Patent ID: 6543490
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B01F,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for custom blending a paint of a desired color which is stored, under pressure, in an aerosol container comprising:colorant supply means for supplying colorants of different colors to fill the aerosol container and including means metering the amount of each color supplied to the container, the different colorants, together with other paint components already in the aerosol container, producing the desired paint color when mixed together; control means for controlling operation of the colorant supply means to meter an appropriate quantity of each selected colorant required to produce the desired color; and, injection means for injecting the metered quantities of each colorant from the colorant supply means into the pressurized aerosol container through a fluid discharge valve of the container, the colors injected into the container, when mixed together in the pressurized aerosol container, producing the desired color, with the aerosol container enabling a user to spray paint of the desired color onto an object.