Removing wrinkles adjacent to a joint
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsKevin L. Williams, Andrew Williams, Christopher Giles Humphrey, Mark Ramsden
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Abstract
A system and method for removing a wrinkle adjacent to a joint between a first surface material and a second surface material, different from the first surface material. The system and method may include directing a flow of air creating an air wall across the first surface material adjacent to the joint where the wrinkle is being removed from the second surface material; directing heat onto the wrinkle in the second surface material; and working out the wrinkle from the second surface material while the second surface material is at an elevated temperature.
Claims12
A method for removing a wrinkle adjacent to a joint between a first surface material and a second surface material, different from the first surface material, the method comprising:
- (a) directing a flow of air creating an air wall across the first surface material adjacent to the joint where the wrinkle is being removed from the second surface material;
- (b) directing heat onto the wrinkle in the second surface material;
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- (c) working out the wrinkle from the second surface material while the second surface material is at an elevated temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.