Satellite paint waste recovery system
OwnerJerry Leon Hightinventor
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Abstract
A satellite paint waste recovery system for a painting system which reduces hazardous waste generation, providing instead a plurality of solvent mixes which are reusable by the painting system. The satellite paint waste recovery system employs a method of capturing reusable solvent when changing paint colors in the painting system which includes flushing a discrete color of paint loaded in the painting system with fresh solvent and capturing the discrete color of paint flushed and some of the flushing solvent as a discrete color solvent mix in a discrete container each time the paint color sought to be used in the painting system is changed. The discrete color of solvent mix can subsequently be reused to thin a new container of paint instead of using new solvent.
Claims6
A method of capturing reusable solvent when changing paint colors, comprising the steps of:
- providing a painting system operative to apply a single color of paint to an object at a given time, wherein said painting system is configured to apply a first quantity of paint which corresponds to a first distinct color;
- flushing the first quantity of paint completely from said painting system with a first amount of fresh solvent;
- capturing a first solvent mix in a first discrete solvent container, wherein said first solvent mix includes the flushed first quantity of paint and at least a portion of the first amount of fresh solvent;
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- loading a second quantity of paint which corresponds to a second distinct color so as to configure said painting system to apply the second quantity of paint, wherein the step of loading causes any of the first amount of solvent remaining in the painting system to be moved into a second discrete solvent container.
A method of capturing reusable solvent when changing paint colors, comprising the steps of:
- providing a painting system operative to apply a single color of paint to an object at a given time;
- loading a first quantity of paint which corresponds to a first distinct color into said painting system so as to configure the painting system to apply the first quantity of paint;
- flushing the first quantity of paint completely from said painting system with a first amount of fresh solvent;
- capturing a first solvent mix in a first discrete solvent container, wherein said first solvent mix includes the flushed first quantity of paint and at least a portion of the first amount of fresh solvent;
- loading a second quantity of paint which corresponds to a second distinct color so as to configure said painting system to apply the second quantity of paint;
- flushing the second quantity of paint completely from said painting system with a second amount of fresh solvent;
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- capturing a second solvent mix in a second discrete solvent container, wherein said second solvent mix includes the flushed second quantity of paint and at least a portion of the second amount of fresh solvent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.