Patent ID: 7059762

Claim:
A shaking apparatus including a driving mechanism, enclosed in a base box with a shaking platform moving in three dimensions, and magnetic holders for liquid containers of various shapes and sizes, the driving mechanism comprising: a vertical fixed shaft with 2 bearings, one fitted on the top and the other to the bottom, being fixed at the center of the bottom of the base box; a generally cylindrical and rotating shaft being fitted to the vertical fixed shaft by 2 bearings on the bottom and the top end of the interior surface; a driven wheel seated and fixed to the bottom end of exterior surface of the rotating shaft; a drive wheel able to drive the driven wheel directly or indirectly attached to a drive shaft of an electrical motor; a circular or elliptical inclined plate with three locating holes, having a high and a low points on opposite sides of the top surface, attached to the top end of the exterior surface of the rotating shaft by 4 screws; a driven disc unit mounted on the inclined plate by three screws or pins, the top side being connected to the fixture of the platform, being fixed on the top of the vertical shaft; and a vertical flexible rubber spring being linked at the bottom to the top side of the base box by an inserted circular plate and at the top to the underside of the platform by another inserted base plate.