Apparatus for treating articles therefor
Abstract
Abstract NOVEL METHOD FOR TREATING ARTICLES, E.G., FINISHING METAL PARTS, BY INTRODUCING THE ARTICLES INTO A TREATING ZONE, IF DESIRED TOGETHER WITH TREATING MATERIAL, MOVING THE ARTICLES IN AN ORBITAL PATH AND, WHILE CONTINUING ORBITAL MOVEMENTS, SUBJECTING THE ARTICLES TO PERIODS OF INCREASED AND DECREASED VELOCITY OF LINEAR PROCESSIONAL MOTION IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF ORBITAL MOTION, THEREBY FACILITATING CONTROL OF DWELL TIME WITHIN THE TREATING ZONE AND FACILITATING DISCHARGE OF ARTICLES FROM THE TREATING ZONE. APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD, E.G., A FINISHING MACHINE, COMPRISING A CURVILINEAR TROUGH, E.G., ANNULAR OR HELICAL, RESILIENTLY MOUNTED FOR VIBRATION, HAVING A VERTICALLY MOUNTED VIBRATORY MOTOR PROVIDED WITH ECCENTRIC WEIGHTS ON ITS SHAFT, AND INCLUDING MEANS FOR CHANGING PHASE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ECCENTRIC WEIGHTS WHILE THE VIBRATORY MOTOR IS IN OPERATION, THEREBY INCREASING AND DECREASING THE LINEAR PROCESSIONAL MOTION ALONG THE CHAMBER FOR ATTAINING THE DESIRED RESULTS ALREADY STATED IS CLAIMED.
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- 👤 Gunther W Balz
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