Corob S.p.a.

Ppg Industries Ohio, Inc.

Cps Color Equipment Spa Con Unico Socio

Corob S.p.a. Con Socio Unico

Andrea Bergamini

Giuseppe Casalini

Joanne Sarah Thompson

Alban R d'Epenoux

Alban R D'Epenoux

An assembly for dispensing fluid products, comprising a housing () having a dispense opening () and a mount () for a container () that contains the fluid product, pumping means (), a diverting element () rotatable around a rotation axis (R) provided with a first channel (A) and a second channel (B), which are in fluid communication with one another and each have an open end () arranged radially with respect to the rotation axis (R) on a peripheral surface () of the rotatable diverting element (). The assembly further comprises a suction conduit () connected to an inlet of the pumping means () for withdrawing fluid product from said container () installed on the mount (), a delivery conduit () fluidly connecting an outlet of the pumping means () and said rotatable diverting element (), and a recirculation conduit () arranged downstream of the diverting element () for returning fluid product to the container (). The rotatable diverting element () has at least one recirculation position (O) in which the open end () of one of the channels faces the open and of the delivery conduit () to be in fluid communication with the latter and the open end () of the other channel faces the recirculation conduit () to be in fluid communication with the latter so as to recirculate the fluid product to the container (); and at least a delivery position (I), in which the open end () of one of the channels faces an open end of the delivery conduit (), to be in fluid communication with the latter, and the open end () of the other channel faces the dispense opening () for dispensing the fluid product.

Assembly, apparatus and method for dispensing fluid products

A dispensing machine for dispensing fluid products comprising a dispensing zone () in which elongated support means () are disposed, configured to support a plurality of removable containing units () of the fluid products in a stationary manner along a longitudinal axis (X) is disclosed. The dispensing zone () further includes translation means () configured to allow moving a receptacle () positioned on a metering unit and disposed on the translation means () substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction (X) to delivery positions substantially vertically below said containing units () and measurement means () configured to meter a quantity of fluid product that is delivered from a containing unit () to the receptacle () in a delivery position corresponding to the respective containing unit. Also disclosed is the use of such dispensing machine for preparing customized formulations of fluid products as well as a method for preparing user-defined target formulation from a plurality of dispensable fluid products.

Dispensing machine and related method for preparing a user-defined formulation by dispensing fluid products

Color dispensing machine

A Container is disclosed with a stirrer device suitable to be installed on machines for dispensing fluid products. The container comprises a tank with a particular configuration defined by two cylinders each having a respective longitudinal axis, wherein the distance between two of the longitudinal axes is less than the diameter of a cylinder, and in which two stirrer units are comprised, coaxial to the cylinders of the tank. The stirrer units have elements that have a radial dimension a little less than the radius of the cylinders and are disposed along the substantial entirety of the longitudinal extension of shafts rotating axially, said shafts not having around them a zone not spatially affected by a stirrer element attached to said corresponding shaft.

Container with a stirrer device for fluid products

A positioning and support device for tanks of fluid coloring products, comprising a plate having a plurality of through apertures into which the tanks are suitable to be inserted from above. Snap-in attachment elements are provided in correspondence with each of the through apertures to cooperate with one of the tanks and keep it positioned, at least temporarily, inside the corresponding through aperture.

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Nonantola, Italy

Andrea Bergamini