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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Robert Panyard, Livonia, MI (US);
Scott Louis Radabaugh, Novi, MI (US);
Thomas Eric Pearson, Grosse Lle, MI (US);
Ronald Rene Wiggle, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 4/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 4/900 ;
Abstract
An automotive vehicle body can be sanded with a robotic sanding (polishing) disk that is carried on a robotic head, such that the sanding disk has a relatively constant unit pressure on the vehicle surface as the head moves the sanding disk along the vehicle surface. An automatic supply mechanism can be employed to periodically remove a worn sanding disk from the head, and replace the worn sanding disk with a new sanding disk.