Roto-finish Company, Inc.

Hammond Machinery, Inc.

Jeremy Paul Hammond

Gary L McNeil

Kyle James Elmblad

Stuart William Quick

A finisher arrangement for surface finishing of parts, including a bowl-type centrifugal finishing device for agitating a mixture of parts and treating media within the bowl, and a handler for loading and unloading the parts/media to and from the bowl, respectively. The finishing device and handler are positioned sidewardly adjacent but on opposite sides of a rotary drive unit which defines a transfer horizontal drive axis. Arm linkages couple each of the finishing device and handler to the drive unit so that each is independently vertically swingable about the drive axis into respective loading and unloading positions.

Finisher with on-board loading and unloading mechanism

A device for finishing workpieces, such as automobile wheels. The device includes a bowl assembly containing polishing media therein, and a drive assembly including a rotatable turret which carries the wheels thereon so that same are orbitally driven through the polishing media. A cam arrangement is provided which essentially continuously adjusts the angle of the wheels relative to the polishing media by pivoting the wheels about respective vertical axes. The device is additionally provided with a vertical drive assembly which allows vertical oscillation of the wheels relative to the media, and the polishing device also permits adjustment of the pitch or rake angle of the wheels relative to the horizontal.

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Portage, MI, United States of America

Jeremy Paul Hammond