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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1987
Jeffrey C Bye, Everett, WA (US);
Mark F Gabriel, Renton, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An end-effector assembly provides lateral compliance for a cutting tool while counter-sinking a bore in a workpiece. The assembly has a first subassembly which is connected to a gantry. A second subassembly may extend or retract relative to the first, such movement being driven by hydraulic or air cylinders. A third subassembly carries the cutting tool and motor for driving the same. This latter subassembly is connected to the second subassembly by a plurality of compliant members which cause the third subassembly to extend and retract correspondingly with the second, but which permit the third subassembly to shift laterally relative to the second. In this situation, the motor and cutting tool also shift laterally along with the third subassembly.