Abstract: A belt loading assist apparatus for use in combination with wide abrasive machines wherein the belt loading assist apparatus comprises a generally inverted "U"-shaped support arm which is arranged to be pivotally moved between operative and retracted dispositions. The axis of the support arm is generally coincidental with the axis of the upper guide drum and the support arm has an upper arcuate surface which is substantially coincidental with an outward projection of the surface of the upper guide drum. A support cylinder is provided for releasably retaining the support arm in its operative disposition.

Abstract: The abrasive blast cabinet includes a housing defining a blast chamber, a blast nozzle disposed in the blast chamber and connected to a source of an abrasive blast media for directing a flow of the blast media carried in a stream of air under pressure against a surface of an article to be cleaned, an elongated tubular member supported by the housing front wall and having an inner end portion located inside the blast chamber in the vicinity of a work place for the article and an outer end portion including a viewing port through which an operator located outside the blast chamber can direct his or her line of sight through the interior of the tubular member and observe the article in the work place, a conduit or stack open to the atmosphere and connected in fluid communication with the interior of the tubular member, and ventilation means, such as an exhaust fan, for removing from the blast chamber blast media dispersed therein and for drawing ambient air through the stack and the tubular member and dischargin

Abstract: A method for internally cleaning a powder-carrying hose conduit of an electrostatic powder coating system between changes in powder color. A granule/air stream is conducted through the hose to be cleaned, and the granules are returned for re-use after they emerge from the hose.

Abstract: A belt grinding device for an endless abrasive belt which can be fitted to a power tool such as an angle grinder. The drive wheel 5 is centered on, and driven by, the drive shaft of the tool by way of a tapered insert or tapered nut engaging the drive shaft and a corresponding tapered centered hole of the drive wheel. The idler wheel 2 is axially located parallel to a square sectioned rigid structure 1 by a spring loaded telescopic portion and by a pair of sandwiched sliding plates 15 and 16.

Abstract: A handy knife sharpener comprising two symmetric side frames connected together to hold two crossed abrasive rods therein for sharpening cutting tools, wherein the peripheral edge thereof comprises a hand-hold portion at one end for comfortable and positive grip, a bevel slot at the top for supporting and guiding the knife to be sharpened, a sloping surface portion at an opposite end at right angle relative to said bevel slot for stopping against the ground of a work table. The position of each abrasive rod can be changed once it is worn at a fixed area on the peripheral grinding surface thereof.

Abstract: The instrument to be ground is positioned lying on the brackets of a support, with its longitudinal axis horizontal and parallel to the plane of a base plate of the apparatus. A grinding stone, mounted on a carrier arranged in such manner as to be able to slide on the base plate is moved opposite the end of the blade of the instrument while rubbing lightly against the cutting face of this blade, thus acting to grind that face. The inclination of the grinding stone is adjustable according to the configuration of the instrument, a dial clinometer enabling this inclination to be checked and to determine it as a function of indications which will be furnished, to this end, by the manufacturer of the instrument.

Abstract: The method disclosed is for treating an article, i.e., polishing an article, of the type with a rotating vessel where the article to be treated is fastened in relation to the vessel. To enable the article to be treated to be placed in position without the need to remove the particles from the vessel, the article is moved between a loading and unloading position, where the article is outside the mass of particles, and a working position, where it is subjected to the action of the particles to polish and strip pieces of furniture.

Abstract: An elongated portable frame is provided including front and rear ends and a mid-length laterally outwardly projecting tubular handle for containing a battery pack. The front end of the frame journals a saw blade therefrom and the saw blade is driven by an electric motor supported from the frame. A pair of rearwardly retractable jaws are disposed on opposite sides of the forward periphery of the saw blade and are opposed by a rearwardly retractable jaw structure disposed forwardly of the forward limit positions of movement of the jaw members and an actuator for the jaw structure is disposed immediately forward of the handle for engagement and rearward displacement by the forefinger of a hand encircling the handle, whereby the jaw structure may be shifted rearwardly to initially clamp a work piece to be cut between the jaws and the jaw structure and thereafter utilized to rearwardly advance the work piece to be cut relative to the saw blade.

Abstract: An abrasive cleaning machine specifically constructed for cleaning pipes. The machine is mounted on an elevated portion of a previously buried pipe and is moved along the pipe to effect cleaning of the pipe. The machine basically includes a simple housing which carries a plurality of blast wheels specifically positioned to provide a frustoconical curtain of abrasive particles through which the pipe being cleaned passes. Suitable wear plates are provided to prevent undue wear on adjacent parts of the cleaning machine. Spent abrasive particles and removed material are collected at the bottom of the cleaning machine in a collection trough through which there runs a lower run of an endless belt. The belt is of a wire mesh construction so that abrasive particles and removed material freely passes through the belt. The belt carries buckets which are so configurated that when the buckets reach a top horizontal run of the belt, the collected materials within the bucket are discharged from the bucket through the belt.

Abstract: A chain saw sharpener including a base plate; a clamp affixed to the base plate for holding the bar of a chain saw in vertical orientation; a tubular guide member affixable on the base plate at a selected angle relative to the clamp and hence the chain saw; a file carriage provided with a top rod insertible into the guide member for reciprocal and rotational movement relative thereto and an underlying bottom rod having a pair of downwardly depending file support members for giving support to both ends of the file; and a circular file rotatably mounted within the support members. A handle affixed to the file permits full foxibility and positioning of the sharpener in relation to the teeth to be sharpened. The top rod of the file carriage is provided with a free end for convenient insertion and removal from the file guide.

Abstract: The present invention is a golf cup cutter sharpener. The sharpener consists of one or more grinding wheels affixed in a rigid housing. The grinding wheels are cylindrical metal elements covered by a removable, and thus replaceable, abrasive surface. The wheels are belt driven, and powered by a standard electrical motor. The grinding wheels are aligned according to the geometry of the sharpener. The angle of the wheels is chosen so as to provide the proper angle of grinding to create a sharp cutting edge. If two wheels are utilized, the wheels are positioned to contact two non-adjacent scallops of the sharpener. A mandrel holds the cup cutter in place while the sharpening operation is taking place.