Remote spray device

Claim 2

An extension device for remotely supporting and actuating a conventional aerosol container having a movable valve control element, comprising: an elongated rodlike frame member; an elongated rodlike control member laterally spaced from and substantially parallel with said frame member; support means extending between and pivotally connected to said frame member and said control member, said support means including a support member extending between and pivotally connected to said frame member and said control member adjacent one end thereof, respectively; an intermediate link member positioned substantially parallel to and laterally spaced from said support member, said link member extending between and having the opposite ends thereof pivotally connected to said frame member and said control member; holding means mounted on said support means for holding a conventional aerosol container; actuating means movably supported on said one end of said frame member and disposed adjacent said support means for permitting actuation of said valve control element for permitting actuation of same; and triggering means disposed adjacent the other end of said frame member and operatively interconnected to said actuating means for permitting selective actuation thereof, said triggering means including a manually movable trigger member movably supported on said frame member adjacent said other end thereof.

Claim 3

A device according to claim 1, wherein said actuating means includes an elongated actuator lever having one end thereof pivotally interconnected to said support member adjacent the point of pivotal interconnection between said support member and said control member, the other end of said actuator lever being free and disposed directly adjacent said valve control element, and said triggering means including elongated connecting means extending substantially longitudinally of said frame member and interconnected between said movable trigger member and said actuator lever at a point located between the ends thereof.

Claim 4

A device according to claim 2, wherein the actuator lever includes an arcuate portion disposed intermediate the ends thereof, said arcuate portion being disposed in the vicinity of said one end of said frame member and being generated about a center located in the vicinity of the point of pivotal connection between said support member and said frame member, and said elongated connecting means having one end thereof disposed in slidable engagement with the arcuate portion of said actuator lever.

Claim 5

A device according to claim 3, wherein said frame member comprises an elongated hollow rodlike element, said elongated connecting means extending internally of said rodlike element and including a slide portion on one end thereof slidably supported within and extending outwardly beyond said one end of said rodlike element, and resilient stop means coacting between said actuator lever and said support means for normally resiliently maintaining said actuator lever in a position wherein the free end thereof is disposed closely adjacent but slightly spaced from the valve control element, said resilient stop means being slidable toward and away from said free end of said actuator lever for permitting the position of said free end to be selectively adjusted relative to the container.

Claim 6

A manually operable extension device for remotely supporting and actuating a conventional aerosol container having a movable valve control element, said device comprising: elongated frame means including an elongated rodlike frame member; holding means mounted on said frame means adjacent one end thereof for supporting an aerosol container, said holding means including an elongated support member having jaw means associated with one end thereof for supporting said container, said elongated support member being pivotally interconnected intermediate its ends to said one end of said frame member; actuating means movably disposed adjacent said one end of said frame means for permitting actuation of the valve control element of said container, said actuating means including an actuating member having an actuating portion disposed adjacent said valve control element, said actuating member being movable from an inactive to an active position wherein it engages and displaces said valve control element for permitting discharge from said container, said actuating member comprising an elongated actuating lever having said actuating portion provided on the free end thereof, the other end of said actuating lever being pivotally interconnected to said elongated support member adjacent said other end thereof; first control means operatively interconnected to said actuating means for permitting selective movement of said actuating member from said inactive to said active position, said first control means including a manually-actuated control member disposed adjacent the other end of said frame means and manually movable by one hand of an operator between an inactive and an active position, whereby movement of the control member from said inactive to said active position causes a corresponding movement of said actuating member from its inactive to its active position; and second control means for selectively causing oscillation of said holding means and of said container mounted thereon about an axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said container, said second control means being independent of said first control means and including an elongated controlling Member connected at one end thereof to said holding means, the other end of said controlling member being manually movable by the other hand of the operator in a reciprocating manner for causing oscillation of said holding means and said container while said one hand maintains said control member in its active position; said controlling member comprising an elongated rodlike member spaced from but substantially parallel with said frame member, one end of said controlling member being pivotally connected to the other end of said elongated support member for causing swinging movement of said holding means relative to said frame member about an axis substantially transverse to the longitudinally extending direction of said frame member; said second control means further including link means extending between and having the opposite ends thereof pivotally connected to said frame member and said controlling member, said link means being substantially parallel with said elongated support member.

Claim 7

A manually operable extension device for remotely supporting and actuating a conventional aerosol container having a movable valve control element, said device comprising: elongated frame means including an elongated rodlike frame member; holding means mounted on said frame means adjacent one end thereof for supporting an aerosol container, said holding means including an elongated support member having jaw means associated with one end thereof for supporting said container, said elongated support member being pivotally interconnected intermediate its ends to said one end of said frame member; actuating means movably disposed adjacent said one end of said frame means for permitting actuation of the valve control element of said container, said actuating means including an actuating member having an actuating portion disposed adjacent said valve control element, said actuating member being movable from an inactive to an active position wherein it engages and displaces said valve control element for permitting discharge from said container, said actuating member comprising an elongated actuating lever having said actuating portion provided on the free end thereof, the other end of said actuating lever being pivotally interconnected to said elongated support member adjacent said other end thereof; first control means operatively interconnected to said actuating means for permitting selective movement of said actuating member from said inactive to said active position, said first control means including a manually-actuated control member disposed adjacent the other end of said frame means and manually movable by one hand of an operator between an inactive and an active position, whereby movement of the control member from said inactive to said active position causes a corresponding movement of said actuating member from its inactive to its active position; and second control means for selectively causing oscillation of said holding means and of said container mounted thereon about an axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said container, said second control means being independent of said first control means and including an elongated controlling Member connected at one end thereof to said holding means, the other end of said controlling member being manually movable by the other hand of the operator in a reciprocating manner for causing oscillation of said holding means and said container while said one hand maintains said control member in its active position; said controlling member comprising an elongated rodlike member spaced from but substantially parallel with said frame member, one end of said controlling member being pivotally connected to the other end of said elongated support member for causing swinging movement of said holding means relative to said frame member about an axis substantially transverse to the longitudinally extending direction of said frame member; said second control means further including link means extending between and having the opposite ends thereof pivotally connected to said frame member and said controlling member, said link means being substantially parallel with said elongated support member.

Claim 8

A device according to claim 5, wherein said jaw means includes a pair of relatively movable and opposed jaws, and spring means relatively urging said opposed jaws toward one another for enabling said jaws to clampingly engage said container therebetween.

Claim 9

A device according to claim 5, wherein said actuating lever includes an arcuate portion disposed intermediate the ends thereof, said arcuate portion being positioned in the vicinity of said one end of said frame member and having a curvature generated approximately about a center defined by the pivotal connection between the support member and the frame member, and said first control means including an elongated connecting means extending between and interconnecting said control member and said acuating lever, said elongated connecting means extending substantially longitudinally of said frame member and having a slide portion slidably supported on said frame member adjacent said one end thereof, said slide portion having follower means associated therewith and disposed in sliding engagement with the arcuate portion of said actuating lever.