Claims
- 1. A method of sanding comprising:
- providing a plurality of sanding rollers each located on a respective spindle having a longitudinal axis extending radially outward from a spindle drive;
- rotating said spindle drive with said spindles thereon;
- driving each of said spindles independently of said spindle drive and rotating the sanding roller thereon as the spindle drive is rotated;
- conveying articles to be sanded along a path in a first direction beneath said driven sanding rollers to be contacted thereby; and
- moving said rotating spindle drive carrying the driven spindles with the rotating sanding rollers thereon across said path in a second direction different from said first direction as the articles are moving in the first direction therebeneath;
- uniformly and gently sanding the articles by contacting the articles with the driven sanding rollers which attack the articles from many different sanding directions as the articles pass beneath the moving rotating spindle drive carrying the rotating spindles.
- 2. A method as in claim 1 wherein said second direction is generally transverse to said first direction.
- 3. The method as in claim 1 wherein said moving step comprises moving said rotating spindle back and forth in said second direction and opposite thereto.
- 4. The method as in claim 2 wherein said moving step comprises moving said rotating spindle back and forth in said second direction and opposite thereto.
- 5. The method of claim 1 further comprising moving said rotating spindle drive carrying the driven spindles with the rotating sanding rollers thereon in an upward or downward direction while maintaining the spindles in the same plane.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/699,181, filed May 13, 1991.
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Continuations (1)
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