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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Roger W. Engelbart, St. Louis, MO (US);
Reed E. Hannebaum, Belleville, IL (US);
Timothy Pollock, Ballwin, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/32 (2006.01); B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); G01N 21/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2013.01); B29C 70/32 (2013.01); B29C 70/386 (2013.01); B29C 70/541 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8472 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system comprises a feed assembly for applying composite tape; a unit for forming lateral stripes across a portion of the tape that has been applied; a camera for capturing images of the lateral stripes; and a processor programmed to process the images of the lateral stripes to identify any discontinuities in the tape. Those stripes intersecting any discontinuities will make those discontinuities apparent.