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Patent No.:

US 11260640 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2020

Tape lamination machine scrap collection assembly

Applicant:

Fives Machining Systems, Inc., Fond du Lac, WI (US);

Inventors:

Nicholas Boroughs, Seattle, WA (US);

Duncan Kochhar-Lindgren, Seattle, WA (US);

Cody Casteneda, Kent, WA (US);

Nicholas Gacek, Seatec, WA (US);

Amanda Kotchon, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

FIVES MACHINING SYSTEMS, INC., Fond du Lac, WI (US);

Attorney:

Reising Ethington P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Linda L Gray

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B32B 38/04 (2006.01); B32B 38/18 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/0053 (2013.01); B32B 38/0004 (2013.01); B29C 70/386 (2013.01); B29C 70/388 (2013.01); B29C 70/545 (2013.01); B32B 38/1808 (2013.01); B32B 2038/045 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1174 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1195 (2015.01); Y10T 156/13 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1348 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1778 (2015.01); Y10T 156/195 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1956 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1994 (2015.01);
Abstract

A scrap collection assembly for a tape lamination head that applies a plurality of composite tape segments includes a crack-off assembly with a scrap crack-off redirect roller configured to engage one or more composite tape segments and one or more scrap portions; a secondary crack-off roller configured to engage one or more composite tape segments and one or more scrap portions; a pivot that connects the crack-off assembly to the tape lamination head, wherein the secondary crack-off roller selectively moves about the pivot to change a direction of composite tape movement; and a conveyor that receives the scrap portion(s) from the secondary crack-off roller.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Boroughs, Nicholas. (2022). Tape lamination machine scrap collection assembly (U.S. Patent No. 11260640). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11260640

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