Combination paint mixing and can closing devices

Claim 1

IN A PAINT MIXER FOR MIXING PAINT IN A CAN AFTER THE COVER THEREOF HAS BEEN REMOVED, A BASE, A CAN-SUPPORTING TURNTABLE ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE, MEANS TO ROTATE SAID TURNTABLE, A SUPPORT ON SAID BASE, A DISC DIMENSIONED TO CLOSE THE CAM SEATED ON SAID TURNTABLE AND ROTATABLY CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT ABOVE AND COAXIAL WITH SAID TURNTABLE, A STIRRING ELEMENT DETACHABLY CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORT AND DEPENDING AXIALLY RELATIVE TO SAID DISC FOR ENTRY INTO A CAM SEATED ON SAID TURNTABLE, SAID DISC AND SAID ELEMENT BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID BASE FROM A FIXED POSITION IN WHICH SAID CAN IS CLOSED UPWARDLY AT LEAST INTO A POSITION IN WHICH SAID ELEMENT MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CAN, AND MEANS OPERABLE TO EFFECT RELATIVE VERTICAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID TURNTABLE AND SAID DISC, ONE TOWARDS THE OTHER, WHEREBY, AFTER STIRRING AND AFTER THE DISC AND ELEMENT HAVE BEEN LIFTED FROM THE CAN AND THE ELEMENT DETACHED, THE CAN COVER SET IN PLACE ON ITS CAN, AND THE DISC RESEATED THEREON, SAID RELATIVE MOVEMENT MAY BE EFFECTED TO RESEAT THE COVER.