Peening apparatus
AssigneeSugino Machine Limited
InventorTaiki Matsui
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Abstract
The peening apparatus includes a processing tank, a table, a moving unit including a nozzle moving device, a quill, a first head having a mounting hole and disposed at a distal end of the quill, a motor and a first spindle exposed from the mounting hole, a nozzle head portion separable from the moving unit and including a second head having a connection port connected to the mounting hole, a connecting shaft connected to the first spindle, a second spindle, a nozzle disposed below the second spindle, a nozzle flow path penetrating inside the second spindle and connected to the nozzle to be opened to an upper end of the second spindle, and a swivel joint disposed at an upper end portion of the second spindle and connected to the nozzle flow path.
Claims20
A peening apparatus, comprising:
- a processing tank having an opening upward and configured to store abrasive particles and processing liquid, the processing tank configured to fluidize the abrasive particles by the processing liquid;
- a table disposed inside the processing tank, a workpiece configured to be placed on the table;
- a moving unit including
- a nozzle moving device,
- a quill disposed on the nozzle moving device,
- a first head having a mounting hole, the first head disposed at a distal end of the quill,
- a motor disposed at a basal end of the quill, and
- a first spindle connected to the motor, the first spindle exposed from the mounting hole to be disposed inside the first head in a rotatable manner about a vertical axis, and
- a nozzle head portion separable from the moving unit, the nozzle head portion including
- a second head having a connection port connected to the mounting hole, the second head disposed on the first head,
- a connecting shaft disposed inside the second head, the connecting shaft connected to the first spindle via the connection port,
- a second spindle connected to the connecting shaft, the second spindle disposed in a rotatable manner about the vertical axis in the second head,
- a nozzle disposed below the second spindle,
- a nozzle flow path passing inside the second spindle to be connected to the nozzle, the nozzle flow path having an opening at an upper end portion of the second spindle, and
- a swivel joint disposed at an upper end portion of the second spindle to be connected to the nozzle flow path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.