Paint dispensing apparatus
AssigneeFluid Management Limited Partnership
InventorLeen Hellenberg
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Abstract
Apparatus for coloring paint base material comprises a plurality of container assemblies mounted for indexing movement along a path of travel. A dispensing station is provided adjacent the path of travel. The container assemblies include metering apparatus to discharge preselected amounts of colorant into a container of paint base material. Valves on the container assemblies block the discharge of colorant material from the metering apparatus. Meter actuating and valve actuating apparatus is provided at the dispensing station for automatically dispensing metered colorants into passing containers of paint base material, according to formulae stored in the apparatus.
Claims32
Apparatus for coloring paint base material, comprising:
- a plurality of container assemblies for carrying paint colorant materials;
- a dispensing station, adjacent a path of travel of said container assemblies, whereat colorant materials carried by said container assemblies are dispensed into the paint base material;
- said container assemblies including metering means associated with each container assembly, actuable to receive a preselected amount of colorant material from the associated container assembly and to discharge said preselected amount into the paint base material;
- said container assemblies further including valve means associated with each metering means, actuable to block the discharge of colorant material from said metering means into said paint base material;
- conveyor means for mounting said container assemblies for movement along said path of travel;
- meter actuating means engageable with the metering means of said plurality of container assemblies to actuate said metering means so as to receive a preselectedly metered quantity of colorant material from the associated container assembly and to discharge said colorant material into the paint base material;
- valve actuating means engageable with the valve means of said plurality of container assemblies to actuate said valve means so as to open and close said valve means to selectively permit discharge of said colorant into the paint base material;
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- indexing means for indexing said conveyor means so as to present a preselected container assembly to said dispensing station.
Apparatus for automatically coloring a container of paint base material with at least one colorant material, according to a predefined formula, comprising:
- a plurality of container assemblies for carrying paint colorant materials;
- a dispensing station, adjacent a path of travel of said container assemblies, whereat colorant materials carried by said container assemblies are dispensed into the paint base material;
- said container assemblies including metering means associated with each container assembly, to receive a preselected amount of colorant material from the associated assembly container and to discharge said preselected amount into the paint base material;
- said container assemblies further including valve means associated with each metering means, to block the discharge of colorant material from said metering means into said paint base material;
- conveyor means for mounting said container assemblies for movement along said path of travel;
- meter actuating means operable in response to a metering signal to engage the metering means of said plurality of container assemblies so as to actuate said metering means to receive a preselectedly metered quantity of colorant material from the associated container assembly and responsive to a discharge signal to discharge said colorant material into the paint base material;
- valve actuating means operable in response to an actuating signal to engage the valve means of said plurality of container assemblies so as to actuate said valve means to open and close said valve means so as to selectively permit discharge of said colorant into the paint base material;
- indexing means for indexing said conveyor means so as to present a preselected container assembly to said dispensing station;
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- electronic control means including means for storing at least one formula for coloring a paint base material with a programmed amount of at least one colorant material, means for generating a sequence of indexing, actuating, discharge, and metering signals so as to discharge a programmed amount of said at least one colorant material into said paint base material according to the paint formula.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.