Gary L Calvert

US Patent:

6613150, Sep 2, 2003

Filed:

Dec 2, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/452787

Inventors:

Gary L. Calvert - Wichita KS
Norman Charles Eggleston - Derby KS

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Seattle WA

International Classification:

B05L 1102

US Classification:

118681, 118680, 118208, 118210, 118239

Abstract:

A coating machine includes a conveyor surface that receives and carries a stringer toward a downstream end of the conveyor. An engagement mechanism forces the stringer against the conveyor surface. An applicator mechanism coats the stringer with a coating material during a discharge mode. The discharge mode occurs while a stringer within the coating machine is in a predetermined position. A retention mode occurs while there is not a stringer in the predetermined position within the coating machine. A motor drives the conveyor surface at a first speed during the discharge mode, and at a second speed that is slower than the first speed during the retention mode.