Patent ID: 8905629
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: B01F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An improved clamp lock for clamping and locking a pair of opposed clamp plates to hold a paint container in a paint mixer of the type having a movable mixing frame, the clamp lock comprising: a handle connected to a lock drive shaft mounted for rotation in a mounting base, the lock drive shaft rotatable to move at least one clamp plate with respect to the other clamp plate; and a locking mechanism having a first toothed wheel and a second toothed wheel, each connected to the lock drive shaft, a first pawl, and a second pawl, each of the first and second pawls movably secured to the mounting base, with one of the first and second pawls having a recess and the other of the first and second pawls having a projection movable into and out of the recess, the locking mechanism positionable to wherein the handle is movable in