Article buffing apparatus and method
OwnerHoward M. Arnesoninventor
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for buffing articles, such as leather goods, silverware and the like. The apparatus includes a container for receiving an article to be buffed. The interior of the container has a buffing material therein and is of a size to permit relative movement of the article and the buffing material so that, when the container is moved about, such as in the drum of a clothes dryer, the article and the buffing material move continuously into frictional engagement with each other causing a buffing action to occur. Several embodiments of the container are disclosed. A clothes dryer can be used for moving the container. In the alternative, a coin operated drum can be provided.
Claims37
Buffing apparatus comprising:
- a container;
- a flexible bag of buffing material for placement into the container, said bag adapted for receiving an article to be buffed, said container adapted to be placed in a shiftable bin and moved about relative to a predetermined reference as the bin is shifted, there being a buffing element for placement in the bag, said element having a buffing material thereon frictionally engageable with the article in the bag, said container being of a size to permit the bag, the article and the element to move relative to container as the container is moved relative to said reference.
Buffing apparatus comparising:
- a container;
- a flexible bag for placement in the container and adapted for receiving an article capable of being buffed, said container having means for mounting the container in a shiftable bin for movement relative to a predetermined reference as the bin is shifted, there being a flexible, hollow element for placement in the bag and having a buffing surface engageable with the article in the bag, said element adapted to receive and contain a weight material, said container being of a size to permit the bag, the element and the article to move relative to the container as the container is moved relative to said reference.
Buffing apparatus comprising:
- a container;
- a flexible bag of buffing material for placement into the container, said bag adapted for receiving an article to be buffed, said container adapted to be placed in a shiftable bin and moved about relative to a predetermined reference as the bin is shifted, there being a buffing element for placement in the bag, said element having a buffing material thereon frictionally engageable with the article in the bag, said container being of a size to permit the bag, the article and the element to move relative to the container as the container is moved relative to said reference, the buffing element comprising a flexible, hollow body having a layer of buffing material covering the outer surface of the body, said body having a hole therein to permit a weight material to be placed in the body, and a plug for closing said hole.
Buffing apparatus comprising:
- A container having a triangular shape and adapted for receiving an article to be buffed, said container adapted to be placed in a shiftable bin and moved about relative to a predetermined reference as the bin is shifted, there being a buffing element in the container, said element having a buffing material thereon frictionally engageable with the article in the container, said container being of a size to permit the article therein to move relative to the buffing element and the container as the container is moved relative to said reference, and means at the corners of the container for releasably attaching the container to the inner surface of a rotary drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.