Multi-drum gem tumbler
OwnerRoy W. McFaddeninventor
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Abstract
A motor driven, slowly turning and horizontally disposed rotary support shaft is provided and a hollow tubular receiver is supported from the shaft for rotation therewith. The receiver is positioned in spaced relation outwardly of one side of the shaft and extends longitudinally of the latter. A resilient deformable drum is removably supported within the receiver and the drum includes an access opening for the entrance of stones to be tumbled into the drum and the discharge of tumbled stones therefrom, a removable closure being provided for the access opening. A plurality of tubular receivers and associated resilient drums may be supported from and spaced about the shaft and the shaft is of a length to have a plurality of sets of circumferentially spaced receivers and associated drums spaced longitudinally of the shaft.
Claims4
A gem tumbler including a motor driven, slowly turning horizontal support shaft, a plurality of hollow receivers supported from and spaced about said shaft for rotation therewith, a plurality of cylindrical, deformable and resilient drums removably and snugly received within said receivers and supported therefrom against deformation, said drums generally paralleling said shaft and including means defining access openings therein for the entrance of material to be tumbled in said drums and the discharge of tumbled material therefrom, a removable closure for each of said access openings, said shaft including a plurality of outwardly offset support shank portions extending longitudinally thereof with each shank portion having at least one free end, said receivers including sleeve means removably endwise telescoped over said free ends of said support shank portions and releasably anchored thereto.
The combination of claim (1) wherein each of said receivers comprises a hollow cylindrical body in which the corresponding drum is received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.