US 12,070,830 B1
Automated cathode buffing system
Neal J. Preimesberger, Tucson, AZ (US); and Thomas G. Carmichael, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to Samuel, Son & Co. (USA) Inc., Woodridge, IL (US)
Filed by CAID INDUSTRIES, INC., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/713,567.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/783,542, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Int. Cl. B24B 29/06 (2006.01); B24B 7/26 (2006.01); B24B 41/02 (2006.01); B24B 55/06 (2006.01); B24D 13/20 (2006.01); C25C 7/06 (2006.01); C25C 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC B24B 29/06 (2013.01) [B24B 7/26 (2013.01); B24B 41/02 (2013.01); B24B 55/06 (2013.01); B24D 13/20 (2013.01); C25C 7/06 (2013.01); C25C 7/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A buffing system, comprising:
a frame defining a slot, the slot sized and configured to receive a cathode;
a lifting assembly secured to the frame and configured to transport the cathode in a substantially vertical direction;
a carriage assembly slidably coupled to the lifting assembly, the carriage assembly comprising a carriage follower and a carriage cam rail, the carriage follower in slidable communication with a lifting cam rail and the carriage cam rail in slidable communication with a lifting follower, and wherein the carriage assembly is sized and configured to secure the cathode during a buffing process; and
a buffing assembly rotatably coupled to the frame, the buffing assembly comprising:
a motor rigidly coupled to a pivot frame, the motor rotatably coupled to a buffing shaft; and
a buffing wheel rigidly coupled to the buffing shaft, the buffing wheel configured to buff the cathode as the motor operates and as the lifting assembly transports the cathode in the substantially vertical direction.