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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2007
Thomas J. Midas, Oak Park Heights, MN (US);
Aaron Curtis, Eagan, MN (US);
Brent Thomas Harrold, Burnsville, MN (US);
Thomas J. Midas, Oak Park Heights, MN (US);
Aaron Curtis, Eagan, MN (US);
Brent Thomas Harrold, Burnsville, MN (US);
Red Devil Equipment Company, Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
A gyroscopic paint mixer having a ratcheting lead screw paint container clamp and lock with a pawl releasably engaging an axial relief in the lead screw. A clamping frame is driven by a shaft maintained in concentricity with a stationary ring gear by an antifriction bearing mounted between the shaft and ring gear. A support plate has a peripheral lip forming a first recess sized to position either a generally square paint container or a generally D-shaped paint container. The support plate has a second recess to position a cylindrical paint container concentric to a spin axis.