System and method for a coating device
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorAlex Joseph Wollin
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Abstract
A rotatable tool assembly including a motor and a tool assembly operatively coupled to the motor. The tool assembly includes an epicyclic gear system rotatably coupled to the motor and one or more tools rotatably coupled to the epicyclic gear system. The motor is configured to rotate the epicyclic gear system, and the epicyclic gear system is configured to rotate the tool.
Claims18
A rotatable tool assembly comprising:
- a motor;
- a tool assembly operatively coupled to the motor, the tool assembly comprising:
- an epicyclic gear system rotatably coupled to the motor;
- one or more tools rotatably coupled to the epicyclic gear system, wherein the motor is configured to rotate the epicyclic gear system, and the epicyclic gear system is configured to rotate the tool;
- and
- a shroud at least partially surrounding the epicyclic gear system and the one or more tools;
- a source of a coating material;
- and
- a conduit coupled to the source of the coating material, wherein the conduit is coupled to the shroud and channels the coating material to the shroud.
A disposable tool assembly removably coupled to a motor, the disposable tool assembly comprising:
- an epicyclic gear system;
- one or more tools rotatably coupled to the epicyclic gear system, wherein the epicyclic gear system is configured to rotate the one or more tools;
- and
- a shroud at least partially surrounding the epicyclic gear system and the one or more tools, the shroud includes a nozzle for applying a coating material to the one or more tools.
A method of coating a component with a rotatable tool assembly, the rotatable tool assembly including a motor and a tool assembly, the tool assembly including an epicyclic gear system rotatably coupled to the motor, one or more tools rotatably coupled to the epicyclic gear system, and a shroud at least partially surrounding the epicyclic gear system and the one or more tools, the shroud includes a nozzle configured to apply a coating material to the one or more tools, the method comprising:
- coupling the tool assembly to the motor;
- contacting the component with the one or more tools;
- activating the motor, wherein activating the motor simultaneously rotates the epicyclic gear system;
- channeling a coating material to the nozzle;
- and
- dripping the coating material on the one or more tools.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.