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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Shatil Sinha, Niskayuna, NY (US);
James Duvall Bollacker, Albany, NY (US);
Matthew Harper Hockemeyer, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Nitin Garg, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Younkoo Jeong, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A device for the placement of material on a surface includes a housing, a motor coupled to the housing, and a driving component coupled to the housing and powered by the motor. The device further includes at least one guide chute defining a guide channel with the driving component. The device further includes a layup roller coupled to the housing adjacent the guide channel. The layup roller includes a roller surface and the guide channel is configured to discharge a quantity of material to the roller surface. The layup roller is configured to deposit the material onto the surface.