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(11) EP 0 072 248 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.04.1983 Bulletin 1983/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.02.1983 Bulletin 1983/07

(21) Application number: 82304217

(22) Date of filing: 10.08.1982
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE FR GB LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 11.08.1981 AU 16981

(71) Applicant: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
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(72) Inventors:
  • Hill, Terence Gordon
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  • Burrows, Samuel
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  • Roberts, John David
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(54) Portable grit blaster


(57) Grit blasting apparatus including a storage vessel (1) for containing a body of grit, a base (5) of said vessel against which said grit body rests, passage means connectable to a source of pressurized gas and being operable to direct a stream of said gas along a path adjacent said base, outlet means (9) in said base through which said grit can be discharged under gravity into said gas path, gas operated vibrator means (11, 12) connected to said vessel and being operable to vibrate said vessel to promote said discharge, and means for connecting a source of pressurized gas to said vibrator means.







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