Paint mixing and conditioning machine

Claim 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.