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Multiple jar turret air brush

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1990-12-31
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Granted: 1992-02-11
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Expires: 2010-12-31
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Abstract

Abstract A multiple jar turret airbrush is provided and consists of a turret having a top stationary member and a bottom rotating member coupled to the top stationary member, a plurality of paint jars, radially suspended downwardly from the bottom rotating member of the turret, an air brush assembly fluidly connected to the top stationary member of the turret and a mechanism for retaining the bottom rotating member in one of a plurality of positions with the top rotating member so that any one of the paint jars can be fluidly connected to the air brush assembly and the liquid in the respective paint jar can be utilized by the air brush assembly.

Inventors

  • 👤 Douglas B. Fertig

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 04:15
CPC Classifications
B; B05; B05B; B05B7/00; B05B7/24; B05B7/2402; B05B7/2472; B05B7/2405; B05B7/2408

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 233 words
A multiple jar turret air brush comprising: a) a turret having a top, stationary member and a bottom, rotating member rotatively coupled to said top stationary member; b) a hand-held air brush assembly having flow control means thereon fluidly connected to said top stationary member of said turret by an elongated siphon hose extending between said air brush assembly and a passageway in said top stationary member providing remote control of the fluid flow; and c) a plurality of paint jar caps secured in a radial distribution onto the underside of the bottom member with threaded necks of paint jars threaded onto said caps to depend therefrom; d) a plurality of siphon tubes, extending through said bottom rotating member and respective ones of said paint jar caps; e) a plurality of O-rings, secured about the respective tops of said siphon tubes on said bottom rotating member so that said bottom rotating member can be turned to different rotary positions to bring any one of said siphon tubes into alignment with the passageway in said top stationary member with its respective O-ring sealing the fluid connection so that any one of said paint jars can be fluidly connected to said air brush assembly and the liquid in said respective paint jar be utilized by said air brush assembly; and f) means for retaining said bottom rotating member in any one of said rotary positions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 233 words
A multiple jar turret air brush comprising: a) a turret having a top, stationary member and a bottom, rotating member rotatively coupled to said top stationary member; b) a hand-held air brush assembly having flow control means thereon fluidly connected to said top stationary member of said turret by an elongated siphon hose extending between said air brush assembly and a passageway in said top stationary member providing remote control of the fluid flow; and c) a plurality of paint jar caps secured in a radial distribution onto the underside of the bottom member with threaded necks of paint jars threaded onto said caps to depend therefrom; d) a plurality of siphon tubes, extending through said bottom rotating member and respective ones of said paint jar caps; e) a plurality of O-rings, secured about the respective tops of said siphon tubes on said bottom rotating member so that said bottom rotating member can be turned to different rotary positions to bring any one of said siphon tubes into alignment with the passageway in said top stationary member with its respective O-ring sealing the fluid connection so that any one of said paint jars can be fluidly connected to said air brush assembly and the liquid in said respective paint jar be utilized by said air brush assembly; and f) means for retaining said bottom rotating member in any one of said rotary positions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 91 words
A multiple jar turret air brush as recited in claim 1, wherein said retaining means comprises: a) a spring carried in the top surface of said bottom rotating member of said turret; b) a ball on said spring to be biased upwardly towards the bottom surface of said stationary member of said turret; and c) said top stationary member having a plurality of recess formed radially in the bottom surface thereof so that each said recess can engage with said ball when said bottom rotating member of said turret is turned.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 34 words
A multiple jar turret air brush as recited in claim 2 wherein the turrets are overlying, disc-like members and nut and bolt means extend through the centers thereof for clamping the members rotatively together.

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