Inventors:
Jason R. Jenkins - Boulder CO
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL
International Classification:
B05B 702
Abstract:
An airless spray gun having a gun body and in the gun body a first internal passageway for fluid under pressure to flow to a discharge nozzle, a valve in this passageway for adjusting the flow rate of the fluid and a valve stem for actuating the valve, where the valve stem extends through a second internal passageway, the gun further including a spring biasing the valve stem in a downstream direction to close the valve and a trigger for moving the valve stem in the upstream direction to open the valve, the first passageway intersecting the second passageway downstream of the spring and upstream of the valve.