Ppg Industries Ohio, Inc.

Corob S.p.a.

Joanne Sarah Thompson

Andrea Bergamini

Giuseppe Casalini

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

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Acton, United Kingdom

Joanne Sarah Thompson