Adjustable industrial paint sprayer

Claim 1

Industrial spraying apparatus for applying paint to an overhead pipe or the like, comprising: a. support means including a pair of spaced apart contoured support members adapted to extend in surrounding relation to the pipe to be sprayed and having a passageway contained therein, b. nozzle means including a nozzle mounted on each of said support members in communicating relation with said passageway and directed in the direction of the pipe so as to obtain an application of the paint onto the pipe, c. paint supply means connected to each of said support members and communicating with each said passageway, d. air supply means connected to each of said support members adjacent said paint supply means and communicating with each said passageway, e. mounting means for pivotally connecting said support members at substantially one end thereof to provide angular positionment so as to obtain an adjustment between said nozzles such that pipes of various sizes may extend therebetween for painting, f. extension means connected to said mounting means at substantially one end thereof and including an extension member adapted to receive interchangeable handles of various lengths so as to permit the user of the spraying apparatus to retain and move said support members relative to the pipe to be sprayed, g. locking means pivotally adjustable relative to said mounting means so as to permit angular adjustment of the interchangeable handles relative to said support means, h. said mounting means includes i. a bracket, ii. a flanged member extending from one end of each of said support members in overlapping relationship to said bracket, and iii. coupling means for releasably retaining said bracket and said flanged members in fixed relationship to each other, i. said support means includes iv. an extension member extending from one end of each said support member, v. a neck portion extending from each said flanged member and adapted to be received by said extension member, vi. means connecting said paint supply means to each said extension member, and vii. means connecting said air supply means to each said extension member.