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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederick L Knoll, Kent, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1563809 ; 156382 ; 156499 ; 1565833 ; 425389 ; 425D / ; 100 / ; 100211 ; 219243 ; 269 22 ;
Abstract
Fiber-reinforced resin deposits or other materials are consolidated in a noncontact-frictionless manner through the use of a pressurized plenum chamber (20) of a fluid bearing (10). The fluid bearing (10) is flexible and floats relative to the material (16) to be consolidated so that ply drop-offs and other variations in the thickness or surface contour of the material are easily accommodated. While within the plenum chamber, the material is locally heated by radiant energy from a source (30) positioned within the chamber. This localized heating enables the material to solidify in cooler zones of the plenum chamber under a uniform pressure.