Patent ID: 8662410

Claim:
A method of operating a powder paint delivery system comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of storage tanks for storing base colors of powdered paints; loading each of the storage tanks with a different base color of powdered paint; determining a first application color to paint an object, the first application color creatable by mixing powder paint from the base colors of powder paint loaded into the storage tanks, the first application color also having a visual appearance of a color different from any of the base colors of powder paint; determining a proportion of each of the base colors of powder paint needed to create a powder paint having the first application color; transferring the determined proportion of each of the base colors of powder paint from the plurality of storage tanks into a mixing tank in sufficient quantity to coat the object to be painted; fluidizing the base colors of powder paint in the mixing tank; mixing together the base colors of powder paint in the mixing tank to create the first application color powder paint; and transferring the first application color powder paint to an applicator for application to the object after the mixing together of the base colors of powder paint in the mixing tank in sufficient quantity to coat the object to be painted.