Angular blast gas cap

Claim 1

AN ANGULAR BLAST GAS CAP FOR A FLAME SPRAY GUN COMPRISING A HOUSING DEFINING A BLAST GAS FLOW PASSAGE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY AXIALLY THEREIN, TERMINATING AS A FORWARDLY DIRECTED OUTLET OPENING AT ITS FORWARD END AND AN INLET OPENING AT ITS REAR PORTION, AND MEANS FOR DIRECTING A TROUGH-SHAPED BLAST OF GAS TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID OUTLET OPENING, WITH THE PLANE OF THE BASE OF SAID TROUGH BISECTING THE AXIS OF SAID BLAST GAS PASSAGE AT AN ANGLE BETWEEN ABOUT 60* AND 90*, SAID MEANS FOR DIRECTING A TROUGHSHAPED BLAST OF GAS COMPRISING A MULTIPLE NUMBER OF JETS IN TROUGH-SHAPED CONFIGURATION, WITH MEANS FOR PASSING A BLAST GAS THERETHROUGH, SAID JETS BEING DEFINED THROUGH A FLAT SURFACE POSITIONED ON ONE SIDE OF THE OUTLET OPENING OF SAID BLAST GAS FLOW PASSAGE, SAID FLAT SURFACE EXTENDING IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID GAS FLOW PASSAGE, SAID JETS BEING PARALLEL JETS POSITIONED IN THREE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUALLY SPACED-APART ROWS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND ROWS IN THE DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID OUTLET OPENING CONTAINING A MULTIPLE NUMBER OF EQUI-DISTANTLY SPACEDAPART JETS, WITH THE JETS OF EACH ROW BEING STAGGERED WITH RESPECT TO THE JETS OF THE OTHER ROW IN A ZIG-ZAG PATTERN, AND SAID THIRD ROW COMPRISING TWO JETS SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER AT A DISTANCE GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OUTERMOST JEST OF THE OTHER ROWS.