Traction drive centrifugal finisher
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1. A centrifugal finisher for finishing at least one object, comprising:
- an outer vessel having an inner surface and an axis;
at least one inner vessel inside said outer vessel for containing said at least one object and having an outer surface;
driving means for revolving each said inner vessel around said axis of said outer vessel; and
at least one traction surface of a resilient material for engaging said inner surface of said outer vessel with said outer surface of said inner vessel when each said inner vessel is revolved by said driving means, thereby causing each said inner vessel to rotate.
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Abstract
A centrifugal finisher having an outer vessel and at least one inner vessel includes a traction surface between the inner surface of the outer vessel and the outer surface of each inner vessel. The inner vessels revolve about the axis of the outer vessel, and rotate about their own internal axes. The traction surface permits the outer wall to restrain the inner vessels and simultaneously causes the rotation of the inner vessels through interaction with the outer vessel, which can be stationary or moving at a different rotational speed and/or at a different rotational direction than the part which revolves the inner vessels.
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36 Claims
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1. A centrifugal finisher for finishing at least one object, comprising:
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an outer vessel having an inner surface and an axis; at least one inner vessel inside said outer vessel for containing said at least one object and having an outer surface; driving means for revolving each said inner vessel around said axis of said outer vessel; and at least one traction surface of a resilient material for engaging said inner surface of said outer vessel with said outer surface of said inner vessel when each said inner vessel is revolved by said driving means, thereby causing each said inner vessel to rotate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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12. A centrifugal finisher for finishing at least one object, comprising:
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an outer vessel having an inner surface and an axis; a connection member; at least one inner vessel inside said outer vessel for containing said at least one object and having a base, an arm of flexible material having flexure in one direction located between said base and said connection member, and an outer surface; driving means for revolving each said inner vessel around said axis of said outer vessel; at least one traction surface for engaging said inner surface of said outer vessel with said outer surface of said inner vessel when each said inner vessel is revolved by said driving means, thereby causing each said inner vessel to rotate. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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20. A centrifugal finisher for finishing at least one object, comprising:
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an outer vessel having an inner surface and an axis; at least one inner vessel inside said outer vessel for containing said at least one object and abrasive media and having an outer surface, said abrasive media comprising compressed felt chunks having a particulate coating; driving means for revolving each said inner vessel around said axis of said outer vessel; and at least one traction surface for engaging said inner surface of said outer vessel with said outer surface of said inner vessel when each said inner vessel is revolved by said driving means, thereby causing each said inner vessel to rotate.
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21. A method for finishing at least one object, comprising the steps of:
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loading said at least one object into at least one inner vessel having an outer surface and containing abrasive media, said inner vessel being inside an outer vessel having an inner surface and an axis, and revolving said at least one inner vessel around said axis of said outer vessel so as to engage said inner surface of said outer vessel with said outer surface of said at least one inner vessel at a traction surface of a resilient material, thereby causing said at least one inner vessel to rotate. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. In a process for operating a centrifugal finisher, the steps comprising:
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revolving an inner vessel within an outer vessel; engaging said inner vessel, while revolving the same, with said outer vessel by means of a traction surface of a resilient material on either the outer vessel or the inner vessel, thereby causing said inner vessel to rotate; and establishing a prolate cycloid relationship based on rotational and revolutional movement of the inner and outer vessels such that the relationship is chosen from one where the outer vessel is stationary, is rotating counter to the rotation of the inner vessel, or is rotating in the same direction as the inner vessel. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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