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US 8,845,179 B2Granted
Shaking machine adaptor for containers having different shapes
AssigneeThe Sherwin-Williams Company
InventorDwight R. Huckby
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Abstract
An adaptor for a vortex paint mixer. The adaptor includes a pair of semi-cylindrical holding structures pivotably connected together by a pair of pivot links. Each of the halves has a depression formed therein. When the holding structures are placed together, the two depressions form a cavity having first and second regions adapted to hold a conventional cylindrical quart paint container and a rectangular quart paint container, respectively.
Claims10
Apparatus for mixing paint, said apparatus comprising:
- (a.) a mixing device comprising:
- a bucket including:
- a base;
- and
- a retaining structure extending from the base, said retaining structure having at least one interior surface at least partially defining an interior holding space;
- and
- an electric motor connected to the base for rotating the retaining structure about at least one axis;
- (b.) an adaptor removably disposed in the holding space of the retaining structure, said adaptor defining a cavity;
- wherein an interior of said adaptor includes first and second lower support surfaces disposed in planes perpendicular to a longitudinal axis;
- wherein the first lower support surface is disposed at a different elevation than the second lower support surface;
- and
- wherein the interior of said adaptor includes first and second upper support surfaces disposed in planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
- wherein the first upper support surface is disposed at a different elevation than the second upper support surface;
- and
- (c.) a container for holding the paint, said container being removably disposed in the cavity of the adaptor.
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