Patent ID: 7614571

Claim:
A disposable cup to be set up on a spray gun for at least one of preparing, applying and preserving a paint, said cup comprising: a cylindrical or truncated cone-shaped body ( 1 ), and a cover ( 4 ) for closing the body ( 1 ), whereby the body ( 1 ) includes a bottom ( 3 ) with a vent opening ( 6 ) closable by a vent device ( 7 ), and a side surface ( 2 ) protruding from the bottom ( 3 ) of said cup forming an annular peripheral edge ( 5 ) which height is such that said vent device ( 7 ) is recessed relative to a plane defined by an upper ridge of the annular peripheral edge ( 5 ), forming a support edge when said cup is standing upright on a flat support, and the cover ( 4 ) comprises a filter ( 15 ), and an outlet duct ( 11 ) for setting up the cup on the spray gun ( 17 ), either directly or via an adaptation part ( 18 ), wherein the filter ( 15 ) is a disk-shaped filter ( 15 ), and the vent device ( 7 ) is a vent valve and includes a valve body ( 21 ) and a manually adjustable element ( 20 ) with a protruding end conformation, the element ( 20 ) being movable between a closed position, in which the vent opening ( 6 ) is closed in a liquid-tight way so that the cup may be used as a container for paint preparation, and an open position in which air can enter into the cup and occupy an inner volume space created by the paint drawn from the cup.