Work carrier for abrasive cleaning arrangements

Claim 1

A work carrier in combination with an abrasive cleaning station, said work carrier comprising a housing, means for supporting said housing, translatory means for moving said support means in a forward direction, means for rotating said housing and work carried thereby, a plurality of generally vertical work engaging arms, each arm having a hook-like projection at one end for engaging work and an offset extension at the other end, said housing having a plurality of ledges, each of said offset extensions being in loose pivotable engagement with a respective ledge, an actuation member disposed in said housing, said arms being disposed between said actuation member and said ledge, a spindle connected to said actuation member for selectively moving said arms outwardly away from each other into a work engaging position and inwardly toward each other into a work releasing position, a spindle casing, said spindle being connected to said spindle casing for rotation therewith and for relative vertical movement within and with respect to said casing, said abrasive cleaning station having abrasive cleaning means therein, and a sprocket chain for causing said rotation means to be operative while the work is in said cleaning station.