Patent ID: 6896197
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: B24C

Abstract:
1. A supply and control system for holding a particulate material and to be operatively mated with an abrasive blasting apparatus utilising particulate material initially held in the supply and control system which system comprises: container means for holding the particulate material, dispensing means for controllably dispensing particulate material from the container means, coupling means for coupling the supply and control system to the abrasive blasting apparatus, and abrasive blasting operational parameter setting storage and transmission means for storing predetermined operational abrasive blasting parameter settings for the abrasive blasting apparatus and for transmitting these stored abrasive blasting operational parameter settings to a reception system of the abrasive blasting apparatus when the supply and control system is coupled thereto by said coupling means, wherein the dispensing means comprises a rotor obturating an outlet of the container means, the rotor comprising at least one cavity intermittently brought into communication with the outlet of the container means by rotation of the rotor, the dispensing means further comprising a transfer port, wherein the at least one cavity intermittently comes into communication with the transfer port.