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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2023
W.m. Barr & Company, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Kevin Andrew Kavchok, Huntersville, NC (US);
Matthew Michael Petkus, Memphis, TN (US);
Alana Byrd, Memphis, TN (US);
Rachel Ann Farmer, Memphis, TN (US);
W.M. BARR & COMPANY, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A spray wand includes: a hollow tubular main body; a nozzle mounted on the output end of the main body; and a valve assembly configured to mount the input end of the main body. The valve assembly includes: a housing having an input conduit for coupling the valve assembly with a fluid source; a sealing piston biased within the input conduit toward a sealing position thereof; and a valve core having a column rotatable within the interior space of the housing and a handle extending from the column, the valve core being rotatable between at least one open position corresponding to an open condition of the valve assembly and at least one closed position corresponding to a closed condition of the valve assembly. Upon rotation of the column to at least one open position thereof, the sealing piston biased within the input conduit is pressed from the sealing position.