Abstract: A caulk mix and transfer apparatus includes a caulk jar for holding uncolored caulk and for receiving unmixed pigment. The jar has a mix lid and a transfer lid. Empty caulk tubes are attached to the transfer lid and the mix lid includes a rotatable blade. A machine for mixing the pigment and caulk in the caulk jar and for transferring the mixture to the caulk tubes includes means for engaging the jar and mixing the pigment and caulk therein with the mix lid and includes means for engaging the jar and transferring the mixture to the caulk tubes through the transfer lid.

Abstract: A system for introducing flowable additive e.g. colorant from a syringe into paint varnish, woodstain or the like contained in a closed container provided with an inlet into the container which inlet is closed by a closure. The inlet is openable by insertion of the nozzle of the syringe into the inlet which thereby ensures that the nozzle of the syringe is correctly located in the inlet before expulsion of the additive commences.

Abstract: A stirring arrangement including an accessory for selective stirring of the base colors contained in hanging paint pots in paint stirring machines. The stirring machines have racks for suspending the pots and devices for stirring the colors therein, with the stirring arrangement including a further rack receiving at least one stirring lid with an associated paint pot, suspended between cantilever slides on the rack, the lid and a stirrer which is attached thereto being rotated by a chain extending along the length of the further rack and actuating a drive pinion thereon. A drive unit for driving the chain connected to a drive shaft of the stirring machine disengages the machine in the operating condition of the stirring lid on the further rack without the racks on the stirring machine being activated, and in the inoperative condition of the further rack intermittently activating the racks of the stirring machine.

Abstract: A system for introducing a flowable additive (3) from a capsule (1) to paint (4), varnish, woodstain or the like in a closed (preferably lidded) container (2) (for example a paint container) modified by the provision of a relatively easily openable inlet (9) into the container. Preferably the inlet is located in a lid (6). The capsule comprises a chamber (23) which defines a volume which contains the additive. The system is provided with means (25 and 34) for creating an opening in the chamber which can communicate with the inlet and means (preferably a compressible chamber) for positively expelling additive through the opening by contracting the volume which contains the additive. The capsule and container are also provided with co-operable locating means (10 and 30 with 25) which can co-operate to assist in locating the opening created in the chamber in communication with the inlet. Also a capsule and a closed container for use in the system and a method of introducing additive using the system.

Abstract: A vibratory mixer for mixing ingredients by shaking comprising a load platform (51) for receiving a container (88) which holds the ingredients to be mixed, clamping means (47) cooperable with the load platform to clamp a container (88) therebetween, means (14, 26 to 48) for effecting relative movement between the load platform (51) and the clamping means (47) so as to clamp and unclamp a container, said means comprising at least one lead screw (38, 42) and a first motor (14) operable to drive the or each screw, the or at least one of the lead screws (42) being axially movable, the apparatus further comprising a second motor (13) operable to shake the load platform (51), and control means operable to control the sequence of operation of the apparatus and comprising switch means (65) connected in circuit with the first motor (14) and actuatable on axial movement of said the or at least one lead screw (42) which takes place due to the reaction of a container (88) being clamped between the load platform (51) and

Abstract: An apparatus for mixing liquid paint colorant in a plurality of containers. Flexible cables are rotated about their length by a drive motor to rotate agitators in each container. The cable ends which drive the agitators are aligned with the rotational axes of the agitators. Each container has an open upper end which is closed by a cover having an attached mechanism for imparting rotation from the cables to the agitators. The agitators are disabled by disengaging one end of the cable from the drive motor, disengaging the other end of the cable from the mechanism on the container cover, or removing the cover with the cable intact to separate the mechanism from the agitator. The cables are bowed in an inverted U-shape between the drive motor and container covers. A lid extends over the bowed cables and has a rim that bears against the container covers to maintain them in closed position on the container during operation.

Abstract: A mixing apparatus for use in mixing liquids such as paints or oil base stains wherein the mixing apparatus consists of a plurality of inwardly extending perimeter baffles and upwardly extending inner baffles to obstruct the free flow of liquid during the rotation of the container and, in the preferred embodiment, the baffles are molded as an integral part of the liquid container to provide a convenient container wherein the liquid may be mixed by merely rotating the container.

Abstract: Apparatus for formulating pasty materials comprising a set of supply containers each containing a pasty material and each having an extrusion nozzle. A receiving tube is adapted to fit on each extrusion nozzle. An element is included for stimating the amount of material extruded from a selected container of the set into the receiving tube when the tube is fitted on one of the extrusion nozzles. The receiving tube is of flexible material to allow pasty material extruded into the tube to be ejected from the tube by application of a traveling pinching action along the tube. The apparatus may include a container for the receipt of such ejected material and an element for stirring or mixing to homogeneity material in the container.

Abstract: Improved mixing equipment of the wall-baffled, cylindrical, mixing-vessel type is provided. The novel baffles employed have a uniform cross-sectional form corresponding generally to a small geometric segment of a circle, the radius of which circle is substantially equal to that of the inner wall of said mixing vessel. A plurality (e.g., 2 to 4) of such baffles mounted at uniformly spaced locations around the periphery of said inner wall are employed together with a concentrically located, multi-bladed impeller capable of providing good axial and radial mixing within said vessel.The subject mixing equipment can deliver outstanding performance in terms of speed and completeness of mixing, as well as economy in power consumption and peak power requirements. Results are especially noteworthy when the equipment is used to mix chemical reagents (gaseous or liquid) with thick, non-Newtonian suspensions of solids and liquids; e.g., wet wood pulps and similar compositions containing fine, fibrous solid matter.

Abstract: A paint mixing container comprising a main body (2) of circular cross section with a base (4), side walls and an open top (6). There is a stirring arm (40) comprising a rotatable central shaft (42) with a helical blade (43) rigidly mounted about the central shaft. As well, there is a removable cover (20) with locking means (12,52) to allow the cover to be attached to the main body. The removable cover has a sealable opening (22) and means (24) to rotatably support the stirring arm in the interior of the main body.

Abstract: A stirring implement designed for use in stirring beverages such as coffee or tea has an elongated shaft connected to a thin flat blade which has parallel side walls connected by radiused corners to a straight bottom edge. The straight bottom edge affords maximum engagement with the bottom surface of a beverage container for maximum stirring efficiency. A hook member may be provided intermediate end portions of the shaft for engagement with a top side wall edge of a beverage container. The stirring blade may be provided with a serrated cutting edge for utility food uses and with a scraping blade for spreading condiments such as jellies or butter upon pastry items.

Abstract: A mixing system for use with paint cans and the like, the mixing system comprising a blade having, in a preferred embodiment, a prying end and a handle which can serve the additional purpose of a mallet. The remaining portion of the blade is adapted for insertion into the pocket of a disposable sleeve, preferably but not necessarily made of paper coated internally with polyethylene or other coating. Such sleeve may also be made of plastic or metal foil. The paper sleeve provides a jacket portion adapted to encircle the blade and a flat portion which may be used for a variety of purposes including calibrating the level of the paint in the can, as well as providing specially shaped edges for wiping the interior lip as well as the bottom of the paint can free of paint and for spreading materials such as putty and the like. The blade is provided with a hook designed to receive a correspondingly shaped notch or hole in the sleeve for affixing the two.

Abstract: In a mixing process and a mixing means a relative motion of a mixing vessel with respect to a mixing tool is provided such that adhering mixing products are removed from the bottom and the walls of the mixing vessel.

Abstract: There is disclosed an improved paint stirrer especially adapted for stirring paints of the type having pigments normally held in colloidal suspension, which pigments settle out of colloidal suspension with time, formed by an elongate body portion having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end provided with a hand grip section formed integrally with the elongate body portion, the lower end of the elongate body portion provided with flexible stirring means fixedly secured thereto and formed by a plurality of flexible and pliable members thereby to contact paint pigments which have settled out of colloidal suspension and to replace the pigments into colloidal suspension prior to the use of the paint.

Abstract: A mixing apparatus for use in mixing liquids such as paints or oil base stains wherein the mixing apparatus consists of a plurality of imwardly extending perimeter baffles and upwardly extending inner baffles to obstruct the free flow of liquid during the rotation of the container and, in the preferred embodiment, the baffles are molded as an integral part of the liquid container to provide a convenient container wherein the liquid may be mixed by merely rotating the container.

Abstract: A support for a mixer bucket includes a raised platform having a recess shaped to accommodate a mixer bucket. Resistance means are provided in the recess which engage against the bucket to maintain the bucket stationary while the contents of the bucket are being mixed.

Abstract: A cosmetic dispensing system for blending selected cosmetic additives into a cosmetic base is provided. The system includes a plurality of storage containers for storing the additives; a pumping system for transferring selected additives to a cosmetic base, and a mixing system for blending the cosmetic base with the additives.

Abstract: Apparatus for stirring the contents of a container during cooking or during mixing of constituents of a liquid has a cross-beam which spans the container and which carries clamps that secure the cross-beam to opposite portions of the container rim. A stirrer shaft extends downward from the central region of the cross-beam and carries a stirring blade with vanes which extend from the shaft in opposite directions and which are inclined away from a vertical orientation to force the container contents upward as the blade revolves. An electrical motor, drive shaft and gearing mounted on the cross-beam turn the stirrer shaft and blade. The motor is located on an end of the cross-beam that extends away from the container. The apparatus provides for thorough mixing, easy cleaning and maintenance and isolates the motor from spatterings, vapors and heat that can arise from the container.

Abstract: A paint shaker (1) for use in in-store paint tinting operations comprising a platform (2) and clamping member (4) for accommodating a paint container (3) which is to be shaken wherein the shaker is provided with means for sensing resistance to downwards movement of the clamping member (4a or 34) and clamping member detection means (34) which do not allow the shaking operation to start until the container is clamped and the clamping member is in a pre-selected position chosen because it is a position that the clamping member must occupy if it is to clamp a container properly either directly or via a capsule from which colorant has been expelled.

Abstract: An automatic system for carrying a reservoir and metering liquid from the reservoir comprising a vertical shelf for storing a plurality of reservoirs therein, a transferring mechanism disposed adjacent the supply shelf for transferring a reservoir toward horizontal and vertical directions, a tilting device for receiving the reservoir and tilting it from an upright to a horizontal position, a valve mechanism for controlling a liquid flow through a valve attached to the reservoir, and a balance for supporting a collecting container to receive droppings from the valve. The transferring mechanism including a platform to support the reservoir thereon, an attracting means to draw out the reservoir, and a cylinder to move the reservoir back and forth.

Abstract: A system for introducing a flowable additive (3) from a capsule (1) to paint (4), varnish, woodstain or the like in a closed (preferably lidded) container (2) (for example a paint container) modified by the provision of a relatively easily openable inlet (9) into the container. Preferably the inlet is located in a lid (6). The capsule comprises a chamber (23) which defines a volume which contains the additive. The system is provided with means (25 and 34) for creating an opening in the chamber which can communicate with the inlet and means (preferably a compressible chamber) for positively expelling additive through the opening by contracting the volume which contains the additive. The capsule and container are also provided with co-operable locating means (10 and 30 with 25) which can co-operate to assist in locating the opening created in the chamber in communication with the inlet. Also a capsule and a closed container for use in the system and a method of introducing additive using the system.

Abstract: An apparatus for mixing a liquid colorant in a container. A flexible cable is rotated about its length to drive rotatable agitating structure in the container. Where a plurality of containers, each having agitating structure and an associated cable are used, a motor driven gear simultaneously rotates all cables to effect rotation of the agitating structures.

Abstract: A system for introducing additive (3) from a capsule (1) into a closed (preferably lidded) container (2) (for example a paint container) modified by the provision of a relatively easily openable inlet (9) into the container (2). Preferably the inlet (9) is located in a lid (6). Capsule (1) comprises a chamber (23) which contains the additive (3). The system is provided with means (25 and 34) for creating an opening in chamber (23) which can communicate with inlet (9) and means (preferably a compressibe chamber (23)) for expelling additive 3 through the opening. Capsule (1) and container (2) are also provided with co-operable locating means (10 and 24) which can co-operate to assist in locating the opening created in chamber (23) in communication with inlet 9. Also a capsule (1), a closed container (2) for use in the system and a method of introducing additive (3) using the system. Use of the system reduces the risk of spillage and splasing and is more suitable for use by inexperienced people.

Abstract: A paint tinter system includes a plurality of canisters disposed in a circle about a rotatable plate. An orbiting plate, driven by a single motor, is connected to drive arms, each of which is connected to a crank arm of a stirrer in one of the canisters. The connection is made through a lost-motion device in a cap covering each canister. The cap captures the end of the drive arm, whereby the cap may be removed and hinged out of the way for providing access to the canister. An impeller is freely mounted for rotation in a socket in the bottom of the canister. The upper end of the impeller is driven by engagement between a pair of driver bosses rotated by the crank and edges of a top plate on the canister. Thus, when the cover is removed, the impeller may remain unmoved or be lifted from the socket for cleaning.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing gyratory motion to a paint can for mixing the contents of the paint can. The paint can is clamped between an upper and lower clamping plate of a clamping mechanism, which clamping mechanism is fixed to a rotatable disc rotatable in a vertical plane. The lower clamping plate is rotatable independently of the rotation of the mounting disc. The upper and lower clamping plates are moveable toward and away from each other simultaneously via a pair of threaded rods. The lower clamping plate is also provided with a plurality of angularly spaced-apart vertically pivotal, clamping fingers, the upper portions of which extend through slots formed in the circumference of the lower clamping plate, which fingers help to clamp and automatically center the lower rim of a paint can being clamped and mixed. The fingers are urged upwardly before the upward sliding movement of the lower clamping plate via a strike plate slidingly mounted with respect to the drive shaft of the lower clamping plate.

Abstract: A machine for automatically batching coloring agents for paint or varnish is disclosed. The machine includes a computerized method for calibrating the amount of coloring agent dispensed with solenoid valves which calculate the viscosity and the delay time for opening and closing the valves so that coloring agents are dispensed with a minimum of less than plus or minus 1% error.

Abstract: A painter shaker having a base housing with a double acting pneumatic piston and cylinder motor horizontally mounted within said housing. The motor includes a cylinder and a reciprocable piston in the cylinder having a piston rod slidably and sealably extending through one end wall of said cylinder. A clamp mechanism for holding a container to be shaken is secured to a vertical shaft rotatably mounted on said housing for oscillation about a vertical axis. A crank arm connects the vertical shaft to the piston rod. A disc type bistable control valve is mounted transversely directly on the lower side of the air cylinder. The bistable valve includes outlet ports communicating with inlet ports on the cylinder at the rod end and compressed air is supplied to said valve through a check valve, the control disc controlling the flow of air to the outlet ports.

Abstract: A paint shaker has a base on which is mounted a motor support plate by four vertical compression springs. A vertically oriented electric motor depends from the motor mounting plate and has an eccentric flyweight secured to its output shaft above the motor mounting plate. A container support plate is mounted on the motor support plate by four additional vertical compression springs that are stiffer than the lower springs. A frame structure is mounted on the container support plate to enable clamping one or more containers thereon.

Abstract: There is disclosed a device for locking the paint containing vessels in apparatus for mixing or blending paints and the like, comprising two movable plates firmly coupled to corresponding parallely extending supporting rods, each supporting a fixed gear wheel at the central portion of which there is provided a lever forming one of the two ends of an open frame structure and on which there are pivoted two arms, in turn pivoted to the movable plates, on which there are coupled two vessel clamping rotatable disks.

Abstract: A sampling apparatus for obtaining a plurality of fluid samples is disclosed, such sampling apparatus being particularly useful in connection with dissolution testing of various products. The apparatus includes a plurality of sampling containers each having a chamber therein for receipt of a fluid, and a drive device for simultaneously moving the plurality of sample containers to a sampling station. First fluid conduits are provided for each of the sampling containers for conducting a fluid into each of the sampling containers when the sampling containers are positioned at the sampling station, and second fluid conduits are provided for each of the sampling containers for withdrawing a sample fluid from each of the sampling containers when the sampling containers are positioned at the sampling station.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises a revolving cage (4) provided with two plates (20,21) effective to be rotated about the central axis whereof and to receive and hold a product vessel to be processed (33), and two electric motors (13,17) effective to rotate, individually and with a different transmission ratio, the cage driving pulley (10), the operation of either one or the other motor depending on the height of the product vessel (33) with respect to a threshold height.

Abstract: A multi-purpose paint stick is described. The paint stick allows a painter to scrape paint from the inside of various size cans, to comb his paint brush to remove unwanted particles, to suspend a paint strainer over a can to mix paint, to measure exact amounts or proportional amounts of components of a multicomponent paint, to support the paint stick over an open paint can to allow draining, to hang the paint stick on a dowel or thin piece of wire to allow draining and to support paint brushes over an open can to allow paint to drain therefrom.

Abstract: A portable mixing device particularly for use with power drills or the like, having a helicoidal flight of coil units of equal dimensions leading up from a bottom, that has a radial edge to scrape material off the bottom of a can and a rounded corner that prevents the edge from cutting into a can, the several coils of helixes terminating at the top in another radial edge with a rounded corner to prevent cutting into the side of the can, with a circular baffle plate spaced a predetermined distance above the top edge of the helical flight to deflect the material being stirred upwardly by the device, outwardly to that it can then circulate back downwardly to effect the mixing circulation.

Abstract: A paint cup adapted to be carried by a spray gun for use with coating materials requiring stirring to prevent separation. A reservoir is closed by a cover member which is mounted on the spray gun and, which in turn, mounts an agitator which projects into the reservoir. The agitator is driven by compressed air admitted to an impeller housing on the cover member. The reservoir is sealed except for means to introduce air to replace the coating material used in operation, and in this invention the air is introduced primarily through a separate check valve. Discharge ports in the impeller housing are made sufficiently large to assure at least atmospheric pressure in the reservoir. A separate check valve is provided to maintain the pressure within the reservoir at atmospheric pressure while preventing material leakage from the reservoir. The design of the cover assembly and its controls ensures easy flushing of the components with or without disassembly.

Abstract: A paint shaker for agitating and mixing paint and the like, and/or flowable materials in a container comprises a bucket having an open upper end for receiving the container and mounted to rotate around an upwardly sloping axis. A yoke is provided for supporting the bucket and the yoke is mounted to rotate around a separate, vertical axis intersecting the axis of the bucket at a crossover point. A motor is provided for simultaneously driving the bucket and the yoke to spin about their respective axes to rapidly mix and agitate the material in the container placed in the bucket. The bucket includes a bottom wall for supporting the container with the center of gravity of the container and its contents being continually spaced below the crossover point of the axes so that the paint container does not tend to rise and climb out of the bucket during the mixing process and thus a clamp or top is not required for retaining the container in place while mixing.

Abstract: A mixer implement for liquids in which longitudinally spaced guard rings are supported by a rotary shaft through radial struts formed as impeller blades and which also support complemental helically formed impeller blades extending between them. Liquid motion patterns are set up by shaft rotation which effects rapid thorough mixing action which can be accelerated by an attendant stirring motion if desired.

Abstract: Shaker apparatus for containers having paint mixtures therein includes a housing, U-shaped holder frame means supported in the housing, and clamping disks for detachably securing containers in the holder frame means. The U-shaped holder frames are mounted for rotation on power driven shaft means horizontally received in the housing. Drive means responsive to rotation of the U-shaped holder frame members about a horizontal axis is operable to turn the clamping disks about axes perpendicular to the said horizontal axis. The drive means includes rotatable sheave means having endless belts which are engageable with stationary sheave means. The stationary sheave means are fixed to the power driven shaft means and located in coaxial relationship therearound.

Abstract: A paint can shaker including a frame adapted to be supported on a supporting surface and a paint can carrier mounted on the frame and adapted to receive and support a paint can. The frame includes springs acting between the frame and a supporting surface to enable the carrier to undergo rolling vibratory motion relative to the supporting surface. The paint can is supported on the carrier by first and second jaws, one of which is movable on the carrier. A motor is mounted on the carrier and drives an unbalanced member to impart vibratory motion to the carrier.

Abstract: An electric drill powered paint stirrer for stirring paint in a conventional paint marketing can of the kind normally closed for sale by a lid. A second lid is substitutable on the can for the marketing lid and has a central opening. A stirring rod assembly is releasably securable in the second lid. The assembly comprises a bushing element having a reduced diameter externally threaded and extending from a shoulder. The bushing has a central through bore. The second lid opening is of diameter to snugly receive the threaded bushing end therethrough but not the shoulder. The assembly further includes a stirring rod having an upstanding shank extending upward through the bushing. The rod has upper and lower radially widened portions closely flanking the upper and lower ends of the bushing for axially locating the shank in the bushing. The rod has a bottom portion depending from the shank and sized to lie close to the can peripheral wall and bottom for stirring paint in the marketing can.

Abstract: A device for mixing paint and similar thick liquids within a container in which the container is held between the jaws of a clamp and rocked back and forth by a source of power. The clamp jaws are freely mounted so that they can rotate with the container about its longitudinal axis. An inertially driven mechanism which is independent of the rocking power source serves to rotate the container about its longitudinal axis as it is rocked, thereby greatly reducing the time required to thoroughly mix the paint within the container.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lid upon which a vessel can be fixed. The lid comprises a pouring spout optionally equipped with a valve device and a handle capable of including control means for said valve device. The lid comprises, moreover, means permitting its mutual fitting upon a support element, a position in which it carries said vessel. The lid according to the invention is especially adapted to be employed in a mixing machine used for the homogenization of a product mixture.

Abstract: An improved spray gun assembly includes a fluid supply container connected to a spray gun and a manually operable trigger for actuating the spray gun, in combination with a motor driven agitator for automatically agitating the fluid contents of the supply container. The agitator is driven by an air motor, and comprises a paddle which is reciprocated in the fluid contents in directions perpendicular to the plane in which it lies.

Abstract: A can shaker kit includes a plate an elastomeric strap for holding the can against the plate so that vibratory motion of the sanding base of a vibrating sander is imparted to the can through the plate. Raised ribs are defined in the plate and strap to prevent lateral movement of the can relative to both plate and strap and, cans of various size can be accommodated. The ends of the strap have longitudinally spaced flanges integrally formed therein to secure paint cans of various heights.

Abstract: A dispersion mixer is disclosed for breaking up and dispersing agglomerated particles in a liquid medium. The mixer has the capability of causing high speed particles to strike each other in such a manner as to develop their maximum shear energy potential and thus be more efficient than existing dispersion mixers. The mixer operates in a container and has a first rotor shaft extending downwards at the approximate center of the container, a second rotor shaft substantially parallel to the first rotor shaft, spaced from the first rotor shaft, at least one mixing rotor disc mounted on the first rotor shaft, and at least one mixing rotor disc mounted on the second rotor shaft, a first drive for rotating the first rotor shaft about its own axis, and the second rotor shaft about its own axis, and a second drive for moving the second rotor shaft in a circumferential path about the first rotor shaft.

Abstract: A mixer for use in combination with a vessel having a detachable lid is provided which comprises a helical blade rotatably mounted upon a vertical shaft pivoting at its upper end within a bearing member disposed within the lid of said vessel, said helical blade providing a vertical mixing, and means for imparting a vibratory motion of low vertical amplitude to said blade, said vibratory movement being generated from the rotating motion of the mixer shaft.

Abstract: A stirring apparatus includes a motive device, such as a motor, fixedly mounted on a support brace adapted to extend across the open top portion of a container. A paddle is connected releasably to a connector, which, in turn, is driven rotatably by the motive device. The paddle extends into the interior of the container for revolving about its axis for stirring the contents thereof. The support brace includes a device to enable the length of the brace to be adjusted longitudinally so that the brace can fit over different size container openings, and has devices for securing it releasably to the container. A plurality of different size interchangeable paddles are provided and each one is adapted to be connected removably to the motive means so that the paddles can be interchanged readily and can be cleaned easily.

Abstract: A fluid mixer for insertion into a container having the fluid to be mixed is disclosed. The fluid mixer generally comprises an insertion member having an open top and bottom and a perimeter substantially similar and equal to that of the interior of the container having the fluid to be mixed. A plurality of mixing blades are carried on the insertion member with each extending inwardly toward the vertical axis of the container to urge the fluid upwardly or downwardly upon reciprocal rotation of the container about its vertical axis.

Abstract: A multiple automatic metering device particularly suitable for metering and admixing paints and able to meter exact quantities of various base colors so as to be able to obtain an extremely wide range of shades. The device comprises a series of units consisting of a container for the color and of a metering head connected therewith. The device can be programmed to assure the duplication of the metering operation and to insure uniformity of the color of various batches of final product.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing and stirring viscous liquids, particularly paints, contained in cans comprises a rotatable stand provided with circumferentially arranged tiltable trays for housing individual cans. A coupling member is rotatably mounted above each tray, and can be connected with a stirrer rotatably supported in the lid of the can housed in the respective tray.

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.