gradually opens a valve needle to provide an increasing flow of fluid to the nozzle assembly 13.
  • the trigger 21 For the second operating mode, the trigger 21 is pushed radially upwardly towards its pivot point on the gun body 11 and is moved towards the handle 16 to the position shown by the dashed lines 24.
  • the trigger 21 engages and moves a push bar 25 to open a valve in the gun body. Opening the valve causes a piston to be pneumatically moved to turn the spray gun 10 fully on.
  • the spray gun 10 When the trigger 21 is released, the spray gun 10 is turned off.
  • the trigger 21 may be pivoted forward to the position shown by the dashed line 26.
  • an area 27 between the trigger 21 and the handle 16 is opened up to permit the operator to grasp the gun body 11 in the area 27 for using the auxiliary trigger 22.
  • the auxiliary trigger 22 is particularly useful when the spray gun 10 is aimed downwardly from painting generally horizontal surfaces.
  • the spray gun 10 Details of the spray gun 10 are shown in the cross sectional view of Fig. 2.
  • a moulded plastic skeleton 28 and an outer cover 29 form the gun body 11 and the handle 16 as an integral unit.
  • the nozzle assembly 13 consists of a spray head 30 secured to the front body end 12 by a head retaining ring 31 and an air cap 32 secured to the spray head 30 by a retaining ring 33.
  • the air hose 18 is connected to a passageway 34 in the handle 16.
  • the fluid hose 17 passes through a passageway 35 in the skeleton 28 and connects to a passage 36 in the spray head 30.
  • the passage 36 connects with a chamber 37 which leads to a fluid discharge orifice 38.
  • a valve needle 39 is seated in the spray head 30 to close the orifice 38.
  • the valve needle 39 extends axially through the gun body 11 to the knob 15.
  • Pressurised air is delivered to the handle passageway 34 from the air hose 18.
  • a front surface 40 on a piston 41 is normally seated against a surface 42 on an air valve bushing 43 to block the flow of air to a passageway 44 in the gun body 11.
  • the passageway 44 is connected for delivering atomization air and pattern shaping air to the spray head 30 and thence to the air cap 32.
  • a knob 45 on the gun body 11 controls a pattern shaping air valve 46 to control the discharge of such air from pattern shaping orifices 47 on the air cap 32.
  • the piston 41 is part of a piston assembly 48 which includes an air valve stem 49, a compression spring 50, a retainer ring 51, a valve needle seal 52 and a plate 53.
  • the piston 41 has a stepped axial bore 54.
  • the air valve stem 49 is generally tubular and slides in an axial direction in the piston bore 54.
  • An enlarged diameter end flange 55 retains the air valve stem 49 in the bore 54.
  • the retainer ring 51 is an internal retainer ring which engages the piston bore 54.
  • the compression spring 50 is compressed between the air valve stem flange 55 and the retainer ring 51.
  • the seal 52 preferably has a U-shaped cross section and forms a low friction sliding seal between the piston 41 and the valve needle 39 which extends axially through the piston assembly 48.
  • the seal 52 is retained by the plate 53.
  • a compression spring 56 presses against the plate 53 to cause the piston surface 40 to seat against the surface 42.
  • a T-block 57 is positioned to slide in an axial direction on the valve needle 39 forward of the air valve stem 49.
  • the T-block 57 has an opening 58 through which the valve needle 39 passes and has two radially directed lugs 59.
  • Side portions 60 on an actuator arm 61 are moved to engage the lugs 59 for in turn moving the valve needle 39 to turn on the spray gun 10 when it is operated in a first mode.
  • squeezing either the trigger 21 or the auxiliary trigger 22 rotates the actuator arm 61 to urge the T-block 57 towards the rear end 14 of the gun body 11. This pushes on the air valve stem 49, moving the piston surface 40 clear of the surface 42 on the air valve bushing 43. Air then flows between the surfaces 40 and 42 to the passageway 44 and is discharged from the nozzle assembly 13 for atomizing fluid and for shaping the pattern of the atomised fluid in a known manner.
  • the plate 53 contacts a collar 62 which is secured to the valve needle 39. Further movement of the piston assembly 48 causes the valve needle 39 to move and pressurised fluid from the fluid hose 17 is discharged from the orifice 38 and atomised.
  • the spacing between the piston assembly 48 and the collar 62 when the spray gun 10 is off assures that the flow of atomization and pattern shaping air will start prior to the discharge of fluid from the orifice 38. The amount of fluid discharged will depend on various factors, such as the fluid pressure, the size of the orifice 38, the distance that the valve needle 39 is moved and the properties of the fluid.
  • a rear plug 63 is secured to the rear body end 14 and the knob 15 is threaded into the rear plug 63.
  • the knob 15 forms an adjustable stop against which the collar 62 abuts when the fluid valve is fully opened. Rotating the knob 15 adjusts the maximum travel of the valve needle 39 when the fluid valve is opened.
  • An annular seal 64 fits between the knob 15 and the rear plug 63.
  • the spring 56 extends between the plate 53 and the seal 64. The spring 56 functions both as a return spring for the piston assembly 48 and as a spring for maintaining a force on the seal 64 to form a self adjusting air tight seal between the rear plug 63 and the knob 15.
  • the spring 56 is located in a chamber 65.
  • a small passage 66 in the air valve bushing 43 connects the chamber 65 to the handle passage 34 to allow a limited flow of the pressurised air into the chamber 65.
  • a much larger opening 67 in the air valve bushing 43 also allows the pressurised air to flow from the handle passage 34 into a chamber 68 formed between the air valve bushing 43 and the piston 41.
  • air pressure is normally balanced on both sides of the piston 41 and the piston 41 does not present an impediment to axial movement of the piston assembly 48 when the spray gun 10 is turned on or off by movement of either of the triggers 21 or 22.
  • the rear chamber 65 is connected through a passage 69 to a normally closed valve 70 (Figs. 4 and 5).
  • valve 70 opens and the chamber 65 is vented to atmosphere, establishing an air pressure differential across the piston 41.
  • the air pressure differential is sufficient to move the piston rearwardly until the collar 62 abuts the knob 15 and the valve needle 39 is fully opened.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 show details of the valve 70.
  • the passage 69 connects to a chamber 71 in the skeleton 28.
  • An annular ridge 72 surrounds the passage 69 to form a seat for the valve 70.
  • a compression spring 73 is compressed between the valve 70 and a retainer ring 74 to urge the valve 70 to seal against the ridge 72, closing the passage 69.
  • a push bar 25 is secured to the skeleton 28 to slide in an axial direction.
  • An end 76 on the valve 70 is engaged by a bumper 77 on the push bar 25.
  • a compression spring 78 urges the push bar 25 to the position shown in Fig. 4 wherein the push bar 25 does not affect closure of the valve 70.
  • the actuator arm 61 has a generally U-shaped body 85.
  • the body 85 consists of an upper portion 86 from which two sides 87 and 88 depend.
  • the sides 87 and 88 are spaced to straddle the skeleton 28.
  • Aligned openings 89 and 90 extend through the sides 87 and 88, respectively and a tubular portion 91 extends outwardly from each side 87 and 88 around the opening 89 or 90.
  • Each side 87 and 88 is shaped into a lower hooked shaped side portion 60 which terminates at a gap 92.
  • a rearwardly opening recess 93 is formed in the upper portion 86, as best seen in the cross section of Fig. 2.
  • Two aligned pins 94 are integrally formed on opposite sides of the skeleton 28 for mounting the actuator arm 61 and the trigger 21 (one of the pins 94 is shown in Fig. 7).
  • the actuator arm 61 is positioned to straddle the skeleton 28 with one of the pins 94 located in each opening 89 and 90 so that the actuator arm 61 can pivot on the gun body 11.
  • the trigger 21 has a U-shaped upper portion 95 with two parallel sides 96 which similarly straddle the actuator arm 61.
  • the two sides 96 have aligned openings 97 which engage the projections 91 on sides 87 and 88 of the actuator arm 61.
  • the openings 97 are formed with two overlapping lobes 98 and 99 with a small apex 100 on one side opposite a smoothly curved side 101.
  • the shape of the openings 97 permits the trigger 21 to be in a first position wherein the opening lobes 98 pivot on the projections 91 when the spray gun is in a first operating mode, as shown in Fig. 7.
  • the trigger 21 may be pushed upwardly until the projections 91 snap into the second lobe 99 to engage a second operating mode for the spray gun 10, as shown in Fig. 8. Or, the trigger 21 may be pulled downwardly to re-engage the first operating mode.
  • a push rod 103 extends between the recess 93 on the top of the actuator arm 61 and a recess 104 on the auxiliary trigger 22 (Fig. 2).
  • the push rod 103 is moved towards the front of the spray gun 10 to pivot the actuator arm 61. Consequently, either of the triggers 21 or 22 is capable of pivoting the actuator arm 61 for turning on the spray gun 10.
  • the amount of fluid discharged from the spray gun 10 will depend upon how far either trigger 21 or 22 is squeezed when the spray gun is in the first operating mode.
  • Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view showing details of the operation of the trigger 21 when positioned in the second operating mode.
  • the trigger 21 is pushed upwardly until the actuator arm projections 91 snap into the hole lobes 99 on the trigger sides 96.
  • the tabs 102 have the same radial spacing from the axis of the pins 94 and the projections 91 as the gaps 92 on the sides 60 of the actuator arm 61. Consequently, when the trigger 21 is squeezed towards the gun handle 16 (Figs. 1 and 2), the tabs 102 move into the gaps 92 and the actuator arm 61 is not pivoted to actuate the spray gun 10.
  • the trigger 21 is positioned as shown in Fig.
  • the trigger surface 79 contacts the push bar surface 80 and moves the push bar 25 for opening the valve 70, as shown in Figs. 8 and 10. Consequently, the spray gun 10 will be turned fully on by the resulting movement of the piston 41.
  • the auxiliary trigger 22 is still functional for operating the spray gun 10.
  • the trigger 21 has no separate return spring.
  • the spring 56 pushes the piston 41 to its normally closed position when the trigger 21 is released.
  • the force of the spring 56 through the piston 41, the air valve stem 49, the T-block 57 and the actuator arm 61 pivots the trigger 21 to its released position.
  • the trigger 21 is held in this position by friction.
  • the spring 78 moves the push bar 25 to its normal position when the trigger 21 is released.
  • the force of the spring 78 also pivots the trigger to its released position. Since the push bar 25 only moves a short distance when the trigger is squeezed to actuate the gun 10, the released trigger will be returned only a short distance. Consequently, the trigger 21 will be positioned close to the handle 16 and only require a short movement to turn on the spray gun 10 when operated in the second mode and only requires an operating force to overcome friction and the force of the springs 78 and 73.
  • Figs. 11 and 12 show a fragmentary portion of the spray gun 10 with the trigger 21 pivoted forward away from the handle 16 to open the area 27 between the handle 16 and the trigger 21.
  • Fig. 11 shows the trigger 21 positioned for the first operating mode and moved forward
  • Fig. 12 shows the trigger 21 positioned for the second operating mode and moved forward.
  • the trigger 21 is held in the forward position by friction or by a suitable detent (not shown).
  • a suitable detent not shown.
  • valve needle 39 has a diameter ⁇ 2.54 mm ( ⁇ 0.1 inch) at least at the seals to reduce friction. Further, at the seals the valve needle 39 should be polished to an average surface roughness of 0,38 ⁇ m ( ⁇ 15 micro inch).
  • the design of the trigger provides a mechanical advantage of about 7:1, while maintaining ergonomic trigger travel and form.
  • the air valve formed between the piston surface 40 and the air valve pushing surface 42 has a surface contour which allows full air flow with a shorter trigger travel.
  • the air valve is constructed to open at a rate which gives a ratio of 419 mm2 of air flow area per 25.4 mm of piston travel (square inches of flow area per inch of travel for the piston ⁇ 0.65), which is three times greater than a typical prior art trigger operated air atomization paint spray gun.
  • Fig. 13 shows details of the contours for a preferred design for fluid valve 110.
  • the chamber is curved with blend radii to a conic section 111 which connects to a straight section leading to the fluid discharge orifice 38.
  • the conic section 111 is in the form of a frustum of a right circular cone having slightly tapered side walls.
  • the valve needle 39 has at its forward end, a first conic section 112 which connects with a second, forward section 113.
  • the first conic section 112 is in the form of a frustum of a right circular cone having sides tapered at an angle less than the sides of the fluid head section 111.
  • the spray head conic section 111 is tapered to have an included vertex angle of about 20° and the valve needle conic section 112 is tapered to have an included vertex angle of about 12°.
  • the valve needle sections 112 and 113 join at an annulus 114 which is of a diameter to seat against a central region of the spray head section 111.
  • the forward valve needle section 113 is a cone terminating at a vertex 115.
  • the section 113 has a vertex angle of about 40°.
  • the forward sections 112 and 113 of the valve needle 39 may be formed of a low friction material to minimize friction when the annulus 114 is withdrawn from the spray head section 111 during triggering.
  • low friction seals 52 and 107 which have U-shaped cross sections are used to reduce drag forces between the valve needle 39 and the piston 41 and between the piston 41 and the air valve bushing 43, respectively.
  • the spray gun 10 may be constructed to require an actuating force no greater than 9 N (2 pounds) to actuate the gun 10 in the first operating mode and an actuating force no greater than 4,5 N (1 pound) when operating the gun in the second operating mode.
  • the trigger 21 pivots over an arc of at least 10° when operated in the first mode to permit accurate control of feathering and the trigger 21 pivots over an arc of less than 10° and preferably no greater than 5° when operated in the second mode.

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  1. Eine von Hand gehaltene Flüssigkeits-Spritzpistole (10) enthaltend einen Pistolenkörper (11), welcher erste (12) und zweite Enden (14) hat, eine Flüssigkeits-Zerstäuberdüsenanordnung (13), welche an dem ersten Ende (12) befestigt ist, einen Griff (16), welcher sich vom benachbarten zweiten Ende (14) wegerstreckt, zum Halten der Spritzpistole (10), und einen Haupt-Trigger (21) zum Steuern der Flüssigkeitsabgabe von der Spritzpistole (10), wobei der Spritzpistolen-Trigger (21) erste und zweite Betriebsarten hat, erste Mittel ansprechend auf die Trigger-Bewegung zum Variieren der Flüssigkeitsmenge, welche von der Spritzpistole (10) als eine Funktion der Trigger-Bewegung abgegeben wird, wenn der Trigger (21) in der ersten Betriebsart ist, gekennzeichnet durch zweite Mittel ansprechend auf eine vorgegebene kleine Trigger-Bewegung, wenn der Trigger in der zweiten Betriebsart ist, um den Flüssigkeitsstrom, welcher von der Spritzpistole abgegeben wird, vollständig ein- und auszuschalten.
  2. Eine von Hand gehaltene Flüssigkeits-Spritzpistole (10) wie in Anspruch 1 beansprucht, gekennzeichnet durch Mittel, welche den Trigger (21) am Pistolenkörper (11) befestigen, damit er zum Griff (16) hin und von ihm weg schwenkt, wobei der Trigger (21) über einen Bereich von mindestens 10° schwenkt, wenn der Trigger (21) in der ersten Art betrieben wird, und wobei der Trigger (21) über einen Bereich von weniger als 10° schwenkt, wenn er in der zweiten Art betrieben wird.
  3. Eine von Hand gehaltene Flüssigkeits-Spritzpistole (10) wie in Anspruch 1 beansprucht, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Trigger (21) über einen Bereich von nicht mehr als 5° schwenkt, wenn er in der zweiten Art betrieben wird.
  4. Eine von Hand gehaltene Flüssigkeits-Spritzpistole (10) wie in Anspruch 2 beansprucht und dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Trigger (21) eine Betätigungskraft von nicht mehr als 9 N in der ersten Betriebsart und eine Betätigongskraft von nicht mehr als 4,5 N in der zweiten Betriebsart erfordert.
  5. Eine von Hand gehaltene Flüssigkeits-Spritzpistole (10) wie in Anspruch 1 beansprucht und enthaltend Ventilnadelmittel (39), welche im Pistolenkörper (11) befestigt sind, um die Flüssigkeitsabgabe von der Spritzpistole (10) zu steuern, mechanische Verbindungsmittel zum Bewegen der Ventilnadelmittel (39) als Antwort auf die Bewegung des Triggers (21), wenn der Trigger in der ersten Betriebsart ist, Kolbenmittel (41) zum Bewegen der Ventilnadelmittel (39) zwischen offenen und geschlossenen Positionen, und Ventilmittel, um die Kolbenmittel (41) zu veranlassen, die Ventilnadelmittel (39) zur offenen Position zu bewegen, wenn der Trigger (21) in der zweiten Betriebsart und gedrückt ist.
  6. Eine von Hand gehaltene Flüssigkeits-Spritzpistole (10) wie in Anspruch 5 beansprucht, gekennzeichnet durch Mittel, welche den Trigger (21) am Körper (11) befestigen, damit er zum Griff (16) hin und von ihm weg schwenkt, wobei der Trigger (21) eine erste Position relativ zu einem Drehpunkt am Pistolenkörper (11) hat, wenn er in der ersten Betriebsart ist, und der Trigger (21) eine zweite Position relativ zum Drehpunkt hat, wenn er in der zweiten Betriebsart ist.
  7. Eine von Hand gehaltene Flüssigkeits-Spritzpistole (10) wie in Anspruch 6 beansprucht, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Trigger (21) in einer im allgemeinen radialen Richtung relativ zum Drehpunkt zwischen den ersten und zweiten Positionen beweglich ist und daß sie Mittel enthält, um den Trigger (21) in einer aus der ersten und zweiten Position ausgewählten Position zu halten.
  8. Eine von Hand gehaltene Flüssigkeits-Spritzpistole (10) wie in Anspruch 6 beansprucht, gekennzeichnet durch Mittel am Trigger (21), um mit der mechanischen Verbindung zur Steuerung der Spritzpistole (10) in Eingriff zu gelangen, wenn der Trigger (21) in der ersten Position ist, und Mittel am Trigger (21) zum Betrieb der Ventilmittel, um die Spritzpistole zu steuern, wenn der Trigger (21) in der zweiten Position ist.
  9. Eine von Hand gehaltene Flüssigkeits-Spritzpistole (10) wie in Anspruch 5 beansprucht, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Kolbenmittel (41) ein integrales Luftventil zum Steuern eines Zerstäubungs- und Musterformungs- Luftstromes zur Düsenanordnung (13) enthält, wobei das Kolbenmittel (41) sich zwischen einer ersten Position, bei welcher das Luftventil geschlossen ist, und einer zweiten Position bewegt, und das Luftventil öffnet, um einen Zerstäubungs- und Musterformungs-Luftstrom zu schaffen, wenn der Kolben (41) zu einer Zwischenposition zwischen den ersten und zweiten Positionen bewegt wird, und eine Rückstellfeder (81) den Kolben zur ersten Position hin drängt.
  10. Eine von Hand gehaltene Flüssigkeits-Spritzpistole (10) wie in Anspruch 5 beansprucht, gekennzeichnet durch Mittel am Kolben (41), um mit den Ventilnadelmitteln (39) in Eingriff zu gelangen, wenn der Kolben (41) sich zur Zwischenposition bewegt hat, und bei welcher der Kolben (41) die Ventilnadelmittel (39) zur offenen Position bewegt, wenn der Kolben (41) von der Zwischenposition zur zweiten Position bewegt wird.
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