Apparatus and process for vibratory finishing of parts
AssigneeMermark, Inc.
InventorsR. Steven Marcus, Richard N. Mercurio
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Abstract
This invention provides apparatus and processes for vibratory finishing of parts wherein the parts are attached to a vibrating head which has internal vibrating mechanism and mechanism for transmitting power to the vibrating mechanism in the vibrating head, then the vibrating head with the parts attached is submerged in the media and the parts vibrated to accomplish the desired finishing. This invention eliminates the necessity for any portion of the vibratory finishing apparatus to vibrate except for that portion which is submerged in the media, namely the vibrating head and attached parts, which is submerged in the media. The finishing provided by this invention is fast, quiet, efficient, effective and versatile.
Claims8
Apparatus for finishing preformed parts in finishing media comprising:
- a container for the media;
- a vibrating head which:
- (a) has means on the exterior thereof for attaching the parts to the head whereby the parts are vibrated when the head vibrates;
- and
- (b) has internal means for vibrating the head;
- and
- means for introducing the head into the container to submerge at least part of the head and the attached parts in the media and for removing the head and attached parts from the media;
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- means for transmitting power to the internal vibrating means in the vibrating head.
A process for finishing preformed parts in finishing media comprising:
- attaching the parts to a vibrating head having internal means for vibrating the head and the parts;
- submerging at least part of the vibrating head and the attached parts to be finished into the media;
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- providing power to the internal means for vibrating the head, whereby the vibrating head and attached parts are vibrated while submerged in the media to thereby finish the parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.