Claims
- 1. A sander including a pusher element and a supply means for holding a strip of coated abrasive, which abrasive strip has front and back sides, and from which a fresh length of the strip may be drawn from time to time and held on the sander to expose the front side thereof for abrading an object and the used portion of the strip may be stored, said sander comprising a cassette having a pair of storage chamber means forming respectively a supply chamber and a take-up chamber for receiving said coated abrasive strip, said supply chamber holding the strip before the strip has been used and said take-up chamber serving for storing the strip after it has been used for abrading said object, said cassette having a thin rigid bearing means including a working surface, said working surface having front and back sides and said working surface extending lengthwise between said supply chamber which is at one end of the bearing means and said take-up chamber which is at the other end thereof, said bearing means being formed integrally with said pair of storage chamber means, each of said storage chamber means having means defining an opening through which said fresh strip may be drawn from said supply chamber and laid over said working surface and through which said used portion may be moved respectively into said storage chamber means, means to hold the back side of said withdrawn strip in contact with the front side of said working surface, means integral with the back side of said working surface to removably attach said cassette to said pusher, said attaching means including a pair of sliding track means integral with said pusher, a pair of cooperating sliding track means integral with said bearing means on the back side of said working surface, and each of the respective cooperating tracks of said pairs of sliding track means being disposed in spaced apart relation along to the back side of the length of said working surface, with one of said pair of track means respectively being positioned next to each of said storage chamber means at the opposite ends of the bearing means.
- 2. A sander as in claim 1 wherein each of said chambers are defined by a peripheral wall, each of said walls having means for defining said opening through which said strip may be drawn and laid over said bearing surface, and said pusher having a releasable brake means for engaging the strip passing through said openings in the walls of said chambers.
- 3. A sander as in claim 2 wherein said brake means engages said strip against the respective peripheral walls of each of said chambers.
- 4. A sander including a pusher element and a supply means for holding a strip of coated abrasive, which abrasive strip has front and back sides, and from which supply a fresh length of the strip may be drawn from time to time and held on the sander to expose the front side thereof for abrading an object, said sander comprising the combination of two separable elements including said pusher and a unitary cassette structure, said cassette unit including an integral storage chamber means for receiving and storing the coated abrasive strip that is always carried in the storage chamber means, said storage chamber means including a supply chamber defined by a wall for storing fresh abrasive strip and a take-up chamber defined by a wall for storing used abrasive strip, said cassette having integral therewith a rigid bearing means including a working surface that extends between said supply chamber and said take-up storage chamber, said working surface having a front side and a back side, said supply chamber having means defining an opening in its wall through which said strip may be drawn and laid over the front side of said integral working surface, said take-up chamber having means defining an opening in its wall through which said used abrasive strip may be moved for storage in said take-up chamber, said pusher having an under surface adapted to be releasably interfitted and locked on said back side of said working surface, means supported on said pusher for cooperating with said cassette carried by the pusher to hold the back side of said withdrawn end of said strip taut and in contact with the front side of said working surface, said means to hold said strip taut including an engaging element adapted to press against said strip that is drawn from said storage chamber adjacent said opening in its wall to engage said strip immovably against said wall of said supply chamber and a second engaging element adapted to press against said strip adjacent said opening in the wall of said take-up storage chamber to engage said strip immovably against said wall of said take-up chamber.
- 5. A sander including a pusher element in combination with a supply means for holding a strip of coated abrasive, which abrasive strip has front and back sides, and from which supply a fresh length of the strip may be drawn from time to time and held on the sander to expose the front side thereof for abrading an object, said supply means comprising a cassette having storage chamber means that includes a pair of storage chambers forming respectively a supply chamber and a take-up chamber for receiving said coated abrasive strip, said supply chamber holding the strip before the strip has been used and the take-up chamber serving for storing the strip after it has been used for abrading an object, said cassette having a rigid bearing means including a working surface integral with said storage chamber means, said working surface on said bearing means extending lengthwise from said supply chamber at one end of the bearing means to said take-up chamber at the other end thereof, said supply means being formed integrally with said bearing means, said pusher having sliding track means integral therewith, and said cassette having cooperating sliding track means thereon adapted to be removably attached to said first named sliding track means, said track means on said pusher having a wedging engagement with said track means on said cassette.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 289,448, filed Aug. 3, 1981, now abandoned.
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