Sample paint adapter
AssigneeRadia
InventorsErik John Sundine, Jeffrey David Heinrichs
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Abstract
A self-balancing adapter for use with a mixer, the adapter having a body configured to interface with the mixer as a unit, the body having a front and a back, left and right edges, a top and a bottom, and a vertical axis passing through the top and the bottom, where the front has at least a first recess configured to receive and hold a first vessel substantially within the body; and the adapter having at least one movable counterweight configured to be displaced when the first vessel is received in the first recess such that the movable weight at least partially offsets a weight of the first vessel within the body with respect to the vertical axis.
Claims20
A self-balancing adapter for use with a mixer, comprising:
- a body configured to interface with the mixer as a unit, the body having:
- a front and a back,
- left and right edges,
- a top and a bottom, and
- a vertical adapter axis passing through the top and the bottom;
- the front having at least a first recess configured to receive and hold a first vessel substantially within the body;
- and
- at least one movable counterweight configured to be displaced when the first vessel is received in the first recess such that the movable weight at least partially offsets a weight of the first vessel within the body with respect to the vertical adapter axis.
A mixer, comprising:
- a receptacle supported by a carrier yoke, wherein the yoke is rotatably supported by a frame;
- a motor supported by the frame, wherein the motor is configured to rotate at least the yoke supporting the receptacle;
- and
- a self-balancing adapter configured to be received within the receptacle, the adapter comprising:
- a body configured to interface with the mixer as a unit, the body having:
- a front and a back,
- left and right edges,
- a top and a bottom, and
- a vertical adapter axis passing through the top and the bottom;
- the front having at least a first recess configured to receive and hold a first vessel substantially within the body;
- and
- at least one movable counterweight configured to be displaced when the first vessel is received in the first recess such that the movable weight at least partially offsets a weight of the first vessel within the body with respect to the vertical adapter axis.
A method of adapting a mixer for use with different sized vessels, comprising:
- providing a self-balancing adapter for use with a mixer, the adapter comprising:
- a body configured to interface with the mixer as a unit, the body having:
- a front and a back,
- left and right edges,
- a top and a bottom, and
- a vertical adapter axis passing through the top and the bottom;
- the front having at least a first recess configured to receive and hold a first vessel substantially within the body;
- and
- at least one movable counterweight configured to be displaced when the first vessel is received in the first recess such that the movable weight at least partially offsets a weight of the first vessel within the body with respect to the vertical adapter axis;
- receiving a vessel within the adapter;
- and
- inserting the adapter into the mixer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.