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US 9,393,744 B2Granted
Apparatus for producing composite fillers
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDonald A. Anderson, Michael Robert Chapman, Robert A. Kisch, Kenneth Paul Zaballos
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Abstract
Apparatus for producing a composite filler includes at least one die and a device for moving a stack of reinforced ply strips through the die. The die has peripheral die face adapted for forming the ply strip stack into a desired cross sectional shape. The cross section of the die face may vary around the periphery of the die.
Claims26
An apparatus for producing a composite filler, comprising:
- at least one rotatable die having a peripheral die face adapted for forming a stack into a desired cross sectional shape to form the composite filler, the stack comprising a plurality of composite reinforced strips, wherein the die face varies in cross sectional shape around the periphery of the die;
- at least one adhesive dispenser for dispensing an adhesive;
- a device for pressing the dispensed adhesive onto the composite filler, the device including a cam face with a cross sectional area that varies around the periphery of the device;
- and
- a device for moving the stack through the die.
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Apparatus for producing a composite filler, comprising:
- a slitter adapted to slit a multi-ply composite layup into a plurality of side-by-side strips;
- a redirect device for redirecting the plurality of strips into a stack;
- a forming die for forming the stack into a desired cross sectional shape the forming die comprising at least one rotatable die having a peripheral die face adapted for forming the stack into a desired cross sectional shape to form the composite filler, the stack comprising a plurality of composite reinforced strips, wherein the die face varies in cross sectional shape around the periphery of the die;
- at least one adhesive dispenser for dispensing an adhesive;
- a device for pressing the dispensed adhesive onto the composite filler, the device including a cam face with a cross sectional area that varies around the periphery of the device;
- and
- a puller for pulling the composite layup through the slitter, the redirect device and the forming die.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.