Surface precision defect shaver
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorsKevin Aaron Coffey, Stuart C. Street, Steven E. Twaddle, William Lynn Jenkins
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Abstract
An apparatus for precision shaving is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an endmill cutter, a base frame, and a motor adjacent to the base frame and having a shaft on one end. A coupler is positioned between the shaft and the endmill cutter. A positioning slide is housed within the base frame and a coupler frame and a first gear are fastened to the positioning slide. A second gear is adjacent to the first gear, the second gear having a set of first teeth and a set of second teeth positioned opposite the set of first teeth. The set of first teeth and the set of second teeth are separated by a gap.
Claims20
An apparatus for precision shaving, comprising:
- an endmill cutter;
- a base frame having an insert for the endmill cutter and having a plurality of wheels;
- a motor adjacent to the base frame and having a shaft on one end;
- a coupler positioned between the shaft and the endmill cutter;
- a positioning slide housed within the base frame;
- a coupler frame fastened to the positioning slide;
- a first gear fastened to the positioning slide;
- a second gear element adjacent to and engageable with the first gear, the second gear element comprising a disk, a first sector gear, and a second sector gear, the first sector gear projecting from one side of the disk and having a set of first teeth, the second sector gear projecting from an opposite side of the disk and having a set of second teeth positioned opposite the set of first teeth, the set of first teeth and the set of second teeth being separated by a gap;
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- one or more handles protruding from the second gear element.
An apparatus for precision shaving, comprising:
- an endmill cutter;
- a base frame;
- a motor adjacent to the base frame and having a shaft on one end;
- a coupler positioned between the shaft and the endmill cutter;
- a positioning slide housed within the base frame;
- a coupler frame fastened to the positioning slide;
- a first gear fastened to the positioning slide;
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- a second gear element adjacent to and engageable with the first gear, the second gear element comprising a disk, a first sector gear, and a second sector gear, the first sector gear projecting from one side of the disk and having a set of first teeth, the second sector gear projecting from an opposite side of the disk and having a set of second teeth positioned opposite the set of first teeth, the set of first teeth and the set of second teeth being separated by a gap.
An apparatus for precision shaving, comprising:
- an endmill cutter;
- a base frame;
- a motor adjacent to the base frame and having a shaft on one end;
- a coupler positioned between the shaft and the endmill cutter;
- a positioning slide housed within the base frame;
- a coupler frame fastened to the positioning slide;
- a first gear fastened to the positioning slide;
- a second gear element adjacent to and engageable with the first gear, the second gear element having a set of first teeth and a set of second teeth positioned opposite the set of first teeth, the set of first teeth and the set of second teeth being separated by a gap,
- one or more handles protruding from the second gear element;
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- a mounting frame positioned between the first gear and the second gear element, wherein the one or more handles protruding from the second gear element are part of the mounting frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.