Patent ID: 8136691
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: B01F,B44D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for stabilizing a mixing bucket, the bucket having a sidewall with longitudinally separated lower and upper bucket rims defining a bucket interior volume, the apparatus comprising: a laterally oriented bucket bottom spanning the sidewall and separating the bucket interior volume into an upper bucket volume and a lower bucket volume, the upper bucket volume being configured to contain a material being mixed; at least two apertures located in the sidewall and providing substantially laterally oriented access between an ambient environment and the lower bucket volume; at least one laterally oriented channel extending from at least one aperture and located within the lower bucket volume; and an elongate anchoring structure having first and second anchor ends laterally separated by an anchor body, the anchoring structure removably engaging the bucket by at least a portion of the anchor body being positioned within the channel, the apertures being aligned upon the sidewall to concurrently accept portions of the anchor body while the first and second anchor ends are located in the ambient environment; wherein an anchoring force is exerted upon the anchoring structure in the ambient environment while the anchoring structure is engaged with the bucket, and the anchoring force counteracts a mixing force being exerted upon the bucket by the material being mixed.