Dispensing – With discharge assistant – With bypass or return to supply
Patent
1989-09-14
1991-04-30
Kashnikow, Andres
Dispensing
With discharge assistant
With bypass or return to supply
222380, 222385, 222504, 222510, B65D 8854
Patent
active
050110454
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a paint toning machine for dispensing solvent-diluted colour pastes in particular, comprising a plurality of paste containers provided with a cover preventing the evaporation of the solvent of the colour paste, and a plurality of colour paste pumps for pumping paste for the dispensing or circulation thereof, each colour paste container comprising one pump.
A paint toning machine of the above type is known e.g. from Australian Patent Specification 162 212. In the paint toning machine of this publication, the dispensing and circulating pump for the colour paste is a gear-type pump positioned outside the colour paste container and connected both to the colour paste container and to a dispensing nozzle by means of hose connections. However, there always exists a risk of leaks in this kind of arrangement, because the hose connections both on the suction and delivery side of the pump are positioned in an open space. In addition, the pump itself has to be encased tightly. This is especially important when solvent-diluted colour pastes are used, as the solvents very easily penetrate through the seals, which causes the colour paste to be hardened and the pipe connections to be clogged. Further, when coming into contact with the seals solvents tend to make the seals inelastic, which can lead to leaks and even to jamming of the drive shaft of the pump. The biggest problem with leaks, however, is the risk of explosion because the used solvents are very inflammable.
The object of the present invention is to provide a paint toning machine in which the above problems are essentially eliminated. This is achieved by means of a paint toning machine according to the invention, which is characterized in that each pump is arranged in its paste container in the vicinity of a bottom thereof essentially below the surface of the colour paste contained in the container and comprises a drive shaft which is led through the cover of the container through a hole. As the pump is so immersed in the colour paste, neither the pump itself nor the connections of the suction and pressure conduits of the pump need be absolutely gastight. Since it is possible to construct the paste container into an essentially closed space wherefrom the drive shaft of the pump and possibly also a dispensing hose project through holes, possible leaks in the pump or the pipe connections thereof cannot have the above-mentioned adverse effects.
In the following the paint toning machine according to the invention will be described in more detail with reference to the attached drawings, wherein
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional side view of one paste container of the paint toning machine according to the invention, and
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the paste container of FIG. 1 along the line 2--2 in FIG. 1.
FIG. 1 shows one of a plurality of paste containers comprised in the paint toning machine according to the invention; this container is indicated with the reference numeral 1. A gear-type pump 2 is immersed in the colour paste contained in the paste container, and a drive shaft 5 of the pump is led through a cover 6 of the container through a hole 7. The cover 6 of the container is arranged on the container 1 as tightly as possible to prevent evaporation of solvent of the colour paste. In the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1, the pump as such is not encased separately in such a manner that it would comprise pipe connections for suction and pressure conduits; instead, suction and pressure conduits 8 and 9 are formed by means of a floor 10 positioned above a container bottom 4. The floor 10 also forms a structural part of a dispensing valve 11 attached to the colour paste container 1 in such a manner that it forms a seat for an upper conical surface 13 of a spindle 12 of the dispensing valve 11. When the valve 11 is in the position shown in FIG. 1 and the pump 2 is on, the paste 3 flows as shown by the dark arrows in the figure in such a manner that it is sucked through the suction conduit 8 into the pump 2, and it leaves the p
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Cimcorp Oy
Huson Gregory L.
Kashnikow Andres
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