Patent Grant
10220359
The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present disclosure. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art nor material to the presently described or claimed inventions, nor that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
The present invention relates generally to the field of mixing devices and more specifically relates to a spray can mixer.
Conventional aerosol spray cans of various typed experience the effect of settling of contents within the can after a period of storage, and require subsequent mixing of the contents prior to use. Manual shaking may be uncomfortable given that manufacturers recommend about 2 minutes of shake time. Shaking of multiple cans may be difficult. Several devices have been developed for utilizing a common homeowner tool to mix paint, but such devices are unwieldy and cumbersome to use. A suitable solution is desired.
U.S. Pat. No. 9,144,777 to Nicholas Joseph Brawley relates to an aerosol can mixing device. The described aerosol can mixing device includes an apparatus that is configured for attachment to an aerosol can to permit mixing of contents therein. The apparatus includes a generally flat base portion coupled to a drive shaft orthogonally oriented relative to the base portion, and a securing strap attached to the base portion. The securing strap is configured to engage or grip a cylindrical end portion of an aerosol can to secure the aerosol can to the apparatus, whereby the drive shaft is configured to be mounted within a drill chuck to permit the mixing apparatus to rotate an aerosol can attached thereto for mixing contents within the aerosol can.
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known mixing devices art, the present disclosure provides a novel spray can mixer system. The general purpose of the present disclosure, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide an aerosol can mixing apparatus for efficiently mixing contents therein.
A spray can mixer system is disclosed herein. The spray can mixer system includes a spray can mixer assembly having a drive shaft, a sleeve having an inner volume, a base, and a securer. The spray can mixer system comprises the spray can mixer assembly. The spray can mixer assembly comprises the drive shaft and the sleeve in functional combination. The sleeve is defined by the inner volume, the base, and the securer. The sleeve may comprise a cylindrical body having the inner volume with a depth approximately of a height of the aerosol can. The sleeve comprises cylindrical side walls defining an opening for receiving the aerosol can. The securer is located at an open end of the sleeve and is configured to secure the aerosol can within the inner volume of the sleeve. The drive shaft is mounted to the base and is configured to be received by a drill to permit rotating and mixing contents of the aerosol can.
The drive shaft is secured to a center portion of the base. The drive shaft comprises an elongated shaft configured to be universally received by the drill (or other tool) used. The securer comprises a retention-sleeve about a rim of the sleeve. In a preferred embodiment, the retention-sleeve is flexible and is able to be stretched around a circumference of the aerosol can and thereby secure the aerosol can within. The device effectively eliminates the need to manually shake an aerosol can including a spray paint can.
For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description.
The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and methods of use for the present disclosure, a spray can mixer system, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present disclosure.
The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements.
As discussed above, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a mixing device and more particularly to a spray can mixer system as used to improve mixing of spray paint cans and other aerosol cans.
Generally, the present invention includes a universal spray can mixer. The device relieves stress on arms and joints from manually shaking an aerosol can. The spray can mixer system mixes contents fast and allows full use of the contents. The present invention simply fits into virtually any drill chuck and a spray can may be slid into a sleeve. The spray can is held in place by a retention ring. The operator may then engage the trigger on the drill and at medium speed (preferably) and at a slight angle spin the device allowing the contents to be mixed thoroughly with ease.
Referring now more specifically to the drawings by numerals of reference, there is shown in
The spray can mixer assembly 110 comprises the drive shaft 120 and the sleeve 130 in functional combination. The sleeve 130 is defined by the inner volume 132, the base 134, and the securer 136. The sleeve 130 is configured to receive an aerosol can 10. The securer 136 is located at an open end of the sleeve 130 and is configured to secure the aerosol can 10 within the inner volume 132 of the sleeve 130. The drive shaft 120 is mounted to the base 134 and is configured to be received by a chuck of a drill 20 to permit rotating and mixing contents of the aerosol can 10. Other tools may be used for manipulating the aerosol can 10.
The present invention may find use within a method by coupling the aerosol can 10 into the device, as described, mixing the contents then using the aerosol can 10 for spraying.
The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.
| Number | Name | Date | Kind |
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| 5451105 | Koering | Sep 1995 | A |
| 9144777 | Brawley | Sep 2015 | B2 |
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| Screenshots of Presentation provided by Applicants Representative Charles Runyan on Sep. 11, 2018. (Year: 2018). |
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| 20180369766 A1 | Dec 2018 | US |
