Device for distributing paints, solvents, varnishes or the like

A device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the valve has a body, a cylinder is formed in said valve body, and a piston carried by an end portion of the needle opposed to said seat is movable in the cylinder, the piston defining with the cylinder at least one chamber provided with a compressed air inlet orifice for the purpose of actuating the needle.

A paint distributor comprising a body in which there is formed a centre passage for conveying paint to spraying means, conduits conveying paints of different tints mounted on said body, valves interposed between said centre passage and the conduits for putting said passage in communication with the conduits, said body constituting with said valves a modular unit which is capable of being juxtaposed with at least one similar modular unit, means being provided at opposite ends of said body for sealingly connecting said modular unit to a neighbouring modular unit, said body having a parallel-sided shape and comprising recesses formed on at least one of its lateral sides, each recess being adapted to receive a projection of a corresponding valve body, passages of small diameter putting said recesses in communication with the centre passage, said distributor further comprising adjacent an end of each recess in the body a member having an aperture in alignment with the corresponding passage of small diameter and forming a seat, a needle which constitutes the moving member of the corresponding valve being cooperative with said seat, and said seat-forming member having a hardness different from that of the needle.