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MECHANICAL EXFOLIATION APPARATUS

  • US 20130260152A1
  • Filed: 03/30/2012
  • Published: 10/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for mechanically exfoliating particulate material with a basil plane, said apparatus comprising in combination:

  • i. a support frame;

    ii. a motor mount;

    iii. a motor mounted on said motor mount, said motor having a drive shaft, said drive shaft having a driven flywheel mounted thereon;

    iv. said support frame having a non-stationary plate surmounted thereon by mounted shock absorbers, said non-stationary plate having a front end and a back end, said non-stationary plate having rigidly surmounted thereonv. a processor assembly comprising;

    a main drive shaft having two ends extending through drive shaft mounts, said main drive shaft comprising a flywheel between said ends of said main drive shaft;

    one or more cams on said main drive shaft, and a fastening means on each end of said main drive shaft to maintain said main drive shaft in said drive shaft mounts;

    vi. a canister carrier mounted on each cam, said canister carrier comprising;

    a hub, wherein said hub has an external surface mounted cradle and an internal flat surface supporting bearings;

    vii. a stabilizer drive mechanism, said stabilizer drive mechanism comprising;

    a ring gear driven by a pinion gear,a secondary drive shaft surmounted on said non-stationary flat plate, said secondary drive shaft being mounted in secondary drive shaft mounts, surmounted on said non-stationary flat plate;

    said secondary drive shaft having at least three first drive wheels;

    viii. a drive link connecting each said first drive wheel with an aligned second drive wheel.

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