The Boeing Company

Ted Khong

John Walter Pringle, Iv

Angelica Davancens

Raul Tomuta

Martin Hanna Guirguis

Chris J Erickson

John Joseph Brown

Richard Philip Topf

Don David Trend

Jake Boyce Weinmann

John W Pringle Iv

John Josef Brown

Fred Frontiera

Thomas Carsten Hanson

A method of removing a tip from a body of an applicator, fixed to an end- effector, wherein the applicator comprises a coupler, releasably engageable with the tip to interlock the tip with the body of the applicator, is disclosed. The method comprises, with the coupler of the applicator releasably engaged with the tip, locating the end-effector so that a pawl is engaged with a third tooth on the tip to prevent movement of the tip in a fifth direction away from the pawl, and a wedge disengages the coupler of the applicator from the tip. The method also comprises, with the pawl engaged with the third tooth on the tip and the coupler of the applicator disengaged from the tip by the wedge, using the end-effector to move the body of the applicator in the fifth direction to disengage the tip from the body of the applicator.

Method of configuring applicators that deliver glutinous substances to workpiece from end-effector

A removal device for decoupling a tip from a body of an applicator is disclosed. The removal device comprises a wall, comprising a proximal edge and a distal edge, opposite the proximal edge. The removal device also comprises a through channel in the wall. The removal device further comprises a pawl, comprising a proximal end, coupled to the wall, a distal end, opposite the proximal end, a first side between the proximal end and the distal end, and a second side, opposite to the first side. The distal end, the first side, and the second side of the pawl are delimited by the through channel and the pawl extends -between the proximal edge of the wall and the distal edge of the wall. The removal device additionally comprises a wedge, extending from the wall and perpendicular to the wall.

Removal device for decoupling tip from body of applicator

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