Vibratory finishing machine having a tub with elongated troughs
AssigneeRosemont Industries, Inc.
InventorCurtis O. Majors
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Abstract
A surface finishing vibratory apparatus and method for using such to simultaneously surface finish a plurality of elongated parts with loose particulate finishing media. The apparatus includes a single tub having a plurality of transversely disposed longitudinally extending troughs wherein the troughs are isolated from each other such that finishing media and the workpieces placed in each trough cannot move to another trough during the surface finishing process. The troughs mat use fixed or removable compartment walls that divide one or more of the troughs into separate isolated compartments to use for shorter workpieces.
Claims9
A vibratory finishing apparatus for surface finishing a plurality of workpieces with suitable finishing media, said apparatus comprising;
- a tub comprising a tub liner disposed over and supported by a skeletal tub frame;
- said tub liner having an open top and a transversely disposed plurality of longitudinally extending elongated troughs open to said top;
- said troughs having upwardly extending side walls at longitudinal ends of each of said troughs;
- a vibratory means operable for generating a vibratory motion in the finishing media when it is disposed within said troughs, said vibratory means comprising at least one tub vibrating means suitably mounted to said tub frame and at least one motor means drivingly connected to said tub vibrating means;
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- an isolating means for preventing the workpieces from moving from one of said troughs to another of said troughs, said isolating means comprising said troughs having U-shaped cross-sections with longitudinally extending trough walls extending upwardly from a generally semi-circular trough bottom and said side walls extending upwardly to said open top of said tub liner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.