Patent ID: 11932528
Assignee: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  G | IPC B  G

Claim 21:
22. A method for dispensing fluid products, comprising:
(a) providing a housing having a dispense opening and comprising a mount for a container that contains the fluid product, and pumping means;
(b) providing a valve arrangement comprising a diverting element rotatable around a rotation axis provided with a first channel and a second channel, which are in fluid communication with one another and each have an open end arranged radially with respect to the rotation axis on a peripheral surface of the rotatable diverting element;
(c) actuating said pumping means to extract the fluid product from the container through a suction conduit connected to an inlet of the pumping means for withdrawing fluid product from said container installed on the mount, and to deliver the fluid product to a delivery conduit fluidly connecting an outlet of the pumping means and said rotatable diverting element;
(d) driving the rotatable diverting element to alternatively bring the diverting element in a recirculation position, in which the open end of one of the channels faces an open end of the delivery conduit to be in fluid communication with the delivery conduit and the open end of the other channel faces an open end of a recirculation conduit fluidly connecting the diverting element to the container for returning fluid product to the container, or in a delivery position, in which the open end of one of the channels faces an open end of the delivery conduit to be in fluid communication with the delivery conduit and the open end of the other channel faces the dispense opening for dispensing fluid product.