Patent ID: 7793676

Claim:
Method for supplying a paint application device with paint, the method comprising a given paint volume in each case is conveyed between two pigs through a pig line from a first pig station connectable to the paint supply source to a second pig station connectable to the paint application device, wherein the first and the second pig stations are capable of temporarily storing the two pigs, wherein a passage of the first pig station extends between a connection to the paint supply source and a connection to the pig line and a passage of the second pig station extends between a connection to the pig line and a connection to the paint application device, the pig line is cleaned on the return path of the pigs from the second to the first pig station by means of a given quantity of cleaning agent that is conveyed by at least one pig, and the pigs are conducted through the pig line by a pressurised pushing medium, and on return from the second pig station to the first pig station, the cleaning agent is transported between the two pigs, wherein the residual paint remaining between the two pigs when the painting process has been completed is disposed via the second pig station.