CA1111255A - Drum for sanding belt - Google Patents

Drum for sanding belt

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CA1111255A
CA1111255A CA329,239A CA329239A CA1111255A CA 1111255 A CA1111255 A CA 1111255A CA 329239 A CA329239 A CA 329239A CA 1111255 A CA1111255 A CA 1111255A
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sanding belt
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Edward H. Phillips
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24DTOOLS FOR GRINDING, BUFFING OR SHARPENING
    • B24D9/00Wheels or drums supporting in exchangeable arrangement a layer of flexible abrasive material, e.g. sandpaper
    • B24D9/02Expansible drums for carrying flexible material in tubular form, e.g. expanded by centrifugal force

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Abstract

DRUM FOR SANDING BELT
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A drum adapted to be coupled to the chuck of a hand drill for mounting a sanding belt for rotation.
The drum is of one-piece construction and has a cen-tral, imperforate web integral with flexible flanges on the outer periphery of the web. The web and flanges are formed from a resilient material, to that the web can expand or stretch and the flanges can flex under centrifugal force to increase the frictional engagement between the web and flanges and the inner surface of a sanding belt on the drum. In one form of the drum, the flanges have a pair of continuous ribs at respective side extremities thereof. This drum is adapted for use with a cylindrical sanding belt having a pair of axially spaced annular shoulders on the inner surface thereof, the ribs being adapted to engage the shoulders to prevent axial movement of the belt on the drum. Another embodiment of the drum is free of such ribs and is adapted to be used with a sanding belt which may have abrasive on both the inner and outer surfaces thereof.

Description

This lnvention relates to improvement in the mounting of sanding bel-ts for rotation and, more particu-larly to an improved drum for coupling a sanding belt to a drive motor, such as a hand-hel~ drill.
Rotary drums for sanding belts have been used in the pa~t but, Eor the most part, they are made up of several parts and require assembly which adds to production costs.
Also, a major drawback of drums previously made for this purpose is the relatively short operating life, requiring replacement and adding to the overall cost of sanding operations. Because of these drawbacks, a need has arisen for an improved drum for sanding belts wherein the drum is of simple and rugged construction, has a long operating life, and can be produced at minimal cost.
The present invention satisfies the aforesaid need by providing a drum of a one-piece construction. The clrum is formed from a moldable, resilient material which has a long useful operating life and does not need replacement except at relatively infrequent intervals.
To this end, the drum comprises a central, imper-forate web integral with a pair of outer peripheral flanges provided with a cylindrical outer surface. The drum is formed from a resilient material, such as natural rubber, so that, when the drum is rotated at a high speed, the web will expand or stretch radially outwardly and the flanges will - flex radially outwardly under centrifugal force. This will cause the web . .
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I and flange to press firmly against the inner surface o a 2 ~anding belt on the drum to enhance the frictional engagement
3 ~ therebetween Thi5 feature assur~s tha~ ~he sanding belt 41 will not move circumferentially of the ~lange or axially of 5~ the drum it~elf when ~he drum and belt are rota~ed.
61 One embodiment of the drum uses a pair of annular 7 ribs at the outer side extremities of respective 1ange~.
8 A sanding belt having a pair of axially spaced, inner peripheral 9 shoulders on the inner surface of the belt is u~ed with this IO type o drum so that the ribs engage the shoulders when the 11 belt is on the drum to prevent axial movement of the belt on 12 the drum. A ~econd embodiment of ~he drum ha~ a cylindrical 13 outer surEace for the flanges with the surface being free of the ribs of the ir~t embodiment. In thi3 case, the drum i~
used wlth a sanding belt which ~y have abrasive on its 16 inner surface as well as its out:er surfaces. If the abrasive 17 is used on the inner surface, it: frictionally engages the 18 cylindrical outer ~urface of the web and 1anges to ~ncrease 19 the friction engagement therebet:ween. However, the abrasi~e i~ not needed on the inner surface for this purpose.
?l The primary ob;ect of this invention is ~o provide 22 an improved drum for a sanding belt wherein the drum is of 23 a moldable material, is of a s~mple and rugged one-piece 24 construction, and can be made at mlnimal C08t yet the drum 25 has superior holding power to re~ain a Yanding belt thereon 26 even when operating at high rotational speeds.
27 Another ob~ect of this invention is to provlde a 28 drum of the type described wherein the drum is formed from a 29 re~ilient ~atcr~al and has a central, expandable web integral 30 with a pair of outer peripheral ~lexible flanges provided 3l , with a cylirlrlcal outer urface, whereby the web will i expand and the flanges will flex radially outwardly due to centrifugal force to frictionally engage the inner surface of a sanding belt to thereby substantially eliminate circumferential and axial movement of the belt on the drum.
S Other objects of this invention will become apparent as the following specification progresses, re-ferences being had to the accompanying drawing for an illustration of the invention.

I IN T~E DRAI~ING:
2 Fig. 1 i~ a perspective view of one embodiment of 3 ¦ the sanding drum of the present invention;
4 Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the drum and illus~Fating the way in which i~ is moun~ed on ~he chuck of a hand drill;
7 Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary, cro~s sPctlonal vlew of the drum, showing a ~econd embodiment of the drum 9 fos use wi~h a sanding belt having abrasi~e on both the inner and outer ~urfaces thereo;
11 Fig. 4 i~ a view of the sanding bel~ used with the 12 drum of Fig. 3;
13 Fig, 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing the 14 drum of Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 6 1~ a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing a 1~ sanding belt of the type used with the drum of Figs. 1, 2 17 and S.
18 A first embodiment of the sanding belt drum of I9 th~s invention i~ broadly denoted by the numeral 10 and i5 shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5. Drum 10 is formed from ~ resilient 21 ~aterial and compr~se~ a circular, flexible, imperforate 22 central web 12 and a pair of ~lexible outer peripheral 23 flanges 14 integral with web 12 so that drum 10 is of a one-24 piece construction. The web and ~langes are preferably formed simultaneou~ly in a molding process. The web is of a 26 thin wall eon~truction and, a shown ln Fig~, 2 and 5, i~
27 provided with a pair of bosses 16 at t~e center thereof for 28 support purpo~e~. The bos~es pro~ect laterally from opposite 29 sides of the web. ~hile Fig. 5 ~how~ ~he sides of the web parallel with each other, they could be tapered from the 31 ~enter outwardly with the thlnne~t part near the outer 32 periphery the web to provide additional ~upport.

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A pin 18 extends through the boss and the web as shown in Figure 2. Thus, a chuck 20 on a hand drill or the like can grip the pin for rotating drum 10 about the central axis of web 12.
Flanges 14 have cylindrical outer surfaces and project laterally in opposed directions from the outer periphery of web 12 as shown in Figures 2 and 5. The flanges have respective integral ribs 22 at their outer extremities. These ribs are formed with the flanges in a moldir.g process. The flanges have a thin wall construction and, because they are resilient, they are essentially flexible so as to flex radially outwardly when subjected to centriugal force. Similarly, web 12, being of a thin wall construction, and formed from a resilient material can - ;
; 15 expand or stretch radially outwardly under centrifugal force as drum 10 is rotated at high speed, such as 2200 rpm or the like. This assures a positive frictional engagement between the web and the flanges and the inner surface of a sanding belt mounted on the drum for rotation.
For additional holding capabilities, ribs 22 are provided for use with a sanding belt 24 (Figure 6) which -~
comprises a band 26 provided with annular shoulders 28 on the inner surface thereof at locations spaced inwardly from the opposed sides thereof. These shoulders can be formed by securing a band to the inner surface of band 26 with the inner band having an axial length less than that of band 26.
- Shoulders 28 abut ribs 22 in the manner shown in :

Figure 5 when band 26 is mounted on flange 14. Thus, a tendency for -the belt to move axially of the drum is coun-tered in two ways, first by the frictional engagement be-tween the flange and the inner surface of band 26 and, secondly, by -the stop feature provided by the engagement of ribs 22 with shoulders 28.
Drum 10 has the following typical dimensions:
Maximum diameter of about 3.80 inches, web thickness of about .25 inch, total axial length of flanges 14 of about 1.40 inches, and angle a (Figure 5) of about 5. The material of drum 10 is typically 55 Durometer natural rubber but can have a hardness in the range of 45-65 Durometer.
In use, pin 18 is secured in the conventional manner to chuck 20 and sanding belt 24 is then placed on the drum and seated on the flanges 14 in the manner shown in Figure 5. Then the hand drill associated with chuck 20 is actuated to rotate drum 10 and thereby permit the sanding of a surface by the outer surface of band 26 which is pro-vided with an abrasive in the usual manner. During the sanding operation, web 12 will expand radially outwardly and flanges 14 will flex outwardly yet web 12 will generally maintain its disc-like shape since it is rotating in its own plane. There will be no circumferential movement of band 26 relative to flanges 14 during rotation of drum 10 because of tha frictional engagement of web 12 and flanges I4 and the inner surface of band 26. Moreover, this frictional engagement plus the stop action afforded by ribs 22 will prevent any substantial axial movement of band 26 relative to flanges 14.

1~ 112a5 I Fig. 3 L11u:trates snother embodiment of drum 10, 2 namely drum lOa. This drum ls subs~antially the same in all 3 ~ respects as drum lO except that drum lOa has no ribs 22, 41 Instead, dr~m lOa has a completely cylindrical outer surface and is adapted for use wl~h a sanding band 24a which may 6 have abrasive on both i~s inner and outer surfaces. AbraRive 7 need not be on the inner surface and, if used, i~ need not 8 cover the en~ire inner surface as shown in Flg. 4, If used, 9 however, ~he abrasive on the inner surface provides greater frictlon between the drum lO and the sanding belt. Without Il the abrasive on the inner surace, there will be suf~icient 12 friction between the ~lange of drum lOa and the inner surface 13 o sanding belt 24a because of the expan~ion or stretching 14 of the central web of dru~ lOa and th~. flexing of outer peripheral flanges due to centrif.ugal force, thereby cau~ing 16 the web and flanges ~o be pressecl with greater force against , 17 the inner surface of the sanding belt to achieve an increased 18 frictional force.
19 Although the foregoing invention has been described 20 in some detail by way of illustration and example for purposes .
21 of clarity of understanding, it wlll be obvious ~ha~ certain 22 changes and modifications may be practlced within the scope Z5 of the app Ided claims.

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Claims (10)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:-
1. A drum for a sanding belt comprising: a body of one-piece construction, said body having a central web provided with a central axis and a circular outer peri-phery, and a pair of flanges integral with the web at the outer periphery thereof, the flanges projecting laterally from opposed sides of said outer periphery, the web being expandable and the flanges being flexible, whereby the web can expand radially outwardly and the flanges can bow radially outwardly due to centrifugal force upon rotation of the web about its central axis.
2. A drum as set forth in claim 1, when the web is imperforate.
3. A drum as set forth in claim 1, wherein the flanges have cylindrical outer surfaces.
4. A drum as set forth in claim 1, wherein each flange has a projection on the outer side extremity thereof for engaging a respective shoulder on the inner surface of a sanding belt.
5. A drum as set forth in claim 4, wherein the projection on each flange comprises an annular rib projec-ting radially outwardly from the outer surface of the flange.
6. A drum as set forth in claim 5, wherein is included a sanding belt having an inner peripheral surface provided with a pair of axially spaced annular shoulders thereon, the shoulders being spaced apart a distance equal to the spacing between the ribs on said flanges.
7. A drum as set forth in claim 1, wherein the flanges have cylindrical outer surfaces, and including a sanding belt provided with an inner and outer surface, each of the inner and outer surfaces having abrasive there-on the belt capable of being placed on the flanges and rotated thereby.
8. A drum as set forth in claim 1, wherein the web and flanges are formed from natural rubber having a hardness in the range of 45-65 Durometer.
9. A drum as set forth in claim 1, wherein is included a pin extending through the web at the central axis thereof for attachment to the chuck of a drive motor.
10. A drum as set forth in claim 9, wherein said web has a boss integral therewith at the central axis thereof, the web and boss having a hole therethrough for receiving said pin.
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