Colour mixing cup adapting assembly for connecting the cup to a gravity feed paint sprayer
CA 2380462 A1 · Owner: 3M Innovative Properties Company · Inventors: Roeker, David C.; Navis, Keith C.
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An assembly for feeding liquid to the inlet port of a gravity feed sprayer. The assembly includes (1) a mixing cup of a known type commonly used to mix paint with solvent that is of stiff polymeric material and bears indicia on its side wall indicating the levels to which a plurality of different liquids should be sequentially poured into the cup to achieve a predetermined ratio between the liquids; (2) a first adapter comprising a central portion having a through opening and a transverse portion including a peripheral part defining a groove along its inner surface adapted for sealing engagement with a top end of the mixing cup; and (3) a second adapter having a through opening a …
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- Filed August 11, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 11, 2020.
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