Paint container lid for a semi-automated automotive paint dispensing system

A lid member for an original container of a pourable component, the lid member being usable with a system for dispensing the pourable component from its original container into a receptacle according to a formula to form a mixture of pourable components, the lid member comprising:

• a base portion adapted to releasably engage an open top of the original container of the pourable component;
• a pour spout on the base portion through which the pourable component can be dispensed from its original container;
• a cover element for the pour spout;
• means for movably securing the cover element to the base portion such that the cover element is movable between a closed state, wherein the cover element covers the pour spout and the pourable component is prevented from being dispensed from the original container, and an opened state, wherein the pour spout is uncovered and the pourable component can be dispensed from its original container through the pour spout into the receptacle;
• operating means on the cover element releasably engagable by an operating device of the pourable component dispensing system that moves the cover element between its closed and opened states according to the formula to form the mixture of pourable components;
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• latch means on the base portion releasably engagable by an engaging mechanism of the pourable component dispensing system for securing the original container on the dispensing system against movement relative to the dispensing system and with the operating device in engagement with the operating means of the cover element.

A lid member for an original container of a pourable component, the lid member being usable with a system for dispensing the pourable component from its original container into a receptacle according to a formula to form a mixture of pourable components, the lid member comprising:

• a base portion adapted to releasably engage an open top of the original container of the pourable component;
• a pour spout on the base portion through which the pourable component can be dispensed from its original container;
• a cover element for the pour spout;
• means for movably securing the cover element to the base portion such that the cover element is movable between a closed state, wherein the cover element covers the pour spout and the pourable component is prevented from being dispensed from the original container, and an opened state, wherein the pour spout is uncovered and the pourable component can be dispensed from its original container through the pour spout into the receptacle;
• operating means on the cover element releasably engagable by an operating device of the pourable component dispensing system that moves the cover element between its closed and opened states according to the formula to form the mixture of pourable components;
• alignment means on a first portion of the base portion releasably engagable by a first engaging mechanism of the pourable component dispensing system for aligning the original container on the dispensing system so that the operating device is in engagement with the operating means on the cover element;
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• latch means on a second portion of the base portion spaced from the first portion, the latch means being releasably engagable by a second engaging mechanism of the pourable component dispensing system for securing the original container on the dispensing system against movement relative to the dispensing system and with so that the operating device can move the cover element between its closed and opened states.

A lid member for an original container of a pourable component, the lid member being usable with a system for dispensing the pourable component from its original container into a receptacle according to a formula to form a mixture of pourable components, the lid member comprising:

• a base portion adapted to releasably engage an open top of the original container of the pourable component;
• a pour spout on the base portion through which the pourable component can be dispensed from its original container;
• a cover element for the pour spout;
• means for movably securing the cover element to the base portion such that the cover element is movable between a closed state, wherein the cover element covers the pour spout and the pourable component is prevented from being dispensed from the original container, and an opened state, wherein the pour spout is uncovered and the pourable component can be dispensed from its original container through the pour spout into the receptacle;
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• operating means on the cover element releasably engagable by an operating device of the pourable component dispensing system that moves the cover element between its closed and opened states according to the formula to form the mixture of pourable components, wherein the operating means is a wire loop secured at a first end to one end of the cover element, the wire loop having end edges releasably engagable with the operating device of the dispensing system.

A lid member for an original container of a pourable component, the lid member being usable with a system for dispensing the pourable component from its original container into a receptacle according to a formula to form a mixture of pourable components, the lid member comprising:

• a base portion adapted to releasably engage an open top of the original container of the pourable component;
• a pour spout on the base portion through which the pourable component can be dispensed from its original container;
• alignment means on a first portion of the base portion releasably engagable by a first engaging mechanism of the pourable component dispensing system for aligning the original container on the dispensing system;
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• latch means on a second portion of the base portion spaced from the first portion, the latch means being releasably engagable by a second engaging mechanism of the pourable component dispensing system for securing the original container on the dispensing system against movement relative to the dispensing system, so that the pourable component can be dispensed from its original container, through the pour spout and into the receptacle according to the formula, to form the mixture of pourable components.