Apparatus for surface treatment of discrete workpieces
US4757647A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 28, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G35/00
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for deburring or other surface treatment of workpieces has a tubular housing with a set of axially parallel flexible, elastic or rigid rod- or wire-like components which define gaps and whose end portions are separately affixed to driven rotary end walls. The end walls wobble in synchronism with one another so as to move the components longitudinally while the components orbit about the axis of the receptacle. The workpieces which are admitted into one end of the receptacle are agitated and rotated as a result of rotation of the receptacle and move toward the other end of the receptacle due to reciprocation of components in parallelism with the axis of the receptacle. One or more nozzles admit jets of flames, solid, liquid and/or gaseous media which penetrate through the gaps between the components of the receptacle and treat the workpieces.
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