US Patent 7083124 Spray gun

The invention relates to a spray gun with a handle part (3) comprising a safety switch (6). A nozzle tube (1) is connected on one end of said handle and a feed line (2) is connected to the other end thereof. Said spray gun, which can be actuated in a contactless manner by means of an actuating element (5) and a switch surface (4), is characterised in that the switch surface (4) contains an emitting and receiving unit, whereby the active area thereof is disposed in the antenna field (8) of the switch surface (4) and is connected to an evaluating device (7) which is in permanent active communication with the actuating element (5), which contains an electronic circuit, and which authorises control of the feed supply of the media.