Machine for mechanically finishing workpieces

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR MECHANICALLY FINISHING WORKPIECES COMPRISING A TURRET MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ABOUT A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS, SAID TURRET HAVING A PAIR OF AXIALLY SPACED SIDE MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF CRADLES EXTENDING AXIALLY ACROSS THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID SIDE MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID CRADLES BEING JOURNALLED AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS FOR ROTATION ON THE SIDE MEMBERS ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS WHICH IS SPACED RADIALLY FROM THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE TURRET, AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CRADLES AND SAID TURRET INDEPENDENTLY OF ONE ANOTHER, EACH OF SAID CRADLES COMPRISING A GENERALLY SEMI-CYLINDRICAL RECEPTACLE PORTION FOR RECEIVING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL DRUM, A PAIR OF ARCUATELY SHAPED STRAPS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END, ONE TO ONE EDGE OF THE RECEPTACLE PORTION AND THE OTHER TO THE OPPOSITE EDGE OF THE RECEPTACLE PORTION, SAID STRAPS BEING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ALIGNED, A TOGGLE MECHANISM SUPPORTED ON ONE OF SAID STRAPS AND A HOOK MEANS FIXED ON THE OTHER STRAP AND ENGAGEABLE BY SAID TOGGLE MECHANISM TO SECURE SAID STRAPS IN LATCHED POSITION ENCIRCLING THE PORTION OF A DRUM IN SAID CRADLE WHICH IS NOT ENCIRCLED BY SAID RECEPTACLE PORTION.