DR. JOHN EDWIN KELLEY, PH.D.
Social Work at Olive Blvd, Saint Louis, MO

License number

Missouri PSY6703

Professional information

Dr. John E Kelley, Saint Louis MO - PHD

Specialties:

Clinical Psychology

Address:

12647 Olive Blvd STE 600, Saint Louis 63141
(314) 744-4222 (Phone)

Languages:

English

Consumer Electronics Professional

Location:

Greater St. Louis Area

Industry:

Consumer Electronics

Coating Removal System Having A Solid Particle Nozzle With A Detector For Detecting Particle Flow And Associated Method

US Patent:

6347976, Feb 19, 2002

Filed:

Nov 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/451284

Inventors:

Stanley Allen Lawton - St. Louis MO
John Daniel Kelley - Creve Coeur MO
Wayne Nicholas Schmitz - St. Louis MO

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Seattle WA

International Classification:

B24B 4900

US Classification:

451 6, 451 38

Abstract:

An apparatus is provided for removing a coating from a substrate, comprising a nozzle having an outlet and adapted to direct a particle stream therethrough at a predetermined flow rate, a signal source for emitting a signal capable of traversing the particle stream, and a signal sensor positioned to detect the signal emitted by the signal source once the signal has passed through the particle stream. The particle stream is directed from the outlet of the nozzle toward a coating on a substrate to remove the coating from the substrate. Since the signal emitted by the signal source traverses the particle stream before being detected, the intensity of the signal detected by the signal sensor corresponds to a flow rate of the particle stream such that a subsequent change in the intensity of the signal that is detected by the signal sensor indicates a change in the flow rate of the particle stream. A method of monitoring a particle flow in an apparatus used for removing a coating from a substrate is also provided.