Safety air gun

Claim 1

In a safety air gun having a housing, an air inlet port to be connected to a supply of air under pressure, said housing having an outlet chamber and a manually actuated valve disposed between the inlet port and outlet chamber to control the flow of air therebetween, and a nozzle unit secured in the outlet chamber to direct air therefrom, the improvement wherein said nozzle unit comprises a sleeve having an inner end secured in the outlet chamber and an enlarged outer end forming a shoulder engaging the end of the housing, said inner end having a bore carrying a nozzle tip opening into an enlarged bore in said enlarged outer end of the sleeve, the outer end of the sleeve having a plurality of venting notches extending inwardly and terminating outwardly of said tip, and said sleeve having a plurality of longitudinal parallel slots on the upper surface of the inner end terminating in an outwardly curved surface in the enlarged outer end to receive air from the outlet chamber with the curved surfaces directing the air outwardly from the sleeve to form a protective air barrier against flyback particles.