Patents Assigned to Toyota Jidousha Hokkaidou Kabushikikaisha
  • Patent number: 6962522
    Abstract: A barrel polishing device for polishing a workpiece having a relatively complicated shape such as a vehicle wheel. The barrel polishing device comprises a polishing medium storage tank for storing polishing media, a base, a workpiece supporting shaft mounted on the base, and a workpiece detachably mounted on a tip part of the workpiece supporting shaft, the polishing media stored in the polishing medium storage tank being flowed by an appropriate means, and the workpiece supporting shaft being disposed so that a front side of the workpiece opposes the flow of the polishing media, the workpiece supporting shaft being rotated about an axis thereof, and a baffle member being placed in the vicinity of a back side of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignees: BBF Yamate Corporation, Toyota Jidousha Hokkaidou Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Kawasaki, Naomichi Otani, Kazuo Yamaguchi, Akira Yokoyama