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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1998
John T Dedoes, Brighton, MI (US);
Dedoes Industries, Inc., Walled Lake, MI (US);
Abstract
An improvement in automatic paint stirring equipment is disclosed of the type having a rack adapted to removably receive and support a plurality of paint cans. Each paint can includes a cover, a stirring element contained within the can and a driven member positioned above the cover and mechanically connected to the stirring element. The driven member is rotatable about a predetermined axis and includes two upwardly extending pins spaced apart from each other by a preset distance. A drive shaft is rotatably mounted to the rack and rotatably driven by a motor about a generally vertical axis. A drive member is secured to the lower end of the shaft and rotates in unison with the shaft. The improved drive member includes two outer legs and a central leg. Each leg is substantially planar and the outer legs intersect the central leg at an obtuse angle such that the outer legs are substantially parallel to each other. Furthermore, the central leg is dimensioned so that the intersections of the outer legs with the central leg are spaced apart from each other by a distance substantially equal to the distance between the pins on the driven members.