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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Thomas J. Midas, Oak Park Heights, MN (US);
Brent Thomas Harrold, Burnsville, MN (US);
William O. Gran, Shoreview, MN (US);
Thomas J. Midas, Oak Park Heights, MN (US);
Brent Thomas Harrold, Burnsville, MN (US);
William O. Gran, Shoreview, MN (US);
Red Devil Equipment Company, Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
An improved paint mixer of the type rotating a paint container about a tumbling axis and a perpendicular spin axis, the improvements of a clamp assembly and lock, splash guards protecting a range-of-travel of upright clamp portions, low friction guide plates, an adjustable height strike plate and roller, a rigid gear assembly, an offset in the clamp to return the paint container to an upright position after mixing, and a relief in a raised portion on a lower plate of the clamp for assisting loading and unloading of the paint container.