CN102395472A

CN102395472A - Painting apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN102395472A
Application number: CN2010800164938A
Authority: CN
Inventors: C·J·奥德
Original assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International BV
Current assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International BV
Priority date: 2009-04-15
Filing date: 2010-04-15
Publication date: 2012-03-28
Anticipated expiration: 2030-04-15
Also published as: EP2419281B1; CA2757071A1; GB2469479A; CN102395472B; US20120031906A1; ZA201107337B; BRPI1006269A2; GB0906453D0; GB2469479B; EP2419281A1; WO2010119090A1

Abstract

A painting apparatus comprising a paint container and a closure module, the paint container having a screw threaded rim, the closure module having a main housing and an outer ring, the outer ring having a screw thread, in which the outer ring is rotatable relative to the main housing such that the screw thread cooperates with the threaded rim of the paint container to secure the closure module onto the paint container without having to rotate the main housing relative to the paint container.

Description

Application device

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of application device.

Background technology

For the user, knownly pour coating into the roller dish from container for paint, use the roller dish that coating is dipped in and be put on the cylinder, use cylinder that coating is applied on the surface of wall for example or ceiling then.The user finds that this known procedures is put on the cylinder and pours coating into the roller dish from container for paint and lose time owing to must be constantly coating being dipped in from the roller dish.Owing to before coating is applied to the surface, needs poured coating into the roller dish earlier, coating are dipped in to be put on the cylinder then, and the risk that therefore coating is spilt is very high.

There is such application device, promptly automatically coating supplied to cylinder from container for paint, be not put on the cylinder and need coating not poured into the roller dish and coating dipped in.Applicant's co-pending patent application GB2448578 has described a kind of application device that comprises roller assembly and closed module, and said closed module is installed on the container for paint.Said closed module comprises pump, and this pump is given roller assembly through the dip-tube assembly with paint supply.

Hope to improve closed module is fixed on the mode on the container for paint.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the invention provides a kind of container for paint assembly that comprises container for paint and closed module, said container for paint has threaded edge; Said closed module has main casing and outer shroud; Said outer shroud has screw thread, and wherein, said outer shroud can rotate with respect to main casing; So that its screw thread cooperates with the threaded edge of container for paint, thereby under the situation that need not rotate main casing with respect to container for paint, closed module is fixed on the container for paint.

Advantageously, this makes closed module can utilize the screw thread on the container for paint and under the situation that need not rotate main casing, closed module is fixed on the container for paint.Avoid rotating main casing and reduced the risk that conduit that any member of being connected with main casing for example is connected with roller assembly tangles when rotating along with main casing.

Description of drawings

To only the present invention be described with reference to accompanying drawing through the mode of example at present, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the application device of prior art;

Fig. 2 is the stereogram according to application device of the present invention;

Fig. 3-the 5th, the stereogram of the part of the application device of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is the sectional front view of a part of the application device of Fig. 2;

Fig. 7-the 11st, the stereogram of the part of the application device of Fig. 2;

Figure 12 and 13 is simplified cross-sectional view of a part of the application device of Fig. 2;

Figure 13 A-18 is the stereogram of a part of the application device of Fig. 2;

Figure 19-the 21st, the simplified cross-sectional view of the part of the application device of Fig. 2; With

Figure 22 is the stereogram of a part of the application device of Fig. 2.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 shows the application device 400 of prior art, and it comprises container for paint 412, closed module 415, dip-tube assembly 490 and roller assembly 480.The dip-tube assembly is connected with roller assembly 480 fluids through conduit 430.This device has been described among the GB2448578.

Referring to figs. 2 to 22, they show application device 10 of the present invention, and this application device 10 comprises container for paint 12, closed module 15, dip-tube assembly 190 and roller assembly 210.Dip-tube assembly 190 is connected with roller assembly 210 fluids through conduit 130.

Roller assembly 210 comprises roller cage 212 and switch 216, and roller cage 212 accommodates cylinder 214.

Container for paint 12 comprises main body 14, circle hoop 16, handle 18 and removable closure 20.Main body 14 has the neck 22 that inwardly narrows down gradually and upstanding edge along portion 24.Upstanding edge has the edge 25 (Fig. 4 and 4A) of container orifice of defining 26 along portion 24.

Circle hoop 16 has upstanding edge along 27, and upstanding edge has the interior connecting plate 28 radially inwardly outstanding from upstanding edge edge 27 along 27.Connecting plate 28 comprises dip-tube aperture 29, and being designed and sized to of dip-tube aperture 29 makes it can admit dip-tube assembly (seeing below).Between interior connecting plate 28 and edge 27, define aperture 31.

Circle hoop 16 engages on the upstanding edge edge 24 that is fastened on container for paint (Fig. 6) with circle hoop projection 30 through making main body projection 32.

Circle hoop 16 also comprises screw thread 34, and the screw thread 36 of closure 20 is screwed on the screw thread 34, so that sealing and gasket coating container 12 (Fig. 6).After removing closure 20, the screw thread 34 of circle hoop 16 also engages (seeing below) with closed module 15.

Handle 18 is fixed on the circle hoop 16 through known way.

In Fig. 7, closed module 15 comprises main casing 36 and circular outer shroud 38.Main casing comprises upper casing 40 and lower casing 42.Usually, the closed module member is processed by the plastics of for example ABS.Closed module 15 with outer shroud 38 has been shown among Figure 14.

Upper casing 40 comprises that handle 71 is can carry closed module 15.

In Figure 10,11 and 16, upper casing 40 has upper surface 41, and upper surface 41 is provided with dip-tube aperture 44.Upper casing 40 further comprises two identical apertures 46, and they are arranged to after upper casing and lower casing are assembled, and can handle outer shrouds 38 (seeing below) through aperture 46.

In Fig. 9,12 and 15, lower casing 42 has upper surface 48 and lower surface 50.Upper surface 48 is included in the dip-tube aperture 52 on the upper surface 48.Lower casing 42 comprises two identical apertures 54, they be arranged to when with upper casing 40 assembling after, the aperture 46 on the upper casing 40 all with lower casing on aperture 54 overlap, make it possible to handle outer shroud 38 (seeing below).Lower surface 50 comprises groove 56, and when closed module 15 is fixed on 12 last times of container for paint, handle 18 is positioned at groove 56.

Lower casing 42 comprises the flange 66 (Figure 15) that three levels extend internally.

Lower casing 42 comprises also that to the projection that extends below 70 projection 70 is sized to the aperture 31 that can be positioned at circle hoop 16 and passes this aperture 31.

In Fig. 8, outer shroud 38 has exterior radial surface 58 and inner radial surface 60.Outer surface 58 comprises that a plurality of recesses 62 are can handle and rotate outer shroud 38.

So that falling to being sitting in, outer shroud 38 assembles closed module 15 through outer shroud 38 being positioned in the lower casing 42 on the flange 66.Between the following inner surface 84 of the upper surface 82 of outer shroud 38 and lower casing 42, spring 80 is set, so that outer shroud 38 is by towards flange 66 biased downward (Figure 13).Spring force is chosen to make outer shroud 38 to be rotated by common user.

Upper casing and lower casing are fixed together through the screw (not shown).In case be assembled in together, can see outer shroud 38 through

aperture

46,54, and dip-

tube aperture

44,52 vertically align (Fig. 8 and 12).

In Fig. 3,16 and 17, closed module 15 can be positioned on the container for paint 12, makes to be positioned at the aperture 31 of enclosing hoop 16 to the projection that extends below 70.Projection 70 and the tolerance levels between the aperture 31 guarantee that the dip-

tube aperture

52,44 on the closed module 15 vertically aligns with the dip-tube aperture 29 on the circle hoop 16.

Then, rotate outer shroud 38, make screw thread 64 engage, thereby closed module 15 is fixed on (Figure 13) on the container for paint 12 with the screw thread 34 of circle hoop.In Figure 13 A, outer shroud 38 is shown is screwed around on the circle hoop 16, and other element of closed module 15 is not shown.

Can understand, provide downward projection 70 to prevent that closed module 15 from rotating with respect to container for paint 12, this advantageously makes only needs a hand to rotate outer shroud 38.In an alternative, there is not downward projection, this just possibly must use one to hold main casing and use another hand rotation outer shroud simultaneously, to prevent the main casing rotation.

Dip-tube assembly 190 has been shown in Figure 19.Dip-tube assembly 190 comprises the cylindrical shell 185 of sealing, has gear pump 186 at the following free end of cylindrical shell 185.Cylindrical shell 185 comprises lower casing 192 so that keep gear pump 186.Lower casing 192 comprises a plurality of holes (not shown), and the particle that prevents greater than 2mm that is dimensioned in said hole gets into gear pump.

In Figure 20; Closed module 15 comprises motor 160 and travelling gear 181; When dip-tube assembly 190 is inserted in the container for paint when allowing that gear 181,130 intermeshes through

aperture

44,52,29, travelling gear 181 is connected motor 160 with the travelling gear 130 of dip-tube assembly 190.

In Figure 22, gear pump 186 comprises two meshed gears 140,142.Gear 140 is connected with gear 130 through power transmission shaft 189, and the rotation of the feasible gear 181 that is connected with motor 60 causes that two meshed gears 140,142 rotate.Through actuation switch 216 gear 140,142 is rotated and to cause coating 150 to be passed through the hole sucking-off in the housing 192, and get into pipeline 188 through hole 193 and channel arrangement structure 195.Pipeline 188 is connected with pipeline 120 fluids through connector 197 (shown in broken lines in Figure 22), and therefore coating is transported to roller assembly 180 from container for paint.Pipeline 120 has the internal diameter of 6mm.

Downward projection 70 prevents to relatively rotate between container for paint and the closed module, and prevents that therefore aperture 52,44 and circle on the closed module from binding round the aperture 29 vertical misalignment on 16.Therefore, keep the aligning in aperture to prevent that dip-tube assembly 190 is damaged (Figure 22).

When closed module is fixed on the container for paint; Between closed module and container for paint, form sealing; Make coating to leave container for paint, that is, all have the sealing (not shown) between dip-tube assembly and the closed module and between closed module and the container for paint through the dip-tube assembly.

In an alternative, the circle hoop of container for paint can comprise the dip-tube aperture of dip-tube aperture central spot relative, that be positioned at the container for paint opening with the central point that departs from the container for paint opening.Similarly, the circle hoop can only comprise opening and not have the dip-tube aperture.Under both of these case, needn't prevent that all closed module from rotating with respect to container for paint, therefore do not need the downward projection among the embodiment of Fig. 2-22.

In an alternative, with respect to the independent arrangement of the foregoing description, container for paint can be set to comprise integrally moulded that encloses hoop and main body.

Claims

1. an application device comprises container for paint and closed module, and said container for paint has threaded edge; Said closed module has main casing and outer shroud; Said outer shroud has screw thread, and wherein, said outer shroud can rotate with respect to said main casing; So that the screw thread of said outer shroud cooperates with the threaded edge of said container for paint, thereby under the situation that need not rotate said main casing with respect to said container for paint, said closed module is fixed on the said container for paint.

2. application device according to claim 1; It is characterized in that said container for paint has the aperture, relevant dip-tube can pass this aperture and be inserted in the said container for paint; Said threaded edge limits the opening of said container for paint; Wherein, when said closed module was fixed on the said container for paint, the central point of the opening of said container for paint was departed from this aperture.

3. application device according to claim 1 and 2; It is characterized in that said closed module comprises first feature, said container for paint comprises second feature; Wherein, When said closed module was fixed on the said container for paint, said first feature and said second feature matched, and rotated with respect to said container for paint to prevent said main casing.

4. application device according to claim 3; It is characterized in that; Said first feature is downward projection; Said second feature is the aperture, and said downward projection is sized to and makes said downward projection be arranged in said aperture, thereby prevents to relatively rotate between said main casing and the said container for paint.

5. according to each described application device in the aforementioned claim; It is characterized in that; Said closed module has lower casing, and said lower casing has lower surface and is positioned at the groove on the said lower surface, wherein; When said closed module was fixed on the said container for paint, said groove held the handle of said container for paint.

6. closed module; Have main casing and outer shroud; Said outer shroud has screw thread, and wherein, said outer shroud can rotate with respect to said main casing; Make said screw thread cooperate, thereby under the situation that need not rotate said main casing with respect to said container for paint, said closed module is fixed on the said container for paint with the threaded edge of relevant container for paint.