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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Robert A. Kisch, Auburn, WA (US);
James Blades Andersen, Eatonville, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/02 (2006.01); B29C 70/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/386 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1028 (2015.01);
Abstract
A tape laminating machine having a compaction roller lays up composite tape over a substrate having a convex radius. The compaction roller folds the tape as it moves over the convex radius, while simultaneously pivoting about a trailing edge of the tape to prevent the compaction roller from lifting off the tape laid just before the convex radius.