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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Tino Oldani, Rockford, IL (US);
Daniel Jarvi, Rockford, IL (US);
Inventors:
Tino Oldani, Rockford, IL (US);
Daniel Jarvi, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Ingersoll Machine Tools, Inc., Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for forming a composite structure with an automatic placement head, through the use of a non-rotating tooling tablet having first and second substantially oppositely facing surfaces thereof, joined around the peripheries thereof by a side surface of the tablet, with at least one of the first or second surfaces forming a tool surface of the tablet. Layers of pre-impregnated fiber or tape are applied to the tool surface of the tablet by the automated fiber placement head.