Method and apparatus for hydrostatic spraying

Claim 1

HYDROSTATIC PAINTING APPARATUS COMPRISING ELONGATED PRESSURE TUBE MEANS DEFINING A PASSAGEWAY FOR PAINT INCLUDING MULTIPLE TUBE SECTIONS AND MEANS DETACHABLY CONNECTING THE TUBE SECTIONS END TO END, CUT-OFF VALVE MECHANISM INCLUDING A VALVE HOUSING WITH MEANS JOINED TO THE HOUSING FOR SUPPORTING THE HOUSING WITH ONE HAND AND A VALVE-CONTROLLED OPENING THROUGH WHICH CONTROLLED AMOUNTS OF PAINT FLOW, MEANS FIXEDLY SECURING ONE END OF SAID PRESSURE TUBE MEANS TO SAID VALVE HOUSING WITH THE INTERIOR THEREOF COMMUNICATING WITH SAID VALVECONTROLLED OPENING, NOZZLE MECHANISM MOUNTED ADJACENT THE END OF SAID TUBE MEANS OPPOSITE ITS SAID ONE END INCLUDING AN OPEN SPRAY-PRODUCING ORIFICE COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID TUBE MEANS AND PROVIDING AN EXIT FOR PAINT FROM SAID PASSAGEWAY ELONGATED HOLLOW SLEEVE MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY AS LONG AS SAID TUBE MEANS, SAID SLEEVE MEANS COMPRISING MULTIPLE SECTIONS CORRESPONDING TO SAID SECTIONS OF SAID TUBE MEANS DISPOSED END TO END, AND MEANS MOUNTING SAID SLEEVE MEANS ABOUT SAID PRESSURE TUBE MEANS WITH SAID OTHER END OF SAID PRESSURE TUBE MEANS PROTRUDING OUT FROM ONE END OF SAID SLEEVE MEANS, THE OUTSIDE OF SAID SLEEVE MEANS PROVIDING A SURFACE TO HOLD ONTO WHEN SUPPORTING THE PAINTING APPARATUS WITH THE OTHER HAND.