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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
John W. Pringle, IV, Gardena, CA (US);
Raul Tomuta, Stanton, CA (US);
Jake B. Weinmann, Signal Hill, CA (US);
John J. Brown, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Chris Erickson, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Martin Guirguis, Long Beach, CA (US);
Don D. Trend, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Richard P. Topf, Orange, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An applicator () for delivering a glutinous substance () to a workpiece () from an end-effector () is disclosed. The applicator () comprises a body () and a plunger (). The plunger () comprises a gate (), movable within an outlet portion () of a first channel () of the body () between, inclusively, an open position, allowing the glutinous substance () to flow from an inlet () of the first channel () to an outlet () of the first channel () and a closed position, preventing the glutinous substance () from flowing from the inlet () of the first channel () to the outlet () of the first channel (). The applicator () further comprises an actuator (), selectively operable to move the plunger () such that the gate () moves between, inclusively, the open position and the closed position.