Surface compensating shaving apparatus
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorKevin L. Obrachta
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Abstract
A surface compensating shaving apparatus (24) has been provided for removing a plurality of pins (12) from a surface of a pinmat (14). The apparatus (24) includes a rotary member (28) and a surface compensating member (32) that is fixedly coupled to the rotary member (28) in a rotational direction and slidably coupled to the rotary member (28) in an axial direction. The surface compensating member (32) has a plurality of cutting members (34) extending therefrom for cutting the pins (12). The surface compensating member (32) and the cutting members (34) are intended to move in the axial direction in response to the contour of the surface (26) of the pinmat (14). In this regard, the cutting members (34) can shear the pins (12) at the surface (26) of the pinmat (14).
Claims20
A surface compensating shaving apparatus for removing a plurality of pins from a surface of a pinmat, comprising:
- a rotary member;
- and
- at least one cutting member fixedly coupled to said rotary member in a rotational direction and slidably coupled to said rotary member in an axial direction;
- and
- wherein said at least one cutting member is intended to translate in said axial direction so as to shear each of the plurality of pins at the surface of the pinmat.
A surface compensating shaving apparatus for removing a plurality of pins from a surface of a pinmat, comprising:
- a rotary member;
- and
- at least one cutting member fixedly coupled to said rotary member in a rotational direction and slidably coupled to said rotary member in an axial direction;
- and
- a biasing member coupled between said rotary member and said at least one cutting member so as to bias said at least one cutting member toward the surface of the pinmat;
- wherein said at least one cutting member translate in said axial direction so as to shear each of the plurality of pins at the surface of the pinmat.
A method for removing a plurality of pins from a surface of a pinmat comprising:
- moving a plurality of cutting members in an operational motion;
- engaging said plurality of cutting members to the surface of the pinmat;
- displacing said plurality of cutting members in an axial direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the pinmat and in response to a contour of the surface of the pinmat;
- and
- shearing the plurality of pins at the surface of the pinmat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.