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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Angelica Davancens, Reseda, CA (US);
Branko Sarh, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Don D. Trend, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of dispensing a substance along a path is provided. The method includes supplying the substance to a dispenser. The method also includes moving the dispenser along a virtual travel plane parallel to the path and passing through two contact points of the dispenser, while maintaining a contact portion of the dispenser in communication with a surface. The method also includes monitoring a leading portion of the bead and generating a signal responsive to at least one characteristic of the leading portion. The method further includes controlling at least one of the speed of the dispenser along the path or the flow rate of the substance to the dispenser to provide a substantially uniform cross-sectional shape of the bead along the path.