US 12,226,810 B2
Systems and methods using waterjets for finishing manufactured articles
Mohamed Hashish, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to Flow International Corporation, Kent, WA (US)
Filed by Flow International Corporation, Kent, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/026,004.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/902,287, filed on Sep. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0078051 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B08B 3/10 (2006.01); B24C 1/08 (2006.01); B24C 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 3/102 (2013.01) [B24C 1/08 (2013.01); B24C 9/00 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a receptacle containing a fluid media;
a water jet assembly that outputs a high velocity jet of water into the receptacle along a jet path;
an article at least partially submerged in the fluid media at a location within the receptacle that is offset from the jet path; and
a support structure supporting the article at the location
when the high velocity jet of water agitates the fluid media and forms a level of turbulence within the fluid media sufficient for the fluid media to alter a characteristic of a surface of the article without the high velocity water jet directly impacting the article.