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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2003
Kevin L. Obrachta, Wichita, KS (US);
Kevin L. Obrachta, Wichita, KS (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A surface compensating shaving apparatus () has been provided for removing a plurality of pins () from a surface of a pinmat (). The apparatus () includes a rotary member () and a surface compensating member () that is fixedly coupled to the rotary member () in a rotational direction and slidably coupled to the rotary member () in an axial direction. The surface compensating member () has a plurality of cutting members () extending therefrom for cutting the pins (). The surface compensating member () and the cutting members () are intended to move in the axial direction in response to the contour of the surface () of the pinmat (). In this regard, the cutting members () can shear the pins () at the surface () of the pinmat ().