Colorant storage medium and dispensing system for paint

Abstract

A colorant storage medium and dispensing system where colorants are packaged in bags to solve the issue of drying and storage. The system allows end users to convert their old manual dispenser into dispensing non-glycol water based colorants. Since the colorant is stored in an air tight bag, there would be no need to purge colorant. Moreover, the system would not need electricity or computers to operate. The bag may include a stirring mechanism, one or more fill ports and an exit hose that connects to a dispensing unit or an adapter fitted for a dispensing unit. Such an adapter is herein described, as well as a fill kit useful for filling the colorant bags.

1 . A colorant storage medium comprising:
 a flexible bag;   a tubing extending from the flexible bag; and   a stirring mechanism extending from outside to inside the flexible bag.   
     
     
         2 . The colorant storage medium of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more fill ports, the fill ports including a latex sleeve adapted to be twisted and retained in place. 
     
     
         3 . The colorant storage medium of  claim 2 , further comprising a pinching strip and a pinching clip strip fitting over an O-ring notch  60  in the fill port to retain the latex sleeve in a closed, twisted configuration. 
     
     
         4 . The colorant storage medium of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more bag hooks adapted to retain the flexible bag to a canister. 
     
     
         5 . A product dispensing system comprising:
 a flexible bag having tubing extending from the flexible bag, the flexible bag adapted to contain a product to be dispensed therewithin, the flexible bag including a stirring mechanism extending from outside to inside the flexible bag; and   an adapter adapted to fit into a canister and connect to the tubing of the flexible bag and allow a manual dispenser to dispense the product.   
     
     
         6 . The product dispensing system of  claim 5 , wherein the product is paint colorant. 
     
     
         7 . The product dispensing system of  claim 5 , further comprising one or more fill ports, the fill ports including a latex sleeve adapted to be twisted and retained in place. 
     
     
         8 . The product dispensing system of  claim 7 , further comprising a pinching strip and a pinching clip strip fitting over an O-ring notch  60  in the fill port to retain the latex sleeve in a closed, twisted configuration. 
     
     
         9 . The product dispensing system of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more bag hooks adapted to retain the flexible bag to the canister. 
     
     
         10 . The product dispensing system of  claim 7 , further comprising a fill cup adapted to deliver product from the fill cup into the flexible bag via the fill port. 
     
     
         11 . The product dispensing system of  claim 10 , wherein the fill cup includes a nozzle adapted to fit into the fill port, and the nozzle includes one or more nozzle grip rings formed thereabout.