Apparatus for shaking contained mixtures including paint and other fluid materials

Apparatus for shaking a container provided with a bail and in which is received a fluid mixture including paint and other fluid materials, said apparatus including a housing having a vertical retaining wall rigidly secured at an intermediate portion thereof, a drive support structure mounted at an opposite side of the retaining wall at a lower point thereon, power driven motor and shaft means received through the drive support structure for rotation about a horizontal axis and having end portions extending through the vertical retaining wall, U-shaped holder frame means secured to the said end portions of the power driven shaft means for rotation therewith, said U-shaped holder frame means comprising a top section, a bottom section and a vertical rear side extending therebetween in which the said end portions of the shaft means is anchored, a lower clamping disk rotatably supported in the bottom section for receiving said container thereon, an adjustable upper clamping disk rotatable in the top section and movable into and out of resiliently maintained engagement with the said container supported on the said lower clamping disk, and said bottom section having mounted therein drive shaft means for turning the said upper clamping disk and container about axes perpendicular to the said horizontal axis of rotation, said drive means including bearing frame means fixed in the bottom section of the holder frame, stub shaft means rotatable in the bearing means and attached at one end to said lower clamping disk and at an opposite end to a belt driven sheave, a bail holder element engaged with the said bail of the container and being located in the bottom section around the stub shaft in resiliently held contact against the underside of the lower clamping disk.