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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
John J. DeForest, Bothell, WA (US);
Fei Cai, Edmonds, WA (US);
Cameron J. Moore, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeffrey R. Joyce, Livonia, MI (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for removing a residue of a substance, extrudable through a nozzle of an automated end-effector, from an exterior of the nozzle, the method including steps of () establishing contact between the nozzle and a cleaning pad; () adhering the cleaning pad to the nozzle; () inserting the nozzle, with the cleaning pad adhered thereto, into a constricting device; () circumferentially squeezing the cleaning pad around the nozzle with the constricting device; () withdrawing the nozzle from the constricting device to separate the cleaning pad from the nozzle and remove the residue of the substance from the exterior of the nozzle; and () transferring the cleaning pad from the constricting device to a disposal receptacle.