Star shot wave tumbler systems
OwnerJohn Pierce, John R. Pierceinventors
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Abstract
A new Star Shot Wave Tumbler System for polishing objects such as jewelry or coins with a simple water, soap and scrubbing tumbler shot solution in a short period of time with a quality polish. The inventive device includes a circular tumbler drum to retain the objects being polished, a stability means preventing undue vibration of the circular tumbler drum, a tumbler rotation means rotating the circular tumbler drum, at least one scrubbing tumbler shot for every two jewelry pieces or every two charms or any combination of two thereof, to polish the object and a wave tumbler member to agitate the objects during polishing.
Claims6
A Star Shot Wave Tumbler System comprising:
- a tumbler encasement body to protect the user;
- a circular tumbler drum inside of the tumbler encasement body;
- a stability means to stabilize the circular tumbler drum;
- a tumbler rotation means rotating the circular tumbler drum;
- a polishing solution inside of the circular tumbler drum;
- a wave tumbling member mounted interiorly of the circular tumbler drum to agitate an object being polished;
- the wave tumbling member includes a wave tumbling member wall having a concentric wave tumbler aperture;
- the circular tumbler drum comprises:
- a first drum enclosing wall attached at one end of the circular tumbler drum;
- a second drum enclosing wall attached to the circular tumbler drum opposite of the first drum enclosing wall retaining the polishing solution;
- a circular support member attached to an interior wall of the second drum enclosing wall for projecting through the wave tumbler aperture for supporting the wave tumbling member;
- an agitator drum surrounds the wave tumbling member to agitate the polishing solution and to retain the object during operation;
- the tumbler rotation means comprises:
- a motor means;
- a motor pulley connected to a drive shaft from the motor means;
- a drive belt engaging the motor pulley;
- a drive gear mounted to the tumbler encasement body engaging the end of the drive belt opposite of the motor pulley;
- a drum drive gear mounted to the center of the first drum enclosing wall engaging the drive gear to increase the rotation speed of the circular tumbler drum;
- the tumbler encasement body includes a tumbler door at one end with a tumbler door latch to allow selective insertion and removal of objects through an opening within the second drum enclosing wall;
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- the polishing solution comprises:
- a liquid;
- a cleaning solution mixed with the liquid;
- and at least one scrubbing tumbler shot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.