Protective membrane for reconfiguring a workpiece
US6805703B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2/95
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of protecting the coating on a reconfigurable coated workpiece having a first end and a second end is provided in one embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment includes providing an encasing hollow deformable membrane, positioning the first end of the reconfigurable coated workpiece adjacent to an entrance orifice of the membrane, enlarging the entrance orifice and the inside cavity of the membrane, inserting the reconfigurable coated workpiece into the enlarged entrance orifice and into the inside cavity and decreasing the size of the inside cavity of the membrane until an inside surface of the cavity contacts the coating of the workpiece.
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