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US 6,941,632 B1Granted
Conformal transverse hat profile roller
AssigneeNorthrop Grumman Corporation
InventorsWilliam T. Mead, John Potter, Narciso Gonzales
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AssigneeNorthrop Grumman Corporation
InventorsWilliam T. Mead, John Potter, Narciso Gonzales
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There is provided a variable pressure roller system for installing a preform having contact surfaces onto a configuration of a mold surface by applying pressure thereon. The roller system of the present invention comprises a roller carriage. A grasping handle may be mounted to the roller carriage. Moreover, the roller system may further comprise a plurality of rollers, wherein each respective one of the plurality of rollers is defined by a weight to generate a specific pressure corresponding thereto. Furthermore, each respective one of the plurality of rollers may be removably engageable to the roller carriage. Each respective one of the plurality of rollers may be adapted to uniformly distribute the specific pressure corresponding thereto on the contact surfaces for conforming the preform to the configuration of the mold surface when engaged to the roller carriage.
A variable pressure roller system for installing a preform having contact surfaces onto a configuration of a mold surface by applying pressure thereon, the roller system comprising:
A method of installing a preform onto a configuration of a mold surface by applying pressure thereon via a roller carriage having at least one roller selected from a plurality of rollers engaged thereto, the method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.