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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Dedoes Industries, Inc., Walled Lake, MI (US);
Scott Boboltz, New Hudson, MI (US);
Scott A. Albright, Buchanan, MI (US);
Dedoes Industries, Inc., Walled Lake, MI (US);
Abstract
A paint dispensing apparatus having a housing with a turntable rotatably mounted to the housing about a vertical axis. A plurality of stations on the turntable are circumferentially spaced from each other and each station is adapted to receive a paint dispenser having a plunger in which movement of the plunger dispenses paint from the paint dispenser. An indexing drive, upon activation, rotates the turntable to sequentially position the stations at a dispensing position. When at the dispensing position, an actuator mounted to the housing mechanically engages the plunger of the paint dispenser positioned at the dispensing station. A receptacle is mounted to the housing beneath the turntable and aligned with the dispensing position. A controller is then coupled to the indexing drive and is programmed to sequentially move the stations into alignment with the dispensing station and, when at the dispensing station, move the actuator to dispense paint from the paint dispenser at the dispensing position into the receptacle.