EP0523157A1 - Method and device for colour mixing - Google Patents
Method and device for colour mixingInfo
- Publication number
- EP0523157A1 EP0523157A1 EP91907779A EP91907779A EP0523157A1 EP 0523157 A1 EP0523157 A1 EP 0523157A1 EP 91907779 A EP91907779 A EP 91907779A EP 91907779 A EP91907779 A EP 91907779A EP 0523157 A1 EP0523157 A1 EP 0523157A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- tinters
- paint
- tinter
- tinting
- paints
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
- B44D—PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES
- B44D3/00—Accessories or implements for use in connection with painting or artistic drawing, not otherwise provided for; Methods or devices for colour determination, selection, or synthesis, e.g. use of colour tables
- B44D3/003—Methods or devices for colour determination, selection or synthesis, e.g. use of colour tables
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- C09D—COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR
- C09D7/00—Features of coating compositions, not provided for in group C09D5/00; Processes for incorporating ingredients in coating compositions
- C09D7/80—Processes for incorporating ingredients
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a paint-tinting method and to apparatus by means of which the method can be carried out, and more particularly to a method and an apparatus which will enable both the artisan and the hobby painter to achieve the correct nuance or hue of the paint with which painting is to be carried out, in a simple fashion.
- the present invention will function irrespective of the type of paint involved, and can therefore be used equal ⁇ ly as well with different plastic paints and with dif ⁇ ferent oil-based paints, ranging from enamel paints to outdoor paints.
- the shading or tinting effected in order to obtain a colour of desired hue and nuance can be effected, similar to conventional colour tinting methods, on the basis of colour samples which have different hues and nuances and where the mixing conditions are given for such colours or paints.
- the conventional method is ex ⁇ tremely complicated and requires the use of special equipment which only large paint stores and similar paint delivery merchants have the possibility of keeping available.
- the equipment used at present includes large tanks in which tinters, shaders or stainers are kept, hereinafter referred to solely as tinters, and the transference of tinter from said tanks to the base colour or paint is computer controlled.
- the object of the present invention is to avoid the aforesaid problems and to provide simple apparatus and a simple method which can be readily carried to and ap ⁇ plied on the working site and which can be used to obtain desired hues and nuances without requiring spe ⁇ cial knowledge or the use of special machines.
- SUBSTITUTESHEET object is achieved by means of a method and apparatus of the kind set forth in the Claims, which disclose the significant characteristic features of the invention.
- the invention is fundamentally based on four colours, i.e. red, yellow, blue and black with white as a primary or base colour and also on the requirement that these tinters are, in themselves, paintable, i.e. they are drying paints.
- white can also be considered as a tinter and the other tinters can be considered as base colours, since all the colours or paints are paint ⁇ able.
- the blue tinter is used as a normal paint. If a lighter hue is required, a white tinter is added, whereas a black tinter is added when a darker hue is required.
- tinters have a balanced strength or body, implying that a mixture or blend of mutually the same amounts of, e.g., yellow and blue will give a green colour. Those tinters used today do not have such body, and conse ⁇ quently colours such as blue will dominate. A corres ⁇ ponding mixture of blue and yellow with present-day tinters will result in a blue colour with a slightly changed nuance leaning towards green. It is precisely because of the different bodies of such tinters that the complicated apparatus is required at present for mixing different colours/paints together.
- the tinting paints are suitably packed in readily- handled plastic bottles each fitted with a metering pump.
- tinter delivered by respective pumps will never be mixed with tinter delivered from another pump, until the tinters actually meet in the mixing vessel.
- One problem with many of the present-day machines is that tinters are mixed inadvertently at the outlet of the mixing vessel and when this undesired mixture contains a dark colour or pigment, the colour tone obtained may be totally different to that desired.
- the metering pumps will preferably be constructed to deliver a moderate quantity of tinter. This enables both small and large quantities of tinter to be mixed readily. A suitable quantity is 20 millilitres with each pump stroke.
Abstract
En bref, la présente invention concerne une méthode destinée à nuancer la peinture. Selon cette méthode, les agents de nuançage sont de force ou de corps égal(e), et le mélange de couleurs s'accomplit avec les mêmes quantités de chaque agent de nuançage de telle manière que la couleur de nuançage ou la peinture se trouve entre les nuances fournies en quantité égale. Les agents de nuançage peuvent également être utilisés comme peinture, de sorte que n'importe que lequel d'entre eux peut constituer une peinture primaire ou de base. Les nuances sont dosées au moyen d'une pompe doseuse adaptée à chaque récipient contenant les nuances.In short, the present invention relates to a method for nuancing paint. According to this method, the tinting agents are of equal strength or body, and the mixing of colors is accomplished with the same amounts of each tinting agent so that the tinting color or the paint is between the shades supplied in equal quantity. Shading agents can also be used as a paint, so that any of them can be a primary or base paint. The shades are dosed by means of a metering pump adapted to each container containing the shades.
Description
Method and device for colour mixing
The present invention relates to a paint-tinting method and to apparatus by means of which the method can be carried out, and more particularly to a method and an apparatus which will enable both the artisan and the hobby painter to achieve the correct nuance or hue of the paint with which painting is to be carried out, in a simple fashion.
The present invention will function irrespective of the type of paint involved, and can therefore be used equal¬ ly as well with different plastic paints and with dif¬ ferent oil-based paints, ranging from enamel paints to outdoor paints. When practicing this invention, the shading or tinting effected in order to obtain a colour of desired hue and nuance can be effected, similar to conventional colour tinting methods, on the basis of colour samples which have different hues and nuances and where the mixing conditions are given for such colours or paints. The conventional method, however, is ex¬ tremely complicated and requires the use of special equipment which only large paint stores and similar paint delivery merchants have the possibility of keeping available. The equipment used at present includes large tanks in which tinters, shaders or stainers are kept, hereinafter referred to solely as tinters, and the transference of tinter from said tanks to the base colour or paint is computer controlled.
The object of the present invention is to avoid the aforesaid problems and to provide simple apparatus and a simple method which can be readily carried to and ap¬ plied on the working site and which can be used to obtain desired hues and nuances without requiring spe¬ cial knowledge or the use of special machines. This
SUBSTITUTESHEET
object is achieved by means of a method and apparatus of the kind set forth in the Claims, which disclose the significant characteristic features of the invention.
The invention is fundamentally based on four colours, i.e. red, yellow, blue and black with white as a primary or base colour and also on the requirement that these tinters are, in themselves, paintable, i.e. they are drying paints. If desired, white can also be considered as a tinter and the other tinters can be considered as base colours, since all the colours or paints are paint¬ able. For instance, if a purely blue hue is required, the blue tinter is used as a normal paint. If a lighter hue is required, a white tinter is added, whereas a black tinter is added when a darker hue is required.
An essential feature of the invention is also that the tinters have a balanced strength or body, implying that a mixture or blend of mutually the same amounts of, e.g., yellow and blue will give a green colour. Those tinters used today do not have such body, and conse¬ quently colours such as blue will dominate. A corres¬ ponding mixture of blue and yellow with present-day tinters will result in a blue colour with a slightly changed nuance leaning towards green. It is precisely because of the different bodies of such tinters that the complicated apparatus is required at present for mixing different colours/paints together.
The tinting paints are suitably packed in readily- handled plastic bottles each fitted with a metering pump. As a result, tinter delivered by respective pumps will never be mixed with tinter delivered from another pump, until the tinters actually meet in the mixing vessel. One problem with many of the present-day machines is that tinters are mixed inadvertently at the
outlet of the mixing vessel and when this undesired mixture contains a dark colour or pigment, the colour tone obtained may be totally different to that desired. Irrespective of the size of the tinter containers used, the metering pumps will preferably be constructed to deliver a moderate quantity of tinter. This enables both small and large quantities of tinter to be mixed readily. A suitable quantity is 20 millilitres with each pump stroke.
If it is necessary to add 20 millilitres of one kind of tinter or another to a litre of primary or base paint, it will be seen that 40 millilitres is used with two litres of base paint, and so on. Correspondingly, with respect to mixtures of different tinting colours, these colours or paints will be directly proportional to one another and to the amount of base paint used. The desired nuance or hue can be obtained by mixing by hand, wherein a record is made of the quantities and tinters used in relation to the quantity of base paint used, so that the same blend can be obtained move readily on another occasion.
It will be understood, however, that it is a simple matter for anyone whomsoever in a shop and also on a working site to produce desired tinting of paint pig¬ ments. The equipment used is extremely simple and requires no investment worthy of mention. In other words, the aforesaid object of the invention has been fulfilled.
Claims
1. A method for tinting paints comprising the addition of one or more tinters to a primary or base paint, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the tinters, which have been given mutually the same colour strength, are supplied in a basic relationship with the same amount of each tinter.
2. A method according to Claim 1, c h a r a c ¬ t e r i z e d in that the tinters are paintable.
3. A method according to Claim 1 or 2, c h a r a c ¬ t e r i z e d in that the tinters are white, blue, yellow, red and black colours, and in that the tinters form base paints at the same time.
4. Apparatus for tinting paints, c h a r a c ¬ t e r i z e d by a metering pump for dispensing prede- termined quantities of tinter.
5. Apparatus according to Claim 4, c h a r a c ¬ t e r i z e d in that the metering pump is mounted on a tinter container.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE9001235 | 1990-04-04 | ||
| SE9001235A SE9001235L (en) | 1990-04-04 | 1990-04-04 | PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT BEFORE SHIPPING |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| EP0523157A1 true EP0523157A1 (en) | 1993-01-20 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| EP91907779A Withdrawn EP0523157A1 (en) | 1990-04-04 | 1991-04-04 | Method and device for colour mixing |
Country Status (3)
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| EP (1) | EP0523157A1 (en) |
| SE (1) | SE9001235L (en) |
| WO (1) | WO1991015547A1 (en) |
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| US7772569B2 (en) | 2008-04-01 | 2010-08-10 | The Jackson Laboratory | 3D biplane microscopy |
| US8217992B2 (en) | 2007-01-11 | 2012-07-10 | The Jackson Laboratory | Microscopic imaging techniques |
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| US5468068A (en) * | 1994-10-17 | 1995-11-21 | Hotchkiss, Iii; Wesley E. | Method of tint mixing and delivery |
| MX2011008406A (en) | 2009-02-09 | 2012-01-12 | Valspar Sourcing Inc | In-store tintable non-infrared-absorptive paint and stain system. |
| CN102307795B (en) | 2009-02-09 | 2015-04-15 | 威士伯采购公司 | In-store tintable non-infrared-absorptive paint and stain system |
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- 1990-04-04 SE SE9001235A patent/SE9001235L/en not_active Application Discontinuation
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- 1991-04-04 EP EP91907779A patent/EP0523157A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1991-04-04 WO PCT/SE1991/000247 patent/WO1991015547A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
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Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8217992B2 (en) | 2007-01-11 | 2012-07-10 | The Jackson Laboratory | Microscopic imaging techniques |
| US7772569B2 (en) | 2008-04-01 | 2010-08-10 | The Jackson Laboratory | 3D biplane microscopy |
| US7880149B2 (en) | 2008-04-01 | 2011-02-01 | The Jackson Laboratory | 3D biplane microscopy |
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| SE9001235L (en) | 1991-10-05 |
| SE9001235D0 (en) | 1990-04-04 |
| WO1991015547A1 (en) | 1991-10-17 |
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