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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Hagman, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory Lowman Branch, Camano Island, WA (US);
James P. Dwyer, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian Edward Hood, Seattle, WA (US);
Erik Lund, Issaquah, WA (US);
Wade Matthew Morris, Auburn, WA (US);
Jonathan Richard Schwedhelm, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas C. Stone, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29C 70/30 (2006.01); B65H 35/08 (2006.01); B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B32B 38/04 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 35/08 (2013.01); B29C 70/30 (2013.01); B29C 70/388 (2013.01); B29C 70/545 (2013.01); B65H 35/008 (2013.01); B32B 37/18 (2013.01); B32B 38/0004 (2013.01); Y02T 50/433 (2013.01); Y10T 156/108 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1074 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1077 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1085 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1092 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1093 (2015.01); Y10T 156/12 (2015.01); Y10T 156/125 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1348 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1378 (2015.01); Y10T 156/17 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1788 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1795 (2015.01);
Abstract
Composite tape is laminated onto a substrate using a gantry to move a tape laminating head along the length of the substrate. The laminating head is mounted for movement along a beam on the gantry that extends across the width of the substrate. The direction of lamination may be altered by changing the angular orientation of the beam.