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US 5,218,785 AGranted
Apparatus for finishing a conic surface
AssigneeHughes Aircraft Company
InventorHoward D. Hall
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Abstract
The apparatus for finishing the conic surface includes a flexible base member and rigid side members, which rigid side members are secured such that the planes thereof intersect in a line that is collinear with the axis of the conic surface to be finished.
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Apparatus for finishing a conic surface having an axis associated therewith, said apparatus comprises:
- first and second rigid members, said first and second rigid members defining first and second planes;
- a flexible member, said flexible member having a first major surface, said first and second rigid members being affixed to said flexible member substantially perpendicularly to said first major surface thereof, said major surface defining a planar geometric shape that, when said planes of said rigid members intersect in a line collinear with said axis, closely approximates said comic surface;
- means for retaining said rigid members such that said planes defined thereby intersect collinearly with said axis of said conic surface and;
- means for transversely guiding said flexible base member such that when said flexible member is moved along and maintained contact with said conic surface said intersection of said planes remains collinear with said axis along the entire length of said axis.
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A system for finishing a conic surface having an axis associated therewith, said system comprises:
- means for rotating said conic surface about said axis;
- means, in contact with a portion of said cone-like surface, for finishing said conic surface, said finishing means including first and second rigid members defining first and second planes, a flexible member having a first major surface, said first and second rigid members being affixed to said flexible member substantially perpendicularly to said first major surface;
- means for translating said conic surface finishing means in a direction parallel with said axis thereof;
- means for retaining said rigid members such that when the finishing means is moved along and maintained contact with the conic surface, said planes defined thereby inherently and said intersection remains collinear intersect with said axis of said cone-like surface throughout said translation.
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