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Tape compactor

US5316612A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 27, 1993
Grant dateMay 31, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T156/1788
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A main compactor and a tail compactor are independently movable with respect to a tape laying head when compacting composite tape. A piston-driven linkage switches the two compactors alternately to a tape laydown point defined with respect to the tape head.

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