Polisher

Claim 1

POLISHING APPARATUS COMPRISING A ROTARY CARRIER MEMBER, CONNECTOR MEANS FOR ATTACHING SAID CARRIER MEMBER TO A ROTARY POWER OPERATED TOOL IN A RELATION TO BE DRIVEN BY THE TOOL ROTATABLY ABOUT A FIRST AXIS, SAID CONNECTOR MEANS COMPRISING THREADS ON SAID CARRIER MEMBER CENTERED ABOUT SAID FIRST AXIS AND DETACHABLY CONNECTABLE TO A THREADED DRIVE ELEMENT OF SAID POWER TOOL, A PAD FORMED OF FLEXIBLE REGENERATED CELLULOSE SPONGE MATERIAL, AND MEANS MOUNTING SAID PAD TO SAID CARRIER MEMBER FOR ROTATION THEREWITH ABOUT SAID FIRST AXIS AND FOR ROTATION RELATIVE TO THE CARRIER MEMBER ABOUT A SECOND AXIS EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO BUT OFFSET FROM SAID FIRST AXIS, SAID PAD HAVING A WORK ENGAGING SURFACE AT WHICH SAID REGENERATED CELLULOSE SPONGE MATERIAL IS EXPOSED FOR DIRECT RUBBING CONTACT WITH A WORK PIECE, SAID REGENERATED CELLULOSE SPONGE MATERIAL HAVING PORES EXTENDING INTO THE MATERIAL OF THE PAD AT SAID SURFACE FOR CONTAINING A POLISHING SUBSTANCE OR THE LIKE IN CONTACT WITH THE WORK PIECE DURING SAID RUBBING ACTION, THE PERIPHERY OF SAID PAD BEING DEFINED BY AN OUTER EDGE THEREOF, SAID PAD BEING LARGE ENOUGH THAT SAID OUTER EDGE IS SPACED LATERALLY FROM SAID SECOND AXIS A RADIAL DISTANCE SEVERAL TIMES AS GREAT AS THE LATERAL SPACING OF SAID FIRST AXIS FROM SAID SECOND AXIS.