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A multi-color small amount painting system of the present invention stores small unit amounts of paint having a variety of paint colors and may selectively feed desired color paint to a painter of a painting robot or the like. The painting system stores the paint having a large number of paint color

A multi-color small amount painting system of the present invention stores small unit amounts of paint having a variety of paint colors and may selectively feed desired color paint to a painter of a painting robot or the like. The painting system stores the paint having a large number of paint colors in a stock unit in the form of paint cartridges. The paint cartridge of the paint color selected is picked up from the stock unit and carried by a carrier and is loaded on the painting robot or an automatic painting device. Subsequently, the paint within the paint cartridge loaded is fed to the painter of the painting robot or the automatic painting device by a paint feeding mechanism. In addition, the system ensure an advantage that the painting system is high in efficiency of painting work including the exchange of colors and is small in size as a whole.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A multi-color small amount painting system which may store small unit amounts of a variety of colors of paint and may selectively feed a desired paint color of paint to a painter, comprising:a suitable number of paint cartridges filled with small amounts of certain paint

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A multi-color small amount painting system which may store small unit amounts of a variety of colors of paint and may selectively feed a desired paint color of paint to a painter, comprising:a suitable number of paint cartridges filled with small amounts of certain paint color, respectively;a stock unit provided with an endless conveyor mechanism for holding the suitable number of paint cartridges for rotating and carrying the suitable number of paint cartridges of the desired paint color up to a pickup position;one of a painting robot and an automatic painting device provided with a structure for mounting the paint cartridge;a carrier for picking up the paint cartridge of the desired paint color from said stock unit and loading the paint cartridge of the desired paint color onto one of said painting robot and said automatic painting device; anda paint feeding mechanism which may be connected to the loaded paint cartridge and extruding the paint within the paint cartridge upon the connection to feed the paint to the painter of one of said painting robot and said automatic painting device.