High-volume low-pressure end effector

US11465165B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Colton Massey Smoot · Charleston, US
• Craig Alan Ungerecht · Kirkland, US
• Melinda Dae Miller · Pine Bluff, US
• Paul G. Solecki · Bothell, US
• David McCaig · Everett, US
• Frederick B. Frontiera · Mount Pleasant, US
• Adrienne C. Engholm · Lynnwood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 26, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2022
• Expiry date: May 18, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B05B7/08
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A high-volume low-pressure end effector is presented. The high-volume low-pressure end effector comprises a connection arm and a spray head. The connection arm comprises a housing with flexible conduits running through the housing. The spray head has integral channels configured to receive air and a fluid from the flexible conduits and deliver the air and the fluid to a number of outlets.