Portable mixing apparatus including a hand-held tool drive assembly
OwnerMichael R. Simmonsinventor
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Abstract
A portable mixing apparatus (10) for mixing concrete, mortar, roof sealant, paint and other materials that is powered by a hand-held power tool such as an electric drill (22). The mixing apparatus (10) includes a support base (14), a bucket holder (16) carried by the support base (14) for rotational movement on to the support base (14), a drive assembly (18) for rotating the bucket holder (16) on the support base (14), and structure (20) for coupling the drive assembly (18) with the electric drill (22) for powering the drive assembly (18) and therefore rotating the bucket holder (16) for mixing the materials contained in a bucket (12).
Claims6
A portable mixing apparatus for mixing materials contained in a bucket, said apparatus comprising:
- a floor-engaging support base;
- a bucket holder for holding the bucket, said bucket holder being carried by said support base for rotational movement on said support base;
- a drive assembly for rotating said bucket holder, said drive assembly including a sprocket gear attached to said bucket holder and a worm gear attached to said support base and intermeshed with said sprocket gear;
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- a shaft attached to said worm gear and configured for coupling with a rotatable jaw of a handheld power tool for rotating said worm gear when the handheld power tool is operated.
A portable mixing apparatus for mixing materials contained in a bucket, said apparatus comprising:
- a floor-engaging support base including a fixed shaft;
- a bucket holder for holding the bucket, said bucket holder being mounted on said shaft for rotational movement on said support base;
- a drive assembly for rotating said bucket holder on said shaft, said drive assembly including a sprocket gear fixedly attached to said bucket holder and a worm gear intermeshed with said sprocket gear and fixedly attached to said support base;
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- a shaft coupled with said worm gear for rotating said worm gear, said shaft including an end extending outwardly from said support base and configured for coupling with the jaw of a drill for rotating said worm gear when the drill is operated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.