Continuous finishing and polishing machine

Claim 1

A FINISHING AND POLISHING MACHINE COMPRISING A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING TROUGH ADAPTED TO RECEIVE FINISHING OR POLISHING MATERIAL AND THE PIECES TO BE FINISHED OR POLISHED AND HAVING A RECEIVING END AND A DISCHARGE END AND A SEMI-CYLINDRICAL ROUNDED BOTTOM EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE TROUGH AND A VIBRATOR COMPRISING A MOTOR MOUNTED DIRECTLY ON SAID TROUGH HAVING A ROTOR WITH ITS AXIS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY AND PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID ROUNDED BOTTOM AND CARRYING A WEIGHT DISPOSED ECCENTRICALLY TO THE AXIS OF SAID VIBRATOR AND ADAPTED TO ROTATE ECCENTRICALLY ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID VIBRATOR TO IMPART ROTARY VIBRATIONS TO SAID TROUGH AND ITS CONTENTS AND TO THEREBY IMPART AN ORBITAL MOTION TO THE CONTENTS OF SAID TROUGH AROUND A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING AXIS, SAID TROUGH AND VIBRATOR BEING SUPPORTED AS A UNIT FOR FREE MOVEMENT IN SPACE, SAID TROUGH HAVING FIXED ADJACENT THE BOTTOM THEREOF A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY TRANSVERSE GUIDING VANES EACH DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE TO THE AXIS OF SAID TROUGH WITH ONE END CLOSER TO SAID DISCHARGE END THAN THE OTHER WHEREBY AS ROTARY VIBRATIONS AND MOVEMENT ARE IMPARTED TO SAID TROUGH AND ITS CONTENTS, SAID CONTENTS MOVE FROM THE RECEIVING END TO THE DISCHARGE END OF SAID TROUGH.