Housing for blast wheel
OwnerBernard F. McDadeinventor
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Abstract
A housing for a blast wheel has front and rear walls supported from a base plate, and openable end walls for providing access to the blast wheel. The top is also openable, but the top may be only slightly opened to allow the end walls to be fully opened for easy access to the blast wheel and the housing liners. Each of the walls, and the top, has a one-piece liner, all of which can be changed through the ends of the housing. Latches selectively latch the end walls to the front and rear walls, and selectively latch the top to the end walls. The top and end liners rest on the edges of the front and rear wall liners so removal and replacement is very simple.
Claims7
In a housing for a blast wheel, said housing containing a blast wheel, drive means received by said housing for driving the blast wheel, and feed means for feeding shot into said housing, said housing including a front wall carrying said feed means, a rear wall receiving said drive means therethrough, opposed end walls connecting said front and rear walls, and a top engaging all said walls, the improvement comprising a base plate receiving said housing thereon, said end walls being selectively removable from said housing, each end wall of said opposed end walls including a hinge at its lower edge hinging said end wall to said base plate, and latch means for selectively latching said end wall to said front and rear walls.
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