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US 4,378,170 AGranted
Panel edge potter
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorDavid R. Orr
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Abstract
A hand held honeycomb edge potter utilizing air pressure and piston means for the expulsion of the potting compound, the honeycomb edge potter further incorporating a wire element which functions to shave or dress the material to the desired configuration.
Claims2
A hand held honeycomb panel edge potter comprising in combination:
- a foot member having a passage, packing, and smoothing portions;
- air pressure and piston means for expulsion of a potting compound through said passage and along said packing and smoothing portions of said foot member for applying the potting compound to a honeycomb panel edge;
- a wire element disposed behind the trailing edge of said foot member for shaving potting compound extending outside said panel edge from said panel edge;
- a carriage adapted to provide back and forth motion of said wire element;
- said carriage including a pivot for coupling a pair of spring arms to said carriage;
- a pair of rings disposed in notches in said respective pair of spring arms, said pair of rings connected to respective ends of said wire element for transmitting tension between said spring arms and said ends of said wire element;
- and,
- a torsion spring for holding said wire element on the edge of a honeycomb panel edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.