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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2001
Thomas W. Rogers, Union Grove, AL (US);
Clifford V. Mitchell, Cullman, AL (US);
Garry W. Weatherly, Madison, AL (US);
Advanced Systems Technologies, Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
A mechanism that steers a high energy density output(s) in a shaking motion other than a rotating motion that when translated across a surface evenly affects the surface. One application can be used as an end effector. A pivot on the mechanism induces an angular motion that eliminates the tops and bottoms of the pattern produced by the shaking motion. As a waterjet stripping mechanism which may be an end effector, a nozzle or output manifold with one or more orifices or outputs is attached to a non-rotating tube eccentrically mounted within a rotating tube that shakes the nozzle or output manifold so as to direct the stream of water to the target in a skewed circular pattern.