US1504867A

US1504867A - Paint mixer

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Publication number: US1504867A
Application number: US435423A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edsen L Cannon
Original assignee: Erie Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: Erie Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1921-01-06
Filing date: 1921-01-06
Publication date: 1924-08-12
Anticipated expiration: 1941-08-12

Description

Aug. 12, 19240 1,504,867

E. L. CANNON PAINT MIXER Filed Jan. 6. 1921 Patented Aug. 12, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDSEN Ii. CANNON, OF CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE ERIE MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PAINT MIXER.

Application filed January 6, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDSEN L. CANNON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland Heights village, in the county of 'Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paint Mixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in paint mixers.

It is the object of this invention to provide a paint mixer which can be easily and quickly assembled within a paint barrel or the like without the removal of the head of the barrel; also to so construct the mixing apparatus that it can be inserted through a comparatively small hole in one head of thebarrel and receive an agitating member which can be inserted through the bung hole; furthermore to so construct the mixing attachment that the shaft which carries the agitating element can be inserted at the same time as the fixedly mounted support in the bottom of the barrel; and finally to produce a mixing attachment which can be readily assembled and disassembled, which is simple in structure and hence not costly to manufacture, and one which can be removed from one barrel and applied to another, as may be desired.

Other objects of this invention will appear from the following description and claims when considered in connection with rel showing the mixing attachment fully assembled; Fig. 3 is a detail view of the ball and socket connection between the plug in the lower head of the barrel and the rotatable shaft which carries the agitating element; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the socket forming member which is mounted upon the inner end of the plug.

The barrel or container to which my attachment is to be applied is provided with a comparatively small centrally disposed usual bung hole in the side wall.

Serial No. 435,423.

opening in each of the heads and also the These openings are indicated in the drawings as 1, 2 and 3, respectively. The opening in the bottom head 4 of the barrel is adapted to receive by screw thread engagement the plug 5 through which ex"- tends the rivet or bolt 6, the head of the plug being countersunk as indicated at 7 to house the head of the rivet. The head 8 of the plug 5 is sufficiently shallow so as not to extend beyond the chime of the barrel. The inner end of the rivet 6 extends through the opening 9 in the socket forming member 10 and has formed thereon a head 10' as a means of securing said socket forming member in fixed position upon the inner end of the plug 5. The socket forming member 10 is formed of suitable metal so as to enable the arms 11 thereof to be bent up about the ball member 12 which is connected by means of the neck portion 13 to the lower end of the shaft 14, and the arms 11 are given substantially the same shape as here illustrated so as to properly surround the ball 12. The ball 12 is adapted for rotatable engagement within the socket forming member so as to allow rotation of the shaft 14 which extends through the opening in the other head 2 for operative engagement by a suitable crank 15. A cap 16 is provided with screw thread engagement with the head 2 as a means of closing the opening 2 and covering the exposed end of shaft 14 during the time when the crank 15 is not applied for operation of the agitating device. The agitating element 17 may be of any suitable form, as for instance as shown in the patent above referred to. In this case the agitating element is provided at its middle portion with a square opening for engagement with the shaft 14 which is also of square cross section and which extends through the opening in said agitating element. This element 17 is secured in position upon said shaft by means of the collar 18 and its set'screw 19.

The manner of applying my agitator to a barrel will now be briefly described. First of all the socket forming member 10 is placed over the plain end of the rivet 6 as it extends through the plug 5 and the rivet is headed so as to secure these parts together. The arms 11 are then bent around the ball 12 so as to form a socket therefor.

The collar 18 is also positioned upon shaft 14. Then with theopening 2 closed by the screw threaded plug 16 the barrelis set in.

opening of the agitating element directly beneath the lower end of. the shaft 14. The

same means may be employed for the insertion of the agitating element as disclosed in the patent above referred to. The shaft lt is then fully lowered so as to bring the inn'er end thereof within the cap 16 and the plug 5v is firmly screwedxinto the opening 1.

The barrel can then. beturned to upright position. and'thecrank applied. to the free end of the shaft 1d upon removal of the cap 16. The agitating element can be placed at any height desired upon the shaft by properly positioning theicollar 18 before insertion of the shaft into the barrel. Thecross section of the ball and socket joint is of. less width than the diameter of the opening 1. so as to" permit insertion of the same therethrough in the manner above described.

Among the advantages resulting from this invention is that whichresides inv the fact that the shaft 14 and the plug 5 can be inserted inthe barrel by a single operation.

:Thus I have provided a structure which is simple in its structure and operation and yetone which is highly efficient and not apt toget out-of order in the use'for which in-o tended.' v 7 7 Other advantages flowing from this invention will be apparent to those who are familiar with the artto which it relates.

' WVhatI claim is? l a; r

1 An agitator comprising a plug adapted to be secured in thewall of a container, a

socket memb'er carried upon the inner end ofv said plug, a shaft having a ball on one end thereof for rotatable engagement in said;

socketmember and adapted to be inserted through the same opening as the plug, agitating-means adapted to be secured upon said shaft, andnieans for rotating said. shaft.

2; A:n agitator comprising a plug adapted" to be secured m an openlng'in a wall of a; conta ner, a shaft havmg rotative' connection with saidplug, said plug and shaft when so connected 'being adapted to be inserted through said opening, agitating means adapted to be secured upon said shaft, and means for rotating said shaft.

3. An agitator comprising a plug adapted to be secured in an opening in a wall of a container, a shaft having rotative connection with said plug, said plug and shaft when so connected being adapted to be inserted through said opening, agitating means adapted to be inserted through another opening in the container and to be secured upon said shaft, and means for rotating' said shaft.

4. An agitator comprising a plug adapted to be secured inv an opening in a wall of a container, a plurality of fingers secured to said plug and forming a socket within said container, a shaft having a ball on one end thereof for rotatable engagement in said socket, and agitating means adapted to be secured upon said shaft.

5. An agitator comprising a plug adapted to be secured in an opening in a wall of a conta1ner,. a socket member secured to said plug and havingaplurality of fingers formmg a socket, a shaft having a ball on one end for rotative engagement with said socket, agitating means adapted to be secured upon said shaft, and means for 1'0- tating said shaft.

6. The combination with an assembled container comprising side, top and bottom Walls and having spaced and relatively small openings therein, a shaft, bearin means for rotatably receiving said shaft and mounting the same within said container, said shaftand bearing means being insertible as a unit through an opening in one of said walls and said bearing means being adapted for connection to the said wall, agitating means adapted for securement upon said shaft and insertiblc through another of said openings, and means for rotating said shaft.

- 7; An agitator, comprising a plug adapted to be secured in an opening in a wall of a. container, a headed pin extending through. said plug, a socket member secured upon the inner end of said plug by the inner headed end of said pin, a shaft having a ball 011 oneend thereof for rotatable enga ement in said socket, and agitating means adapted to be-secured upon said shaft.

In testimony whereof I hereby aflix my signature.

EDSEN L. CANNON.