Blasting assemblies and vanes thereof
AssigneeIndustrial Associates, LLC
InventorJohn Porter
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Abstract
A vane for insertion into a slot of a wheel of a blasting assembly such that the vane propels media as the wheel is rotated includes a body radially extending between a first vane end and a second vane end, between a first flange and a second flange, and having opposing vane side surfaces. An attachment portion integral with the second flange, the attachment portion configured to be received into the slot, and the attachment portion having a first vane end retaining surface and a second vane end retaining surface that are configured to abut the wheel. The first vane end retaining surface and the second vane end retaining surface are adjacent to each other, the first vane end retaining surface is convex, and the second vane end retaining surface is concave.
Claims20
A blasting assembly comprising:
- a wheel that is rotatable about a first axis, the wheel defining a hole centered about the first axis and at least one radially extending slot that has a first slot end that faces the hole and a second slot end that is opposite the first slot end;
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- a vane configured to be received into each radially extending slot such that each vane is retained in a radially extending slot as the wheel is rotated and configured to propel media, the vane including:
- a body radially extending between a first vane end and a second vane end, the body extending between a first flange and a second flange, and having opposing vane side surfaces;
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- an attachment portion integral with the second flange, the attachment portion configured to be received into the slot, the attachment portion having a first vane end retaining surface and a second vane end retaining surface that abut the second slot end;
- wherein the first vane end retaining surface and the second vane end retaining surface are adjacent to each other, the first vane end retaining surface is convex, and the second vane end retaining surface is concave.
A vane for insertion into a slot of a wheel of a blasting assembly such that the vane propels media as the wheel is rotated, the vane comprising:
- a body radially extending between a first vane end and a second vane end, between a first flange and a second flange, and having opposing vane side surfaces;
- and
- an attachment portion integral with the second flange, the attachment portion configured to be received into the slot, the attachment portion having a first vane end retaining surface and a second vane end retaining surface that are configured to abut the wheel;
- wherein the first vane end retaining surface and the second vane end retaining surface are adjacent to each other, the first vane end retaining surface is convex, and the second vane end retaining surface is concave.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.