KIT AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A COLOURED SAMLE OF PAINT, VARNISH OR LACQUER

Abstract

A kit, a method, and a coloring unit, for preparing a colored sample of paint, lacquer or varnish for the selection, by the user, of a desired color of a paint, lacquer or varnish to be applied to a wall or to a support, where the kit allows users to produce a reduced quantity of sample of paint, lacquer or varnish thanks to the possibility of employing specifically conceived pre-dosed coloring units, and thanks to the possibility of having available precise indications about the type and the quantity of coloring units to be added to the base paint, varnish or lacquer to obtain a determined color, also as a function of different quantities of the base paint, lacquer or varnish.

Claims

1. Kit for preparing a colored sample of paint, varnish or lacquer, particularly for selecting a desired color of a paint, varnish or lacquer, to be applied to a wall or to a support, comprising: a main container containing a known amount of a base paint, lacquer or varnish to be colored, and a set of coloring units, said coloring units being able to be mixed with said known amounts of base paint, varnish or lacquer to prepare a sample of colored paint, varnish or lacquer, wherein each of said coloring units comprising at least one pre-dosed unit, said coloring units having a plurality of different colors.

2. Kit for preparing a colored sample of paint, varnish or lacquer according to the previous claim 1, wherein each of said pre-dosed units comprises a pre-dosed amount by weight and/or by volume of at least one coloring agent of a certain color.

3. Kit according to claim 1, wherein each of said pre-dosed units comprises several coloring agents of different colors each in a pre-dosed amount by weight and/or by volume.

4. Kit according to claim 1, wherein each pre-dosed unit is marked by a symbol and/or by a sign and/or by a reference adapted for univocally identifying said specific unit.

5. Kit according to claim 1, wherein said known amount of base paint, varnish or lacquer to be colored contained in said main container is less than 500 ml, preferably equal to 200 ml, even more preferably equal to 100 ml.

6. Coloring unit in the form of pre-dosed unit, able to be mixed with a base paint, varnish or lacquer for preparing a colored sample of paint, varnish or lacquer, comprising a pre-dosed unit by weight and/or by volume, of at least one coloring agent.

7. Coloring unit in the form of pre-dosed unit according to claim 6, wherein said pre-dosed unit comprises several coloring agents of different colors each in a pre-dosed amount by weight and/or by volume.

8. Coloring unit in the form of pre-dosed unit according to claim 6, wherein it is marked with a symbol and/or a sign and/or a reference adapted for univocally identifying said specific unit.

9. Coloring unit in the form of pre-dosed unit according to claim 6, comprising a tablet of powders or a predetermined volume of a paste or of a gel or liquid.

10. Coloring unit in the form of pre-dosed unit according to claim 6, wherein it is contained in a capsule that can be opened or perforated, or by a water-soluble support.

11. Coloring unit in the form of pre-dosed unit according to claim 6, wherein it comprising a sachet, or a water-soluble sachet.

12. Method for preparing a colored sample of paint, varnish or lacquer, particularly for selecting a desired color of a paint, varnish or lacquer to be applied to a wall or to a support, comprising the following steps: providing a main container containing a known amount of a base paint, varnish or lacquer to be colored, providing a set of coloring units wherein each of said coloring units comprising at least one pre-dosed unit and wherein said coloring units have a plurality of different colors; selecting one or more of said coloring units of said set as a function of the desired color for said colored paint, varnish or lacquer; adding and mixing said one or more selected coloring units to said base paint, varnish or lacquer contained in said main container.

13. Method for preparing a sample of colored paint, varnish or lacquer according to claim 12, wherein the step of selecting said one or more coloring units of said set of coloring units comprises the further step comprising previously identifying at least one desired final color among a plurality of sample colors, of associating each of said sample colors with a corresponding color/reference code, and of univocally associating each color/reference code with the number and type of said pre-dosed units that must be mixed with said base paint, lacquer or varnish to be colored.

14. Method for preparing a colored sample of paint, varnish or lacquer according to claim 12, wherein said pre-dosed unit is marked by a symbol and/or a mark and/or a reference adapted for univocally identifying said specific unit.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The features and the advantages of the kit and of the method for preparing a sample of colored paint, varnish or lacquer according to the present disclosure will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description, provided by way of non-limiting example. The kit for preparing a sample of colored paint, varnish or lacquer, particularly for selecting a desired color of a paint, varnish or lacquer to be applied to a wall or to a support, according to the disclosure advantageously comprises a main container containing a known quantity of a base paint, a base varnish or a base lacquer to be colored, and a set of coloring units that can be mixed with said known quantity of base paint, varnish or lacquer for preparing a sample of colored paint, varnish or lacquer.

[0026] By way of example, a base paint, varnish or lacquer may then be in a neutral, clear, white color, or also in a primary or complementary color to which coloring units, for example pigments, can be added to obtain a final colored paint, colored varnish or colored lacquer of the desired hue.

[0027] Each of said coloring units comprising at least one pre-dosed unit, and said coloring units have a plurality of different colors.

[0028] The expression “pre-dosed unit” in the present description refers to an exact predetermined quantity of substance suitable to be employed as a discrete unit, i.e. to be used as a whole.

[0029] More in particular, each of said pre-dosed units will advantageously comprise a quantity that is pre-dosed in terms of weight and/or of volume of at least one coloring agent, for example a powdered color pigment.

[0030] For example, a set of colored units, pre-dosed in discrete predetermined quantities may be available, to be used whole, different from each other, for example in the form of blisters of tablets of 0.1 mg, 0.2 mg and so on.

[0031] Each of said pre-dosed units preferably comprises at least one coloring agent, for example a pigment, of pure or diluted color, in the form of powder, paste, in liquid form or the like.

[0032] Pre-dosed units comprising multiple coloring agents may equally be provided.

[0033] Preferably, each pre-dosed unit will comprise a powder tablet, pills, envelopes, openable capsules, pierceable capsules, a water-soluble support or any other form suitable to supply a pre-dosed quantity, in terms of weight and/or volume, of a coloring agent, for example a colored pigment, or multiple coloring agents, pure or diluted.

[0034] To enable the user to obtain a sample of paint, varnish or lacquer, of the desired color, previously selected for example from a deck of colors or the like, each pre-dosed unit is advantageously distinguished by a symbol and/or by a code and/or by a reference adapted to uniquely identify said specific unit.

[0035] For example, each pre-dosed unit may be identified by a letter and/or by the dosage, in terms of weight and/or by volume, thereof, so that according to the quantity of sample paint, lacquer or varnish the user wishes to obtain, the method according to the present disclosure will allow him/her to identify the specific pre-dosed units to be mixed to the neutral, white or already colored base paint, lacquer or varnish.

[0036] Advantageously, such pre-dosed units by volume and/or by weight, may be supplied, merely by way of example, in doses of 0.1 grams, 1 gram, 10 grams, or in doses of 0.1 ml, 1 ml, 10 ml and the like.

[0037] Alternatively, the pre-dosed units constituting said coloring units may all be supplied with the same dosage, and the method according to the disclosure will comprise mixing in said base paint, varnish or lacquer a different number of pre-dosed units according to the quantity of sample paint, varnish or lacquer to be obtained.

[0038] More specifically, the method for preparing a sample of colored paint, colored varnish or colored lacquer in particular for the selection of a desired color of a paint, varnish or lacquer, to be applied to a wall or to a support, according to the present disclosure, will preferably comprise the following steps comprising: [0039] providing a main container containing a known amount of a base paint, varnish or lacquer to be colored; [0040] providing a set of coloring units wherein each of said coloring units comprising at least one pre-dosed unit and wherein said coloring units have a plurality of different colors; [0041] selecting one or more of said coloring units of said set as a function of the desired color for said colored paint, colored varnish or colored lacquer; [0042] adding and mixing said one or more selected coloring units to said base paint, lacquer or varnish contained in said main container.

[0043] As stated, advantageously the method for preparing a sample of colored paint, lacquer or varnish according to the present disclosure, is characterized in that the step of selecting said one or more coloring units of said set of coloring units comprises a further step comprising previously identifying a plurality of sample colors, the sample colors can also refer to a sample that is not physical but digital or digitized, of associating to each of said sample colors a color code and/or reference code, and of univocally associating to each color code and/or reference code the number and the type of said pre-dosed units that have to be mixed to said base paint, lacquer or varnish to be colored.

[0044] The kit and the method for preparing a sample of paint, lacquer or varnish, colored according to the disclosure allow, through the precise dosage of the coloring units deriving from the use of pre-dosed units, to produce the sample of colored paint, colored varnish or colored lacquer mixing said coloring agents in a quantity of base paint, varnish or lacquer to be colored that is suited to the needs.

[0045] Preferably, the quantity of base paint, lacquer or varnish to be colored will be smaller than 500 ml, preferably equal to approximately 200 ml, still more preferably equal to approximately 100 ml.

[0046] In this way, one of the advantages of the disclosure is obtained, comprising avoiding the waste of a high quantity of base paint, lacquer or varnish if, upon completing the test, the user is not satisfied with the end result following the application of the sample paint, lacquer or varnish on the wall or on the support to be colored.

[0047] The present disclosure is characterized by the use of coloring units in the form of pre-dosed units that can be mixed with a base paint, lacquer or varnish for preparing a sample of colored paint, lacquer or varnish.

[0048] Said coloring unit advantageously comprising a pre-dosed unit, by weight and/or by volume, of at least one coloring agent, consisting for example of a pigment of a determined color or of a mixture of pigments of different colors.

[0049] Thus, the coloring unit will be univocally identifiable through a symbol and/or a code and/or a reference able to univocally identify said specific unit.

[0050] Purely by way of example, said pre-dosed unit comprising an exact predetermined quantity of substance to be used discretely, whole, can comprise a powder tablet, of an openable or pierceable capsule, of a sachet, of a water-soluble support or other types of formats/containers/supports for coloring agents such as a pigment or a mixture of multiple pigments.

[0051] The user will have available a predetermined correlation available for example on paper support/dedicated software application/specific software program, between the color code and/or reference associated to each color, also digitized, which the user will be able to identify for example on a deck of colors, also digitized and the specific color as well as the specific quantity, as well as possibly the specific dosage of said pre-dosed units, which the user will have to mix to the quantity of base paint, varnish or lacquer to obtain the desired colored sample paint, lacquer or varnish.

[0052] Said correlation may also indicate different quantities and dosages of the pre-dosed units as a function of different quantities of base paint, varnish or lacquer employed.

[0053] Advantageously, the coloring units may also be present in the kit according to the present disclosure in number of 10, 12 or even in a different number, being able to mix coloring units of different colors and dosages to obtain all the desirable color hues.

[0054] For example, the correlation will identify a recipe on the basis of which the user will be guided in the preparation of the sample paint, varnish or lacquer. Hence, the user will find for example a specific indication to add to the known quantity of base paint, varnish or lacquer the coloring units pre-dosed in the exact quantity indicated by the correlation/recipe.

[0055] For example, the user will find an indication to add to the specific quantity of base paint, varnish or lacquer, four doses of coloring units A, ten doses of coloring units B, plus one dose of coloring unit C to obtain the desired color.

[0056] It has been observed that the kit, the method, and the coloring unit to be employed in said method, for preparing a sample of paint, varnish or lacquer, colored according to the present disclosure, fulfils its task and accomplishes the pre-set purposes because it allows to obtain in an easy, independent, reliable and economic manner the preparation of reduced quantities of colored paint, colored varnish or colored lacquer avoiding needless waste of paint, varnish or lacquer and reducing the necessary times.

[0057] The disclosure thus conceived is susceptible to numerous modifications and variants, all falling within the scope of the inventive concept; moreover, all details are replaceable with other technically equivalent elements.