Portable sand blasting cabinet and accessory end caps
OwnerWilliam A. Williams, Thomas H. Church, Jr.inventors
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Abstract
A portable, self-contained sand blaster including a cabinet and accessory end caps. The caps include a solid end wall, an extension box for treating larger parts in the cabinet, a softboot with drawstring closure affixed about parts to be treated, and a softboot with a magnetic opening for attachment to rusted, relatively flat surfaces. The base is wheeled and has controls, a vacuum for dust, a sand supply, and a blast cabinet on top; the base includes connectors for hookup to electric power and a source of compressed air. A media filter screens out rust particles form the media.
Claims13
A portable sand blasting cabinet comprising:
- a base;
- a sand blasting cabinet having generally vertical walls mounted on said base;
- a media supply chamber beneath said cabinet, for holding a quantity of recyclable sandblasting media therein;
- a sandblasting gun adapted for use in said cabinet;
- means for connection of said gun to a source of compressed air;
- glove ports defined in a vertical wall of said cabinet;
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- an interchangeable end wall on said cabinet.
A kit of sandblasting cabinet interchangeable end walls comprising;
- a solid end wall wherein the cabinet functions as a regular sand blasting cabinet;
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- an interchangeable end wall selected from the group consisting of a drawstring softboot end wall, a magnetic softboot end wall, and a solid, extended length box.
An interchangeable end wall structure for a sandblasting cabinet comprising:
- a softboot end cap with two open ends, a first open end dimensioned and configured to close sealingly against a sandblasting cabinet chamber, and a second open end dimensioned and configured to be positioned about a workpiece to be sandblasted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.