Electrolytic shaping apparatus

Claim 1

AN ELECTROLYTIC APPARATUS FOR SHAPING AN ELECTRICALLY CHARGED WORKPIECE, COMPRISING IN COMBINATIN, A HOUSING INCLUDING BEARING MEANS, A LONGITUDINALLY BORED DRIVING SPINDLE ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BY THE BEARING MEANS, SAID SPINDLE HAVING A WORKING END AND A TAIL END, A SHAPING WHEEL FIXED TO THE WORKING END OF THE SPINDLE FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, SAID WHEEL HAVING A WORKING FACE OPERATIVE UPON THE CHARGED WORKPIECE, MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY CHARGING THE SHAPING WHEEL WITH A CURRENT POLARITY OPPOSITE TO THAT OF THE WORKPIECE, MEANS FOR DIRECTING ELECTROLYTIC FLUID TO THE WORKPIECE THROUGH THE LONGITUDINAL BORE OF THE SPINDLE, AND MEANS AT THAT END OF THE BORE WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE WORKING END OF THE SPINDLE, FOR CENTRIFUGING ELECTROLYTIC FLUID FROM THE BORE OUTWARDLY TOWARD THE WORKING FACE OF THE SHAPING WHEEL AS THE SPINDLE ROTATES, WHEREIN SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS COMPRISED A DISC ROTATABLE WIHT THE SPINDLE AND HAVING A PERIPHERAL EDGE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE WORKING FACE OF THE SHAPING WHEEL.