Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Borden Ladnar Gervain LLP
  • Patent number: 6482078
    Abstract: A system (1), for shot blasting of a surface, collecting used shot blast media and debris, and separating the debris from the shot blast, has at least one shot blast nozzle (105) with a hood (100) connected to a vacuum hose (110). The system further has a displacement chamber (200) with an inlet connected to the hood by the vacuum hose, an inlet baffle (220), a solid matter collecting and discharging area (205) for receiving solid matter which falls from the gas stream in the displacement chamber, an outlet baffle (225), an outlet (226) for the outgoing gas stream, and a rotary valve (510) for allowing discharge of the solid matter. A first filter unit (300) and a second filter unit (310) are connected to the displacement chamber via a first duct (230). A shot blast media container (600) is connected to a shot blast media feeding hose (120), which is connected to the shot blast nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Inventor: James Pittman