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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Justin R. Hawkes, Marlborough, CT (US);
Joseph C. Rampone, Colchester, CT (US);
Andrzej Ernest Kuczek, Bristol, CT (US);
Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Randy P. Salva, Baltic, CT (US);
Patrick Louis Clavette, Simsbury, CT (US);
Thomas J. Garosshen, Glastonbury, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of a tool assembly includes a spring-loaded shaft assembly disposed along a first axis, a hub, and a roller disk. The hub is connected to a distal end of the spring-loaded shaft assembly. The hub has an upper hub portion adjacent to the distal end of the spring-loaded shaft assembly aligned with the first axis, and a lower hub portion extending along a second axis. The second axis forms an angle relative to the first axis. The roller disk is joined to the lower portion of the hub, and has a working surface about its perimeter. The roller disk is rotatable about the second axis parallel to the second portion of the hub. The working surface includes a profile along its width such that an effective radius of the roller disk varies along a width thereof.