Wagner Spray Tech Corporation

Robert D Cooper, Jr

Scott R Carpenter

Thomas F Kruzel

Thomas L Kruzel

Peter L Frank

Joseph W Kieffer

Mark E Snetting

Norman A Cyphers

Wayne M Bekius

Shawn Cameron Johnson

Dwaine D Straight

Stephen K Liedtke

Paint spray pump housing

Apparatus and method for on-board lubrication of a paint pumping piston including a reservoir for lubricant and a lubricant dispensing mechanism for delivering a predetermined repeatable amount of lubricant upon manual actuation of the lubricant dispensing mechanism. In one embodiment, a section of tubing acts as the reservoir, and in another embodiment, the reservoir is formed by a transparent or translucent chamber located adjacent an aperture in a pump housing to enable visual inspection of the level of lubricant in the reservoir. A lubricant delivery piston is actuated by an extension thereof projecting through an aperture in the housing, and a lubricant discharge nozzle is located adjacent the paint pumping piston proximate a bushing supporting the paint pumping piston. A breather valve prevents a vacuum in the reservoir as the lubricant is dispensed.

On board oil reservoir for lubricating piston paint pump

A piston pump assembly with a rotatingly driven swashplate in driving relationship with a rocker arm and piston engaged with one end of the rocker arm. A spring urges the rocker arm and piston into contact with an annular ring carried by a bearing in the swashplate. The spring may be a separate leaf spring or may be formed integrally with the rocker arm. The rocker arm engagement with the piston uses a spherical ball-joint-like surface. The contact between each of the rocker arm and piston and the annular ring utilize spherical surfaces on the rocker arm and piston, with an elongated footprint on the rocker arm and a circular footprint on the piston. The piston is allowed a slight radial play in operation.

Swashplate pump

An improved cooling arrangement for an electric motor in a pump assembly, including a resilient fan baffle having a planar main surface and a pair of wings extending perpendicularly out from the main surface to direct airflow away from the motor when the fan baffle is installed on the motor. A method of installing the fan baffle includes bending two ends of the periphery of the fan baffle to clear obstructions on the motor, and then releasing the ends to allow them to come together in a planar arrangement.

Fan baffle

A fluid pump for pumping a volume of fluid under pressure from a fluid source to a fluid dispenser includes an electric motor. A pump drive assembly is operably coupled to the motor for reducing an output of the motor. A pump assembly is operably coupled to the pump drive assembly and is fluidly communicable with the source of fluid, the pump assembly being actuated by the pump drive assembly, the actuation causing the pump assembly to pump the fluid. A single main housing, the main housing in part the pump drive assembly and having a pump housing defined therein, the pump housing being integral, unitary therewith for housing the pump assembly. A method of making a fluid pump for pumping a volume of fluid under pressure from a fluid source to a fluid dispenser.

Piston pump having housing with a pump housing and a pump assembly drive housing formed therein

A fluid pump having a motor operably coupled to a pump assembly, the motor and pump assembly acting cooperatively to pressurize a fluid includes a pressure switch being in communication with the fluid under pressure and being in communication with the motor for sensing the fluid pressure and controlling the operation of the motor to maintain a selected fluid pressure. A method of controlling fluid pressure in a fluid pump, the fluid pressure being generated by activating a pump motor to operate a pump assembly.

Switch for controlling the motor of a piston pump

A diaphragm pump for pumping a fluid, such as paint, includes a diaphragm separating a first chamber for accommodating and dispensing the paint from a second chamber for accommodating a drive fluid, and a piston that reciprocates to drive the drive fluid within the second chamber in order to flex the diaphragm to provide the pumping action within the first chamber. The diaphragm pump also includes a backing ring mounted adjacent the diaphragm that is configured to distribute the drive fluid across the diaphragm to cause a flexible region of the diaphragm to flex toward the first chamber from the outer perimeter inward toward a central pumping surface in a rolling manner. This diaphragm movement results in substantially all of the paint adjacent the diaphragm within the first chamber to move out of the first chamber when the diaphragm reaches its travel limit, and thus improves the efficiency of the diaphragm pump. Additionally, the diaphragm pump includes a drive fluid inlet formed within the piston, such that reciprocating movement of the piston results in an inflow of drive fluid into the second chamber. An input port in the piston is continuously submerged in the drive fluid when open, thereby substantially eliminating the introduction of air into the drive fluid system and thus reducing drive fluid priming problems.

Hydraulically driven diaphragm pump

A pressure relief assembly for use with a paint pump having a chamber with a pressure relief port located immediately adjacent an inlet port of the pump. The pressure relief assembly includes a mounting member, inlet washer, rupture pad and outlet washer. The mounting member is threaded on its exterior surface and includes an inlet end, an outlet end, and a relief passage extending between the inlet and outlet ends. A rupture recess in the inlet end is sized to receive the inlet washer, rupture pad and outlet washer, with the rupture pad positioned between the washers. The inner diameter surface of the outlet washer is convex. The pressure relief assembly is screwed into the pump with the inlet end adjacent to the pressure relief port. The rupture pad forms a seal between the pump chamber and atmosphere that ruptures to vent the chamber when the pressure within the chamber exceeds a predetermined rupture pressure.

Rupture disk pressure relief assembly for a paint pump

A user-replaceable pumping chamber for a consumer piston pump has a reciprocating piston seal secured to the end of a piston by a threaded fastener. The chamber further has a smooth-bored cylindrical sleeve surrounding the seal to form a cylindrical wall for the chamber. The seal is retained to the piston by a threaded shoulder screw and washer acting against an O-ring in an end face of the seal. The housing has an aperture providing access to the cylindrical sleeve to permit levering a worn sleeve out of the housing.

Pumping apparatus with piston seal and cylinder removing means

Single-piece manifold for use in pressurized painting equipment which is configured and arranged for joining a liquid inlet line, a pressure sensor, a filter, a pressure relief valve, and one or more liquid outlet lines by a streamlined network of passages in a compact and organized manner which eliminates static flow areas. The pressure sensor is assembled within the manifold in such manner as to avoid relative rotation between sensor components and thus avoid stressing electrical leads of the sensor.

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Elk River, MN, United States of America

Robert D Cooper, Jr