Vibratory finishing equipment
AssigneeUltramatic Equipment Company
InventorAchille K. Ferrara
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Abstract
Vibratory finishing equipment including a cylindrical drum having its axis set horizontally. The drum is resiliently mounted on a base. The base is equipped so that the drum can be tilted at a desired angle. The vibrators are mounted in an upper quadrant of the drum. The position of the vibrators in the upper quadrant of the cylindrical drum provides a unique combination of rotary, lateral and longitudinal motion which assures that all of the pieceparts are properly finished by the media within the drum.
Claims12
Vibratory finishing equipment for finishing pieceparts,
- said vibratory finishing equipment comprising a cylindrical container having its longitudinal axis in a horizontal plane,
- said container having circular walls, an input end and a discharge end,
- axial motion inducing means for inducing axial motion of the contents from the input end to the discharge end when the container is vibrated,
- vibration inducing means for causinng the container to vibrate,
- said vibration inducing means mounted on said circular walls at only either one of the upper quadrants of said cylindrical container where the upper quadrants are above the horizontal plane, no part of said vibration inducing means being located on or below the horizontal plane, and
- said vibration inducing means agitating the container to cause the pieceparts and media to be actuated to the maximum rotatable motion in the vicinity of the vibration inducing means and to the minimum rotatable motion on the side of the container directly opposite said vibration inducing means whereby a maximum circular motion is obtained in the vicinity of the vibration inducing means and a minimum circular motion is obtained at the bottom of said container opposite the vibration inducing means.
The vibratory finishing equipment of claim 9 wherein means are provided for independently varying the weights of each of said shafts to thereby change the amplitude of vibration of said container.
Vibratory finishing equipment for finishing pieceparts,
- said vibratory finishing equipment comprising a closed drum-like container having cylindrical walls forming a circle-like cross section,
- said container mounted with its longitudinal axis being approximately horizontal,
- input aperture means on one end of said container for placing media and pieceparts in said container,
- discharge aperture means in a bottom quadrant of said circle-like cross section at the side of the other end of said container for enabling the removal of the media and the pieceparts,
- vibration inducing means mounted in only one of the upper quadrants of the circle-like cross section of said container where the upper quadrants are above a horizontal plane through the center line of the container for applying a force to the container to cause said container to vibrate and to move the contents of the container along the length of the container from the input aperture means to the discharge aperture means in a spiral motion with the pieceparts and media having a maximum rotatable motion in the said one upper quadrant and a minimum rotatable motion at the opposite quadrant, and
- the other end of said container containing the discharge aperture being rotatable for varying the height of said discharge aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.