Patent ID: 7308914
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: B01F,C09D,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A device for instant manufacture of customized paint, which comprises a container housing at least two cans for holding the ingredients useful for preparing the paint, each can being provided with an opening through which the cans are interconnected by means of a first pipe, the first pipe being provided with valves which operate on electronic signals for adjusting the flow of the said ingredients from the said cans a second pipe being connected to a pump for pumping the said ingredients from the said cans into a paint container, the pump being provided with a variable frequency drive VFD for varying the flow rate of the quantities of the said ingredients from the said cans to the container, the paint container being removably placed on a weighing platform, for weighing the paint formed in the paint container, the weight being transmitted to a control system to control the variable frequency drive VFD, pump and valve, the control system, comprising an embedded controller having a LCD (liquid crystal display) provided with a central processing unit, the output of weighing platform being connected to the central processing unit, one terminal of the central processing unit being connected to the LCD (liquid crystal display), a second terminal of the central processing unit being connected to a smart card, a third terminal of the central processing unit interacting with the memory, a fourth terminal of the central processing unit being connected to the input of the digital input/output device, a fifth terminal of the central processing unit being connected to membrane keyboard for human interface, the output of the digital input/output device being connected to a relay board, and the output of the relay board being connected to the variable frequency drive and to the valves.