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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2002
Nripendra Nath Das, West Chester, OH (US);
Stephen Joseph Ferrigno, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jim Dean Reeves, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Glenn Gordon, Springdale, OH (US);
Nripendra Nath Das, West Chester, OH (US);
Stephen Joseph Ferrigno, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jim Dean Reeves, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Glenn Gordon, Springdale, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An internal coating on an internal passage wall exposed at a passage opening through an article external surface is protected from removal during repair of the article, including removal of at least a portion of an external coating, by a masking assembly disposed about the passage opening. The masking assembly comprises a masking member and a substantially flexible seal, substantially inert to a coating removal medium for the external coating. The masking member is shaped for disposition about the passage opening across a gap between the external surface and the masking member. The substantially flexible seal is disposed across the gap substantially to seal the gap.