Rotatable Blast Cleaning Conveying Surface and Apparatus

Author:  Charles Perry Elliot
Source:  US Patent 6,062,956
Doc ID:  2000006
Year of Publication:  2000
Abstract:  
A blast cleaning apparatus is provided having a rotatable conveying surface preferably comprising wire mesh. Workpieces are conveyed through the blast cleaning chamber on the rotating conveying surface such that workpieces may be added to and removed from the conveying surface at a single work station by one operator. Also provided is a method for providing a feed tube to a blast cleaning wheel located below the conveyor, wherein the feed tube is passed through a central hole at the axis of rotation of the conveyor.