Apparatus for dosing colored pigments and for mixing the pigments with a predetermined quantity of paint or enamel to be coloured

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EP 1 428 569 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.08.2004 Bulletin 2004/35

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	16.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/25

(21)	Application number: 03028165.3

(22)	Date of filing: 08.12.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B01F 13/10, B01F 15/04, B01F 15/00, B65B 3/30

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

10.12.2002 IT BO20020774

(71)	Applicant: Valpaint S.r.l.
	60020 Polverigi (Ancona) (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Sarti, Ferdinando 60335 Jesi (Ancona) (IT)

(74)	Representative: Dall'Olio, Giancarlo
	INVENTION s.a.s., Via delle Armi, 1 40137 Bologna 40137 Bologna (IT)

(54)	Apparatus for dosing colored pigments and for mixing the pigments with a predetermined quantity of paint or enamel to be coloured

(57) The apparatus for dosing colored pigments and for introduction thereof into a product to be colored, is aimed at allowing the direct use thereof by an unskilled user. The apparatus includes a plurality of tanks (1) containing colored pigments and connected to a corresponding number of delivery nozzles (3), which are situated in a coloring chamber (4). There is also a weighing machine 8, situated in the coloring chamber (4) and connected to a processing unit (7). A push-button panel (9) is connected to the processing unit (7), in order to allow to select the type of product to be colored. A numerical pad or alphanumeric keyboard (31) is likewise connected to the processing unit (7), in order to allow to select a color tonality. A display (10) is likewise connected to the processing unit (7) and is aimed at displaying data coming from the latter.

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