Film for masking aircraft components and method of positioning same
AssigneeAdhetec Canada Inc.
InventorDiane Beaudoin
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Abstract
A packaged film for masking an aircraft component, wherein the packaged film is configured to form a tubular sleeve when unpackaged. The packaged film is formed by performing a longitudinal telescopic folding operation on a longitudinal portion of a film to provide a longitudinally parallelogram-shaped stacked film; and performing at least a first transverse folding operation on a first portion of the longitudinally parallelogram-shaped stacked film, the first transverse folding operation comprising an operation selected from accordion folding and roll folding to provide the packaged film. The packaged film is capable of being unfolded in a reverse order of the longitudinal telescopic folding operation and the first transverse folding operation to cover said aircraft component.
Claims12
A packaged film for masking an aircraft component, the packaged film being configured to form a tubular sleeve when unpackaged, wherein the packaged film is formed by:
- performing a longitudinal telescopic folding operation on a longitudinal portion of a film to provide a longitudinally parallelogram-shaped stacked film;
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- performing at least a first transverse folding operation on a first portion of the longitudinally parallelogram-shaped stacked film, the first transverse folding operation comprising an operation selected from accordion folding and roll folding to provide the packaged film;
- the packaged film being capable of being unfolded in a reverse order of the longitudinal telescopic folding operation and the first transverse folding operation to cover said aircraft component.
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