Patent ID: 7770760

Claim:
A modular system for delivering a fluid material, comprising: a modular supply assembly for supplying a fluid material; a modular metering assembly comprising a plurality of separate metering stations wherein each one of said plurality of separate metering stations comprises a set of metering pumps comprising a plurality of metering pumps for outputting predetermined amounts of said fluid material toward a plurality of applicators, and a plurality of motors for respectively driving each one of said sets of metering pumps comprising each one of said separate metering stations; and connector structure for connecting said modular supply assembly, for supplying said fluid material, to said modular metering assembly, comprising said plurality of separate metering stations, in an attachable and detachable manner such that not only can said fluid material be supplied from said modular supply assembly to said plurality of metering pumps comprising said plurality of separate metering stations, but in addition, said modular supply assembly and said modular metering assembly can be readily attached and detached from each other whereby different modular assemblies and different modular metering assemblies may be readily interchangeably connected to each other in a modular manner.