Systems and apparatuses for applying glutinous substances

US10105728B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• John W. Pringle, IV · Torrance, US
• John J. Brown · Brooks Road, US
• Angelica Davancens · Calabasas, US
• Frederick B. Frontiera · Mount Pleasant, US
• Martin Guirguis · Long Beach, US
• Raul Tomuta · Westminster, US
• Richard Philip Topf · Orange, US
• Don D. Trend · Tecate Mission Road, US
• Jake B. Weinmann · Signal Hill, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 28, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 25, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T483/17
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for delivering a glutinous substance from a cartridge to an applicator is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a sleeve and a pressure-cap assembly coupled to the sleeve. The pressure-cap assembly comprises a pressure cap proximate an inlet of the sleeve. The pressure cap is movable between, inclusively, a closed position, in which the pressure cap is in sealed engagement with a trailing end of the cartridge, and an open position, in which the pressure cap provides clearance sufficient for insertion of the cartridge inside the sleeve through the inlet of the sleeve. The pressure cap comprises a pressure input, through which pressure is selectively applied to the glutinous substance in the cartridge. The apparatus also comprises an applicator interface proximate the outlet of the sleeve.