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US 8,845,180 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 pivotally 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.
Claims6
A method of mixing paint, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a.) placing a first container in a cavity of an adaptor, the adaptor having:
- an interior including 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 the 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;
- so that the first container is supported on the first lower surface;
- (b.) disposing the adaptor with the first container within a bucket;
- and
- (c.) rotating the bucket and the adaptor with the first container about at least one axis;
- (d.) removing the adaptor with the first container from the bucket;
- (e.) removing the first container from the cavity of the adaptor;
- (f.) placing a second container in the cavity of the adaptor so that the second container is supported on a second lower surface.
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