Paint maker and mixing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9808777-B2
Application number	US-201514626658-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2015
Priority date	Feb 20, 2014
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A mixing and paint-making device and method for making paint are described. Embodiments of the paint-making device include a first and second palette hingedly coupled to a base. The base includes a paint pot shaking component configured to agitate and/or translate a paint pot. The paint pot shaking component includes a series of gears and pistons that interact to produce a shaking motion for a paint pot coupled to the paint pot shaking component. In one embodiment, the paint pot shaking component includes a crank gear adjacent a combination gear that contacts a slide crankshaft. The slide crankshaft is coupled to a slide crank arm that is secured by slide bracket coupled to the base. A paint pot harness holds a paint pot during agitation and moves in an upward and downward motion corresponding to the motion of the slide crank arm.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A paint-making device comprising:
a first palette;
a second palette; and
a base coupled to the first palette and the second palette, the base comprising a paint pot shaking component configured to agitate at least one paint pot coupled to the base, the paint pot shaking component comprising:
a crank gear;
a combination gear adjacent the crank gear;
a slide crankshaft gear perpendicular to and engaged with the combination gear;
a slide crankshaft coupled to a center of the slide crankshaft gear, wherein the slide crankshaft comprises a slide crankshaft joint and a slide crank arm coupled to the slide crankshaft joint;
a vertical piston side support coupled to the base;
a slide bracket coupled to the slide crank arm and to the vertical piston side support;
a jointed armature coupled to at least one of the slide crank arm and the slide bracket, wherein the jointed armature comprises a joint at a portion of the jointed armature remote from the slide bracket; and
a paint pot harness mount coupled to the jointed armature about the joint.

2. The paint-making device of claim 1 , wherein the first palette comprises a plurality of paint pot holders.

3. The paint-making device of claim 1 , wherein the second palette comprises one or more of:
a paint strip compartment configured to enclose at least one paint strip;
a paint bottle compartment configured to secure at least one paint bottle;
at least one paint pot holder configured to secure at least one paint pot; and
at least one paintbrush holder configured to secure at least one paintbrush.

4. The paint-making device of claim 1 , wherein the paint pot shaking component is configured to agitate a paint pot coupled to the base in response to rotation of at least a portion of the paint pot shaking component.

5. The paint-making device of claim 1 , wherein rotation of the crank gear in a first direction causes rotation of the combination gear in a second direction,
wherein rotation of the combination gear in the second direction causes rotation of the slide crankshaft gear in a third direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction,
wherein rotation of the slide crankshaft gear in the third direction causes rotation of the slide crankshaft and slide crankshaft joint in the third direction about an axis of rotation,
and further wherein rotation of the slide crankshaft joint in the third direction causes translational movement of the slide crank arm.

6. A mixing device comprising:
a base comprising a mixing pot shaking component configured to agitate a mixing pot coupled to the base, wherein the mixing pot shaking component comprises:
a crank gear;
a combination gear adjacent the crank gear;
a slide crankshaft gear perpendicular to and engaged with the combination gear;
a slide crankshaft coupled to at least a portion of the slide crankshaft gear, said slide crankshaft comprising a slide crankshaft joint;
a slide crank arm coupled to the slide crankshaft joint;
a vertical piston side support coupled to the base;
a slide bracket coupled to the slide crank arm and to the vertical piston side support;
a jointed armature coupled to at least one of the slide crank arm and the slide bracket; and
a paint pot harness mount coupled to the slide bracket, and

wherein the mixing pot is configured to receive a first amount of a base component and at least one mixing component, wherein upon rotation of at least a portion of the mixing pot shaking component, the base component and the mixing component are combined.

7. The mixing device of claim 6 , wherein rotation of the crank gear in a first direction causes rotation of the combination gear in a second direction,
wherein rotation of the combination gear in the second direction causes rotation of the slide crankshaft gear in a third direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction,
wherein rotation of the slide crankshaft gear in the third direction causes rotation of the slide crankshaft and slide crankshaft joint in the third direction about an axis of rotation,
and further wherein rotation of the slide crankshaft joint in the third direction causes translational movement of the slide crank arm.

8. The mixing device of claim 7 , wherein the translational movement of the slide crank arm corresponds to a translational movement of a paint pot harness mount.

9. A paint-making device, comprising:
a first palette configured to receive a plurality of paint pots;
a second palette configured to receive at least one accessory;
a base hingedly coupled to the first and second palettes, wherein the first palette is pivotable between a first position parallel to the base and a second position perpendicular to the base, wherein the second palette is pivotable between a third position parallel to the base and a fourth position perpendicular to the base; and
a paint pot shaking component coupled with the base and configured to translate a paint pot coupled to the paint pot shaking component, wherein the paint pot shaking component comprises:
a crank gear arranged in a first plane;
a combination gear adjacent the crank gear, at least a portion of the combination gear arranged in a second plane parallel to the first plane;
a slide crankshaft adjacent to the combination gear, the slide crankshaft comprising a slide crankshaft gear configured to couple to the combination gear and a slide crankshaft joint, wherein at least a portion of the slide crankshaft is arranged in a third plane parallel to the first and second planes;
a slide crank arm coupled to the slide crankshaft joint, the slide crank arm arranged in a fourth plane perpendicular to the first, second, and third planes;
a vertical piston side support coupled to the base;
a slide bracket coupled to the slide crank arm and the vertical piston side support; and
a paint pot harness coupled to the slide bracket.

10. The paint-making device of claim 9 , wherein a first side of the first palette comprises a plurality of holders configured to receive the plurality of paint pots, wherein a second side of the first palette comprises a plurality of apertures corresponding to at least a portion of each of the plurality of holders, wherein at least a portion of the contents of at least one paint pot received by the first side of the first palette is viewed from the second side of the first palette.

11. The paint-making device of claim 9 , wherein the second palette comprises one or more of the following:
a paint strip compartment configured to enclose at least one paint strip;
a paint bottle compartment configured to secure at least one paint bottle;
at least one paint pot holder configured to secure at least one paint pot; and
at least one paintbrush holder configured to secure at least one paintbrush.

12. The paint-making device of claim 9 , further comprising:
a handle having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the handle is configured to couple to the first palette, and wherein the second end is configured to couple to the second palette.

13. The paint-making device of claim 9 , wherein translating a paint pot coupled to the paint pot shaking component comprises mixing at least one paint strip and an amount of base paint in a paint pot secured by the paint pot shaking component.

14. The paint-making device of claim 9 , wherein the crank gear comprises a first plurality of gear teeth, wherein the combination gear comprises a second plurality of gear teeth and a third plurality of gear teeth, wherein the slide crankshaf

Assignees

• Crayola Llc
• Crayola Llc

Inventors

• Henry Robert
• Krieger Cheryl
• Allen James

Classifications

• B44D3/08

  for liquid or semi-liquid paints · CPC title

• B44D3/003

  Methods or devices for colour determination, selection or synthesis, e.g. use of colour tables · CPC title

• B44D3/02

  Palettes · CPC title

• B44B5/0085

  Portable apparatus for manual operation · CPC title

• B01F15/0074

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic