The Boeing Company

Derek Adam Nelson

John Walter Pringle, Iv

Angelica Davancens

Dehwei Oliver Hsu

Steve Andres Sandoval

A robot end effector for dispensing an extrudable substance comprises a chassis, cartridge bays, attached to the chassis and each shaped to receive a corresponding one of two-part cartridges, and a manifold, comprising a manifold outlet, manifold inlets, and a valve inlet. When the two-part cartridges are received by the cartridge bays, the manifold inlets are in fluidic communication with corresponding ones of the two-part cartridges via static mixers, attached to cartridge outlets of the two-part cartridges. The robot end effector additionally comprises a head assembly, comprising pairs of fittings, configured to selectively supply compressed air from a pressure source to the two-part cartridges when the two-part cartridges are received by the cartridge bays, so that contents of the two-part cartridges are concurrently extruded through the cartridge outlets.

Robot end effector for dispensing an extrudable substance

A robot end effector () for dispensing an extrudable substance () comprises cartridge bays (). Each one of the cartridge bays () is shaped to receive one of two-part cartridges (). Each of the two-part cartridges () comprises a cartridge outlet (). The robot end effector () also comprises a head assembly (), comprising pairs of fittings (). Each pair of the pairs of fittings () is configured to selectively supply compressed air from a pressure source () to contents of one of the two-part cartridges () when the two-part cartridges () are received by the cartridge bays () and the cartridge bays () are translated along a first axis () and along a second axis () so that the cartridge outlet () of the corresponding one of the two-part cartridges () is in fluidic communication with the mixer inlet ().

Positive displacement end effector with multiple cartridges

A robot end effector () for dispensing an extrudable substance () comprises a chassis (), a static mixer (), and cartridge bays (), extending from the chassis (). Each of the cartridge bays () is shaped to receive a corresponding one of the two-part cartridges (). Fluidic communication between the selected one of the two-part cartridges () and the static mixer () is established when the cartridge bays () are rotated about an axis () to a predetermined orientation with respect to the chassis (). The robot end effector () also comprises a dispensing valve (), attached to the chassis (), and a head assembly (), comprising an inlet manifold (). The inlet manifold () is configured to selectively supply compressed air from a pressure source () to contents of a corresponding one of the two-part cartridges ().

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Long Beach, CA, United States of America

Derek Adam Nelson