Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices and methods for handling radius fillers
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Application No.: US14518754Application Date: 2014-10-20
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Publication No.: US09637354B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Gabriel Zane Forston , Elise Rae Ermitano Castorina
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: DASCENZO Intellectual Property Law, P.C.
- Main IPC: B66C1/00
- IPC: B66C1/00 ; B66C1/28 ; B66C1/62

Abstract:
Devices and methods for handling uncured radius fillers are disclosed. The devices, i.e., radius filler transport tools, generally are configured to load a radius filler from above, to index the radius filler to a desired location (e.g., a cavity), and to downwardly unload (e.g., drop) the radius filler at the desired location. Radius filler transport tools comprise at least two trough portions, coupled together to form a trough to carry the radius filler, and a plurality of hanger assemblies configured to transversely span the trough. The radius filler transport tool may have a transport state, where the trough and the hanger assemblies are in closed states, a load state, where the trough is in the closed state and at least one hanger assembly is in an open state, and an unload state, where the trough is in an open state and the hanger assemblies are in closed states.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160107864A1 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HANDLING RADIUS FILLERS Public/Granted day:2016-04-21
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