Patent ID: 9713816
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B05B

Claim:
1. A paint cartridge, comprising: (a) a housing having an internal cavity; (b) a piston slidably disposed within the internal cavity and moveable along a centerline of the chamber, the piston dividing the internal cavity into a paint chamber and a solvent chamber; (c) a valve assembly extending through an aperture in the piston and including a fluid channel in fluid connection with the solvent chamber and the paint chamber, the fluid channel being positioned at an angle relative to the centerline of the chamber, the valve assembly selectively allowing the paint chamber to be in fluid communication with the solvent chamber wherein the valve assembly comprises a valve slidably extending through the piston; (d) a solvent inlet in fluid communication with the solvent chamber, the solvent inlet providing solvent to the solvent chamber; and (e) a paint outlet, wherein solvent is selectively provided to the solvent chamber through the solvent inlet to move the piston, movement of the piston discharging paint from the paint chamber through the paint outlet, wherein the valve assembly selectively provides a path for solvent to pass through the paint chamber and out the paint outlet, at least a portion of the path extending along and being partially defined by the valve.