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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2002
Tohru Takeuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for supplying a coating material, including: a coating material tank ( ) for storing a high-viscosity coating material; a solvent tank ( ) for storing a dilution solvent; a mixing machine ( ) for mixing the high-viscosity coating material and the dilution solvent; a metering pump ( ) for supplying the high-viscosity coating material from the coating material tank ( ) to the mixing machine ( ); and a solvent pump ( ) for supplying the dilution solvent from the solvent tank ( ) to the mixing machine ( ), wherein the coating material tank ( ) is a pressure tank which allows the high-viscosity coating material to be fed under the pressure of compressed air and the metering pump ( ) supplies the high-viscosity coating material fed from the coating material tank ( ) under the pressure of compressed air to the mixing machine ( ) while quantifying the flow rate of the same.