Device for applying paint with reciprocating linear motor

Abstract

A compact portable, easily operated, paint applying apparatus has a frame adapted to rest on the ground, a lifting handle on the frame for ease in carrying to use locations, a paint reservoir removably supported in upright position on the frame, an electric motor driven paint pump mounted on the frame above the reservoir, an intake tube depending from said pump into the reservoir, a discharge tube extending from the pump, and a paint applicator supplied by the discharge tube. The frame is preferably L-shaped with a bottom horizontal leg provided a sturdy base and an upright vertical leg. The horizontal leg has a well receiving the paint reservoir, the vertical leg has a recess receiving the rear end of a housing in which a reciprocal electric motor is mounted. The front end of the motor housing mounts a pump housing with a depending intake coupling directly over the paint reservoir on the horizontal base and an outlet coupling on the front end thereof. The intake coupling is attached to a short tube extending to the bottom of the reservoir while the outlet coupling is attached to a flexible hose or tube leading to the end of a handle with a trigger operated valve discharging into a wand which feeds the paint applying device such as a paint roller or a spray head discharging onto the roller.