PAINT SPRAYER DISTRIBUTED CONTROL AND OUTPUT VOLUME MONITORING ARCHITECTURES

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EP 4 331 731 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	29.05.2024 Bulletin 2024/22

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	06.03.2024 Bulletin 2024/10

(21)	Application number: 23208529.0

(22)	Date of filing: 23.09.2019

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B05B 12/08^(2006.01)
B05B 12/00^(2018.01)

B05B 9/08^(2006.01)
B05B 15/14^(2018.01)

(52)	Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
	B05B 9/0861; B05B 15/14; B05B 12/085; B05B 12/00; B05B 12/004

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Priority:

24.09.2018 US 201862735524 P
02.11.2018 US 201862755181 P
07.01.2019 US 201962789219 P
14.01.2019 US 201962792107 P

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	22197868.7 / 4144443
	19782893.2 / 3856420

(71)	Applicant: Graco Minnesota Inc.
	Minneapolis, MN 55413 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MANSHEIM, Michael J. Burnsville, MN 55337 (US) REATH, Nicholas H. Anoka, MN 55303 (US) JOHNSON, Daniel R. Maple Grove, MN 55369 (US) ROBB, Kevin C. Otsego, MN 55374 (US) GUNDERSEN, Robert J. Otsego, MN 55330 (US) KOPEL, Andrew J. Stanchfield, MN 55080 (US)

(74)	Representative: Lewis Silkin LLP
	Arbor 255 Blackfriars Road London SE1 9AX London SE1 9AX (GB)

(54)	PAINT SPRAYER DISTRIBUTED CONTROL AND OUTPUT VOLUME MONITORING ARCHITECTURES

(57) A sprayer for spraying fluid includes a pump, a motor that drives the pump, a drive cycle indicator, a wireless module configured to send and receive information, and control circuitry. The drive cycle indicator outputs an indication of cycle status of the pump. The control circuitry is configured to receive the plurality of cycle status indications of the pump, determine a plurality of output values representing paint spray fluid output volume over a plurality of time windows based on the plurality of cycle status indications of the pump, store the plurality of output values in memory, and cause the wireless module to transmit one or more of the stored plurality of output values externally from the sprayer.

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