Systems and apparatuses for loading and unloading brushes to and from end-effector

US10406552B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Raul Tomuta · Westminster, US
• Angelica Davancens · Calabasas, US
• Frederick B. Frontiera · Mount Pleasant, US
• Martin Guirguis · Long Beach, US
• Don D. Trend · Tecate Mission Road, US
• Jake B. Weinmann · Signal Hill, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 10, 2037

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 loading and unloading a brush to and from a brush-arm assembly of an end-effector is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a base and a carriage, which is movable along an axis at least to a first position, a second position, or a third position relative to the base. The carriage comprises a brush receptacle, configured to prevent movement of the brush in a first direction, but not in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, when the brush is placed in the brush receptacle. The apparatus also comprises a stationary component, fixed relative to the base and configured to prevent movement of the brush-arm assembly in the second direction. Additionally, the apparatus comprises a linear actuator, configured to move the carriage.