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System for providing custom colored sealing compound

  • US 8,834,014 B2
  • Filed: 02/03/2010
  • Issued: 09/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for providing custom colored sealant;

  • the system comprising;

    at least one dispensing cartridge, having a first end portion with an opening that extends into an open interior compartment of the at least one dispensing cartridge and a cartridge cap that removably secures with the first end of the dispensing cartridge to selectively cover the opening;

    a quantity of sealant base solution disposed within the interior compartment of the at least one dispensing cartridge;

    a cartridge case having separate first and second end portions of generally identical construction, said end portions being generally cylindrical with solid planar end portions;

    the first end portion of the cartridge case including a plurality of cavities that are shaped and sized to receive at least a portion of the at least one dispensing cartridge when the cartridge case is in a mixing position;

    the second end portion of the cartridge case having a plurality of cavities that are generally aligned with the cavities in the first end portion of the cartridge case and shaped to receive at least a second end portion of the dispensing cartridge when the cartridge case is in the mixing position, thereby defining a plurality of cartridge receptacles configured to contact an outer surface of the at least one dispensing cartridge;

    the first and second end portions of the cartridge case being positioned in a spaced apart relationship with one another with no intervening elements therebetween, thereby being in contact with and supported by the first and second end portions of the at least one dispensing cartridge, when the cartridge case is in the mixing position;

    a quantity of sealant thickener; and

    a quantity of a coloring agent.

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