Graco Minnesota Inc.

Axia Acquistion Corporation

Robert J Gundersen

Mark T Weinberger

Andrew J Kopel

Christopher M Lange

Mark D Shultz

Nicholas A Pagano

Daniel R Johnson

Benjamin R Godding

Michael J Mansheim

Nicholas H Reath

Kevin C Robb

Steve J Wrobel

James C Schroeder

Steven Dale Becker

David M Larsen

David John Thompson

Jeromy D Horning

Dale C Pemberton

Timothy J Kesti

Jeremy P Jurmu

Christopher A Lins

Chad R Taszarek

Douglas S Ryder

Brett J Carlson

Albert W Lubenow

Quincy A Kesti

Diane Leigh Olson

William M Blenkush

Harold D Johnson

August F Legatt

Eric J Finstad

John M Svendsen

James M Dalton

Jerry D Horning

Philip K Snider

Bret A Deneson

Craig Joseph Wojciechowski

Jon M Knutson

Rami A Azer

Neil Taylor

Grant E Kurre

Matthew Verby

Jeromy Delayne Horning

Jason Christensen

Neil A Taylor

A transfer pump includes a drive module having electronic components and a fluid module not including electronic components. The drive module provides motive power to a pump of the fluid module to power pumping by the fluid module.

Transfer pump

A handheld computer device is configured to selectively receive a plurality of fluid output values from a paint sprayer and configured to operate in an accessible mode in which the handheld computer device is in a first location where wireless connectivity, via a continuous or near continuous communication path, to at least one of a network server or the paint sprayer is accessible or operate in an inaccessible mode in which the handheld computer device is in a second location out of range of the continuous or near continuous communication path to at least one of the network server or the paint sprayer.

Paint sprayer distributed control and output volume monitoring architectures

A transfer pump includes a drive module having electronic components and a fluid module not including electronic components. The drive module provides motive power to a pump of the fluid module to power pumping by the fluid module. A control module is configured to monitor operation of the transfer pump and control pumping by the transfer pump. The control module is configured to receive dosing commands from a user interface, recall a dosing parameter based on the dosing command, and cause the drive module to operate the fluid module based on the dosing parameter to cause the transfer pump to output a set volume of material.

Pump control system and method

A sprayer includes a spray gun and a hopper. An air source provides compressed air to the sprayer to both eject fluid from the spray gun as a spray and to pressurize the hopper. The spray gun includes passages for providing compressed air to the nozzle for spraying and to the hopper for pressurizing the hopper. The spray gun further includes a relief valve for venting pressurized air from the hopper. The hopper receives the compressed air through a port in the hopper, and the compressed air assists the flow of material out of the hopper and into the spray gun.

Handheld spray gun

A spray gun includes a gun body and valves configured to control flow of material and air through the gun body. A trigger is mounted to the gun body and is disposed relative to the valves such that the trigger actuates the valves in sequence to begin air flow and material flow. A sensor senses when the trigger is in an actuated state and the sensor causes a pump to begin pumping material to the spray gun. Release of the trigger causes the trigger to leave the actuated state. A detent mechanism holes the trigger in a detent state intermediate the actuated state and a resting state. The sensor does not sense the trigger with the trigger in the detent state. The trigger maintains the valves open with the trigger in the detent state.

Material spray gun

Handheld texture spray gun with hopper

Fluid handling module

A sprayer for spraying fluid includes a pump, a motor that drives the pump, a drive cycle indicator, a wireless module configured to send and receive information, and control circuitry. The drive cycle indicator outputs an indication of cycle status of the pump. The control circuitry is configured to receive the plurality of cycle status indications of the pump, determine a plurality of output values representing paint spray fluid output volume over a plurality of time windows based on the plurality of cycle status indications of the pump, store the plurality of output values in memory, and cause the wireless module to transmit one or more of the stored plurality of output values externally from the sprayer.

Power module

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Otsego, MN, United States of America

Robert J Gundersen