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US 9,802,331 B1Granted
Cutting guide
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsCurtis L. Hall, Jr., Neil A. Alexander, Jeffrey L. Sherman, Emily C. Mikkelson
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a base defining at least one through-hole configured to receive a cutter. The apparatus further includes a plurality of substantially aligned retractable rollers disposed at least partially within a plurality of recesses of the base. Each roller of the plurality of substantially aligned retractable rollers is retractable in a direction normal to a surface of the base.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a base defining multiple through-holes, each through-hole configured to receive a cutter;
- and
- a plurality of substantially aligned retractable rollers disposed at least partially within a plurality of recesses of the base, wherein each roller of the plurality of substantially aligned retractable rollers is retractable in a direction normal to a surface of the base.
A method comprising:
- during movement of a cutting guide that includes a base defining multiple through-holes, each through-hole configured to receive a cutter, and that includes a plurality of substantially aligned independently retractable rollers retractable in a direction normal to a surface of the base:
- retracting a first roller of the plurality of substantially aligned independently retractable rollers at a first cutting location;
- and
- retracting a second roller of the plurality of substantially aligned independently retractable rollers at a second cutting location.
1 more element
A cutting guide comprising:
- a base including a vacuum manifold, the base defining multiple through-holes, wherein each through-hole is configured to receive a cutter;
- and
- a plurality of substantially aligned retractable rollers disposed at least partially within recesses of the base, each roller of the plurality of substantially aligned retractable rollers retractable in a direction normal to a surface of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.