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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7670207 | Impeller for feeding blasting shots into a centrifugal wheel An impeller (2) for feeding blasting shots, which are to be accelerated, into the centrifugal wheel of a blasting installation, the impeller (2) being arranged in the central region of the centrifugal wheel inside a distributing sleeve (1) which... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7311584 | Abrasive throwing wheel and improved blade assembly A throwing wheel comprising a mounting element having a central axis with a plurality of blades connected to the mounting element. Each of the blades has an inner end, a first portion of the inner end and a second portion of the inner end. A plurality of locking mec... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7182671 | Blasting apparatus and blasting method The present invention provides a lasting apparatus which is provided with an ejection device, which ejects blast media, and a recovery device, which sucks and recovers ejected and used blast media, on a traveling carriage, ejects the blast media to a surface to be t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 6981910 | Throwing wheel assembly A throwing wheel assembly including a rotatable wheel and one or more throwing blades each removably positionable on the face of the wheel in a throwing position, the throwing blades having holding structures projecting therefrom and the improvement comprising one o... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6971947 | Airless blaster arrangement An airless blaster arrangement (100) for the surface treatment of objects with blasting agents, comprising an airless blaster (10) consisting of several radially arranged thrower blades (11) which are secured to at least one side disk (14... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6971940 | Illuminated flying disc An illuminated flying disc may have adapted to attach a light source to the disc in the area of the rim in a manner that may have no substantial effect on the aerodynamic qualities of the device and is sufficient to hold the light source in place while throwing and ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6949014 | Control cage for abrasive blast wheel A control cage for an abrasive blasting wheel includes a housing forming an interior chamber, a blast media outlet positioned in the housing, and a channel formed in an inner side of the housing. A distribution device for an abrasive blasting wheel includes an impel... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6921313 | Illuminated flying toy An illuminated flying toy with an improved propeller that can bring the flying toy to high altitude. The illuminated flying toy provides a dazzling and fantastic effect when played at night. The illuminated flying toy mainly contains a propeller and a launcher. The ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6843710 | Device for feeding blasting shots into a centrifugal wheel The invention relates to a device for feeding blasting shots into the central area of a centrifugal wheel (1) in a shot blasting system via a feed pipe (3), whereby a distributing bushing (7) comprising a distributing opening (8) is provi... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6835123 | Centrifugal projecting machine A centrifugally projecting apparatus is provided to allow a liner to be easily exchanged, to prevent projecting members from projecting through the connected parts of the liner components, and to prevent an impeller cover from being abraded. The apparatus comprises ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6764390 | Centrifugal throwing vane An improved vane for use with a centrifugal throwing apparatus. The vane has a convex leading surface and flared edges to provide a consistent, broad blast pattern and improved vane wear characteristics. In one embodiment, the vane includes a pickup end, a discharge... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6692340 | Blast wheel housing A blast wheel housing comprising front and rear walls, a pair of end walls integrally joined along adjacent edges to the front and rear walls, a top secured to the upper edges of the walls, an opening formed in the front wall, an access door hingedly conn... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6478662 | Descaler/finisher for elongated or continuous stock materials A device for cleaning stock material, such as wire, rod, or tubing, comprises two separate blast chambers, each blast chamber adapted for receiving abrasive projected by two blast wheels. Each blast wheel creates a blast zone in the blast chamber through ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6447378 | Abrasive throwing wheel and abrasive throwing blade There is provided a blast wheel assembly comprising an abrasive throwing wheel and a plurality of throwing blades evenly spaced axially on the wheel. The wheel has a central opening, an outer periphery, and a plurality of channels therein for receipt of t... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6244940 | Blasting device for cleaning a wall In a blasting device, the blasting agent is thrown against the wall to be cleaned. The blasting agent and the dirt removed from the wall are collected in the bottom of the blasting unit in a collection chamber and conveyed by a conveyor to a separation ch... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6126516 | Centrifugal blasting apparatus A centrifugal blasting apparatus is configured to deliver friable media without destroying a large percentage of the delivered media. The centrifugal blasting apparatus includes a compressed air feed system that intermixes and fluidizes blast media with c... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6126525 | Oscillating control cage for a blast wheel A blast surface treating machine utilizes a control cage featuring an inlet and an outlet that is positioned with its outlet within the central space of the machine blast wheel. A hopper supplies particulate material to the control cage inlet. A rotating ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5975985 | Automated surface treatment apparatus having current monitoring means An apparatus and associated method are disclosed for the treatment of a surface through the projection of an abrading material against the surface. The abrading material is fed from a hopper to a centrifugal blast wheel which projects the abrading materia... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5888125 | Abrasive blast wheel with improved serviceability In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, an abrasive blast wheel is assembled for cleaning work pieces with abrasive materials. The blast wheel assembly is simplified by securing the blades about the impeller by inserting them into slots... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5863240 | Resilient lifter for wire coil blast cleaning apparatus The present invention relates to an improved blast cleaning apparatus for cleaning coiled wire with abrasive cleaning material. A prior art apparatus for blast cleaning wires comprises an elongated boom provided with annular splitters for longitudinal sep... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5846124 | Centrifugal abrasive grain projecting device A centrifugal abrasive grain projecting device is disclosed. The device includes a cover main body (2) covering an impeller (1), a hollow cylindrical body (6) rotatably mounted on the external surface of a side wall of the cover main body, a control cage ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5782676 | Resilient lifter for wire coil blast cleaning apparatus The present invention relates to an improved lifter for a blast cleaning apparatus for cleaning coiled wire with abrasive cleaning material. A prior art apparatus for blast cleaning wires comprises an elongated boom provided with annular splitters for lon... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5779524 | Adjustable cage assembly for mobile surface abrading apparatus An adjustable cage assembly for selectively varying the path of abrasive in an abrasive blast swath produced by a mobile surface abrading apparatus. The adjustable cage assembly operates in cooperation with a rotable wheel having multiple, radially-extend... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5769693 | Impeller wheel An impeller wheel has at least one lateral disk and an impeller cage connected centrally on a first face of the lateral disk. Blasting material to be distributed with the impeller wheel is introduced in an axial feeding direction into a central area of th... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5759091 | Abrasive throwing wheel assemblies An abrasive throwing wheel assembly comprises a throwing wheel having parallel annular side plates (29) joined by spacers with the facing surfaces of the side plates having angularly-spaced registering throwing blade locating slots (30) and throwing blade... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5720651 | Illuminated non-motor powered flying device A non-motor powered flying device of the type designed to be thrown, kicked, hit, or otherwise propelled by the user, includes a lighting arrangement in the form of a super-thin lighting element such as an electro-luminescent or photo-luminescent strip or... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5702289 | Anti-gravity blast cleaning A shot peening method and apparatus enables low intensity peening at a velocity which is equal to or less than the minimum velocity required to assure conveyance of the media through the transport hose in pneumatic systems or the minimum velocity necessar... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5688162 | Blast wheels and cages for blast wheels A blast wheel assembly has a bladed rotor and an impeller which rotate together. A cage has an axial and angular wall including an aperture through which in use particulate material passes. The cross section of the aperture is irregular to control the uni... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5577953 | Abrasive throwing wheel assemblies An abstract throwing wheel assembly comprises a throwing wheel having parallel annular side plates (29) joined by spacers with the facing surfaces of the side plates having angularly-spaced registering throwing blade locating slots (30) and throwing blade... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5498197 | Hand-held blast cleaning machine A hand-held blast cleaning machine having a motor which serves as a handle. The machine includes a blast assembly for propelling abrasive material against a surface and a hopper for supplying abrasive material to the blast assembly. The blast assembly has... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5476412 | Blade and wheel plate for blast cleaning wheel and method of connecting a blade to the wheel plate This invention relates to a method of releasably connecting a blade to a single wheel plate of a centrifugal blasting wheel without using a separate stop-member to prevent outward radial movement of the blade. An alternative method of releasably connectin... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5472369 | Centrifugal accelerator, system and method for removing unwanted layers from a surface A cryoblasting process having a centrifugal accelerator for accelerating frozen pellets of argon or carbon dioxide toward a target area utilizes an accelerator throw wheel designed to induce, during operation, the creation of a low-friction gas bearing wi... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5441443 | Apparatus for blast cleaning surfaces disposed at angles within 45 degrees of vertical A blast cleaning machine which gravity feeds abrasive material when blasting at positions from angularly upward to angularly downward. The machine includes a housing, a blast assembly, a motor for rotatably driving the blast assembly and a hopper. The hou... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5386668 | Blasting plant having blast wheels above and below for blasting elongated workpieces A blasting plant for elongated components, such as girders, welded structures, etc., has a blast cabinet, a conveyor for conveying the components through the blast cabinet and centrifugal blast wheels positioned below and above the same and whose blast me... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5209024 | Inexpensive abrasive blast wheel This relates to an inexpensive blast wheel for applying abrasive particles to work pieces to be cleaned. The blast wheel provides a simple arrangement for supporting vanes in the form of a hub having a bowl shaped portion in which bases of vanes are seate... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5092084 | Method and apparatus for removing coatings from plastic laminates Abrasive method for the removal of coatings, such as paint, decorative films, overlays and the like from plastic surfaces, especially plastic laminates. The method operates by utilizing an impeller wheel which is movable at a substantially constant distan... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5090162 | Surface treating apparatus A mobile surface treating apparatus having a plurality of nonvertically aligned debris removal means. The apparatus comprises a housing supported on a wheeled platform. An opening in the bottom of the housing defines the area of the surface to be treated.... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5081801 | Blasting wheel apparatus and blades therefor The invention provides a blasting wheel apparatus having a wheel with a plurality of like blade elements having generally an "I" shape in cross section including a base having a hooking member at one end and a lug at the opposite end thereof extending dow... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5076028 | Housing for blast wheel A housing for a blast wheel has front and rear walls supported from a base plate, and openable end walls for providing access to the blast wheel. The top is also openable, but the top may be only slightly opened to allow the end walls to be fully opened f... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5024028 | Airless blast cleaning wheel and housing An improved airless blast cleaning wheel and housing. The improved cleaning wheel utilizes axially loaded blade holding slots which, through centrifugal force, as the wheel is rotated secure replaceable impeller blades without the use of spring retainers ... | 06/18/1991 |
