Patent 7757973 was granted and assigned to Illinois Tool Works on July, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A hand-held, electrostatically- and/or compressed gas-aided coating material dispensing device comprises a barrel and a handle extending downward from the barrel. The handle includes a module selected from modules having a number of different characteristics for coupling sources of coating material, compressed gas and/or electrical supply to the coating material dispensing device.