CA1164454A - Paint mixing and conditioning machine - Google Patents

Paint mixing and conditioning machine

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CA1164454A
CA1164454A CA000380180A CA380180A CA1164454A CA 1164454 A CA1164454 A CA 1164454A CA 000380180 A CA000380180 A CA 000380180A CA 380180 A CA380180 A CA 380180A CA 1164454 A CA1164454 A CA 1164454A
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container
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Robert P. Heinis
Richard D. Schotter
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Red Devil Inc
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ABSTRACT
A paint mixing and conditioning apparatus in which a paint filled container is simultaneously tumbled end over end while being rotated about its longitudinal axis. The container is clamped to a pulley shaped disc which is rotatably carried by spaced resilient wheels journaled in an upstanding plate. The container clamp is disposed to extend across openings in the upstanding plate and disc. The pulley shaped disc is driven peripherally by a resilient drive wheel coupled to a power source to tumble the container. A beveled friction wheel,coupled to the container clamp and in frictional contact with the upstanding plate,rotates the container as the pulley shaped disc is turned.

Description

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Back~rcund _ the_Invention Palnt mlxin~ or blending machines in which the contents of a can of paint i8 agitated by rapid shaking or rotating the can are well known. Prev~ously known devices of thi~ ~ype,however, have gener~lly been heavy,noi~y and prone to such heavy vibration that they require anchoring to the floor of a bullding or 30me other substantial ~upport. Despite rubber or spring moUn~s, their gyration~ tend to cause damage to their suppor~s and often their own mechanisms. In order to devèlop the motion neces~ary to mix the paint, sub~tantial power sources consuming much energy are required. Some prior ar~ devices also require substantiRl time for mixing.
Accordingly, it i~ an ob~ect of the pre~ent invention to provide a p~int mixing or blending machine of relatively ~imple construction which will thoroughly mix or blend liquids such as paint in a short period of time.
Another ob3ect of the present invention i9 to provide a paint mlxing machine in which the weight,including the contalner of pAin~ ubstantially balanced durlnp~ mixing to reduce vibration, noise and load~.
A further ob3ect of the present invention i3 to provide a paint mixing machine which can be loaded and unloaded quickly and easily.
Still another ob3ect of the present invention i~ to provide a paint mixing machine whlch i8 energy efficient, durable and useful for mlxing cans of different size~.
-2- ~ ~64454 I I , SunnDnry In ~he pre~erred embodiment of t~e present lnv~!ntion, B
vertlcally dl~posed support plate hnvin~ a centr~l aperture therei~
!1 ro~tably ~1UppOrt:8 a pully shQped disc. Th~ dl~c 1~ ormed wlth a ¦ wlndow suficiently large to rece~ve the ps~nt contalr~er ~o th~t ~¦ th~ ~aid con~ainer ex~end~ partl~lly through the window and the ¦ support plate aperture. A circular bottom plate mounte~ on a ~haft 1~ freely carrie~ by ehe dlsc and ~erv~ a~ the bottom portlon of a clamp to secure the can wlthi.n ~he machlne. A
vertlcally adJu~t~bl~ plato ~pAced fro~ the flr~t plate fonm8 the o j! ~ppR1~ portlon of the clamp. A sou~ce of rotary power such ao an elecerlc n~otor 1~ carrled by the ~upport plste and drlve~s the I dioc by means of a whe~l whlch bear~ ~Baln~t the per~phery o the Il sald dl~c. 'rhe motlon lNpartl~ a tumbllng motion to the can of ~¦ pa~nt, A beveled re~lllent wheel secured to the'circular bottom 14 ll plate 1D in frlctlonal contace with a compllmen~ary annulsr groove !, ln the vertical ~upport plste. As a re~ult, when the dl~c iG
rotated ehe bottom plate will turn on ~n BXid normal to chat of the ~1~8c. The can of pa~nt w~ll, therefore, ~e rotated sbout the said axls. The combined tun-bl~ng ~ld rot~ln~ motlon qulckly ~lxe~ the content~ of the c~n.
Brl~f De~crlpt~on of the Drawin~
In t~e accompanylng drawlng~ formlng par~ hereof ~lmllar elements have been glven th~ ~ame reference nu~er~ls ln whlch drawlngs: . i F~gure 1 i~ a vl~w in front elev~tlon of a comp~ete embodlmen~ of ~ pa~nt ~ixlng and condltlonîng m~chlne mad~ ln accordsnce wl~h the present lE~ventlon.
Flgure ~ 13 a 8eCt~OsUIIl vlew t~kon on llne 2-2 ln Figu~
Figure 3 1~ ~ rea~ vlew of the maehine shown ln Flgure 1.

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Figure 4 ~8 a fragmentary view ~omewhat enlarged, taken on line 4-4 ln Figure 2.
Figure 5 i8 a fragmentary view somewhat enlarged, taken on line 5 5 in Figure 1.

~etails of the Drawin~
Referring to the drawings and ~pecifically to Figure l and 2, 10 indicates a complete embodiment of the paint mixing and conditloning machine made in accordance with ~he pre~ent invention. The machine i~ mounted upon a base support ll to which there i8 attached a vertical support plate 12 made of 8 teel, alumlnum or other ~uitable rigid material. A circular aperture 13 i8 provided in the vertical support plate 12 and i8 preferably centrally located on said plate. The circular aperture i8 of a size to receive a rotat~ng container 17 for the paint to be conditioned, as hereinafter more fully descr~bed.
A flat pulley shaped disc 14 having a window 15 there~n i8 peripherally and rotatably carried on the supportplateby molded resilient wheels 16 which are secured to the vertical support plate l2 by means of stub shafts upon which the wheels 16 are freely carried~ The molded wheels are made of resilient urethane or some other wear resistant plast~c or rubber material. Each of the wheel~ 16 18 provided with a peripheral flange 19 whlch is received within an annular groove 19 in the periphery of the pulley shaped disc 14. The wheels 16 are ln frictional contact with the annular groove ~0 at ~11 times and al80 serve a~ a 6hock absorbing mount for the verticsl support plate 12.
The pulley shaped dlsc 14 i~ drivably supported by a resilient drive wheel 21 which engages the ~aid disc within the annular groove 20 as ~hown at 22. The drive wheel 21 i9 9ecured to the utput shaf t 23 of a ~ource of rotary power ~uch ao the ~ - ~ 164~54 motor 24, best shown in Flgure 3. The output ~haft 23 ext2nds through a bore 25 in the vertieal ~.upport plate 12. It wlll be seen from an examina~lon of Figure 3, that the motor 24 i8 mounte d upon a plvot plate 26 swingably mounted by a bolt 27 which i8 secured to the vertical ~upport plate 12. A slot 28 in the pivot plate 26 and a pin 29 serve to limltvthe swing of the pivot plate 26. Since the pivot plate i8 free ~o swlng about i~ bolt 27, the weight of the motor 24 maintain~ the drive whecl 21 in ~ood frictional en~agement with the annular groove 20 of the pulley shaped disc 14. In sddition, this arrangement eliminates any need for noisy gear~ or gear trains for applying rotary power ~o the pulley shaped disc 14.
Referring ~gain to Figures 1 and 2, it will be seen that a pillow block 30 i8 secured to the front face of the pulley shaped disc 14 between the edge of the window 15 and a rectangular opening 31 in the pulley shsped di~c. A shaft 32 i8 freely carried within the pillow block 30 and extends out of back end of pillow block coaxial with vertical axis 33 of the contalner 17. A flat circular plate 34 (hereina~ter referred to as the bottom plate) is secured to one end of the sha~t 32. The plate 34 i8 provided with groove~ 35 which are concentric with the center of said plate and of a size tO
receive containers, such as cans, of different diameters therein As best shown in Figure 3, the bottom plate extends horizontally through the window 15 in the pully shaped dlsc 14 and also through the circular aperture 13 in the ~upport pla~e 12. As a result, the container of paint 17 18 sub-stantially balanced wlthln the machlne 10 with a mimimum of overhang from the Aupport plate 12.
~ The oposlte end of the plllow block shaft 32 he~

~ 454 secured thereto a beveled wheel 36, herelnafter called the friction drive wheel, formed of a suitable wear resistant resilient m~terial ~uch a~ urcthane,neoprene or rubber.
The friQtion drive wheel 36 ride~ withln a comp~ mentary groove 37 cut into the face Gf the pulley shaped disc 14.
The said disc groove 37 ha~ a beveled wall 38 ~7hich makes good frictional contact with the beveled surface 39 of the friction drive wheel. It will be apparent that as the pulley shaped di~c 14 i8 rotated by the mo~or 24, the friction drive wheel will turn, thereby rotating the container 17.
The container 17 i~ ~ecured to the bottom plate 34 by mean~ of a clamp plate 40 freely carried by a threaded stud 41 in spaced alignment wlth the shaft 32, Notches 42 in the periphery of the clamp plate 40 serve to anchor the handle 43 of the paint container 17 during rotation and tumbling of the said contalner.
A yoke 44 (best shown i~l Figure 1) is ad~ustably secured to the pulley shaped disc 14 on the outer or pillow block face of the said disc. The threaded stud 41 i8 rece~ved withln an internally threaded bore 45 ln the yoke 44.
Movement of the clamp plate 40 toward or away from the bottom plate 34 is effected by rotatlng a clamping wheel 46 secured to the threaded stud 41 between the yoke 44 and the clamp plate 40.
Where container~ of substantially differen~ ~izes are to be mixed, the yoke 44 may be loosenèd by backing off set screws 47 on the yoke, ~liding the yoke along ways 48 on the pulley shaped di~c 14 unt~l the desired ~pacing to re Lve the contaLner L~ re~ched and then tLghtenlng the - 6- ~164~54 ~aid ~et ~crews.
In one embodiment of the present invention ~ultable for mlx~ng or conditioning paint, the ~ource of rotary power ^wa~ a 1/4 horse power a/c electric motor having an output of 1725 RPM, the drive mechanism achieve~ approxlmat~ly 4 times the RPM of the container 17 to that of the pulley shaped four tlmes disc ~he container rotate~each revolution of the pulley ~haped disc~.
From the foregoing,it will be seen that the operation of the paint mixing and conditloning machine is as follows:
The yoke 44 is ad~usted to the approximate height for the paint container size, The container is placed upon the bottom plate 34 with the can rim set into the groove 35 which matches the container siæe. The clamping wheel 46 i8 then turned until the container is firmly ~ecured between the bot,tom and clamping plate~ 34,40. The hsndle 43 of the container is then raised and snapped into two spaced notches 42 on the top plate. Power is then spplied to the motor 24 thereby driving the pulley-shaped disc 14 and c~u~ing the can to tumble about its horizontal axis while rotating about its longitudinal axis. The apparatus can be operated for a time intërval long enough to achieve ehe desired mixing of the contents of the container. For container~ of normal type of water 30ase or oll base paints, thi~ time interval i~
approximately t~econds depending upon the temperature of the con~ents and its cond~tion prior to mixing. The motor 24 is then ~topped, the clamping wheel 46 turned to release the clamp plate 40,follow~ng which the eontainer m~y be removed from the apparatus.
While the above description has referr~ to mixing and condltionint pslDt, it aill be Apparent that a wide variety ` ~ ' 1164454 - 7 ~
of liquld a~ well as solld materi&ls may be ~ed in the containers without depart~ng from the spirit of the present inven~ion.
Having thu~ fully described the invention, what is de~ired to be claimed and ~ecured by Letters Patent i~:

Claims (6)

1. A paint mixing and conditioning machine comprising in combination:
(a) a base support;
(b) an upstanding support plate having an aperture therein secured to the base support ;
(c) a plurality of spaced resilient wheels journaled in the upstanding support and extending outwardly therefrom;
(d) a pulley-shaped circular disc having a window therein in register with the support plate aperture, said disc being peripherally and rotatably carried by the spaced resilient wheels;
(e) a source of rotary power carried by the support plate;
(f) a resilient drive wheel secured to the power source and in frictional contact with the pulley-shaped circular disc;
(g) A first clamping plate to receive the bottom of the container for the paint ;
(h) a second clamping plate to secure the said container against the first clamping plate; said first and second clamping plates being disposed normal to the support plate and the pulley shaped disc and extending through the aperture and window therein;
(i) means to urge the second clamping plate in the direction of the first clamping plate;
(j) a resilient friction drive wheel freely carried by the pulley shaped disc adjacent the first clamping plate in contact with the support plate;
(k) a shaft secured at one end to the drive wheel and at its opposite end to the first clamping plate; and (l) a stud carried by the clamping means,freely supporting the second clamping plate to permit rotational movement of the container.
2. A machine according to claim 1 in which the pulley-shaped disc is formed with a groove to receive the periphery of the resilient wheels and the drive wheel therein.
3. A machine according to claim 1 in which the source of rotary power is swingably carried by a pivot plate secured to the upstanding support plate to urge the drive wheel against the pulley-shaped disc.
4. A machine according to claim 1 in which the means to urge the second clamping plate in the direction of the first clamping plate comprises a yoke slidably carried by the pulley-shaped disc, a threaded bore in said yoke to receive the threaded stud, and a clamping wheel secured to the threaded stud for rotation of said stud.
5. A machine according to claim 1 in which the friction drive wheel is beveled and the support plate is formed with a complementary beveled annular groove to receive the beveled portion of the friction drive wheel therein.
6. A machine according to claim 4 in which the yoke is slidably carried upon ways formed on the sides of the pulley-shaped disc window.
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