US4853065A
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Method of manufacturing clean-room compatible honeycomb tables
Assignee: Newport Corp USA
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Filing: 1988-01-26
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Granted: 1989-08-01
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Expires: 2008-01-26
Abstract
Abstract In order to render honeycomb tables with apertured table leaves clean-room compatible, sealing sheets are provided with projections corresponding in number and location to apertures in the table leaves and projecting into cells of honeycomb cores for a distance being several times smaller than the depth of such cores. These sealing sheets and their projections seal the honeycomb cells against the table leaf apertures inside the table leaves. Debris and lubricant residues accumulate inside these projections during provision of the table leaf apertures and are removed through these apertures preparatory to use of each honeycomb table in a clean room. The apertures are structured for receiving fasteners for attaching objects to the honeycomb tables. A load-bearing sealing structure may be molded from a sealing sheet or may otherwise be provided with cavities situated like the above mentioned projections. Sitting on top of the honeycomb core, that sealing structure bears the table leaf and objects or other loads placed or imposed on the table, in addition to ensuring clean-room compatibility.
Inventors
- 👤 Dennis C. Terry
- 👤 Waldemiro M. Filho
- 👤 John J. Turechek
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 04:56
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B3/00; B32B3/10; B32B3/12; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24149; Y10T428/24273; Y10T428/24322; Y10T428/24331
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 39
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
In a method of manufacturing a honeycomb table including a table leaf having an outside surface and apertures for receiving fasteners for attaching objects at said outside surface and including a honeycomb core supporting said table leaf and extending inside said table leaf between said table leaf and a facing sheet spaced from said table leaf and having internal cells, the improvement comprising in combination the steps of: providing a sealing sheet with projections corresponding in number and location at least to said apertures for projection from said table leaf for a distance being smaller than a spacing between said facing sheet and said table leaf; and providing said sealing sheet between said table leaf and said honeycomb core for sealing said internal cells relative to said apertures, with said projections projecting away from said table leaf and said apertures in said table leaf communicating with insides of said projections to render said honeycomb table clean-room compatible by enabling cleaning of said projections inside said table leaf through said apertures from outside of said table leaf.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
176 words
In a method of manufacturing a honeycomb table including a table leaf having an outside surface and apertures for receiving fasteners for attaching objects at said outside surface and including a honeycomb core supporting said table leaf and extending inside said table leaf between said table leaf and a facing sheet spaced from said table leaf and having internal cells, the improvement comprising in combination the steps of: providing a sealing sheet with projections corresponding in number and location at least to said apertures for projection from said table leaf for a distance being smaller than a spacing between said facing sheet and said table leaf; and providing said sealing sheet between said table leaf and said honeycomb core for sealing said internal cells relative to said apertures, with said projections projecting away from said table leaf and said apertures in said table leaf communicating with insides of said projections to render said honeycomb table clean-room compatible by enabling cleaning of said projections inside said table leaf through said apertures from outside of said table leaf.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, including the step of: attaching said sealing sheet and said table leaf to each other with an adhesive applied to said sealing sheet and to an inside surface of said table leaf, opposite said outside.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method as claimed in claim 2, including the step of: attaching said sealing sheet and said honeycomb core to each other with an adhesive applied to said sealing sheet and to said honeycomb core.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, including the step of: attaching said sealing sheet and said honeycomb core to each other at portions of said sealing sheet between said projections.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, including the step of: attaching said sealing sheet and said table leaf to each other at portions of said sealing sheet between said projections.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, including the step of: sealing said projections except for communication through said apertures.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said projections are provided with closed sides and closed bottoms relative to said honeycomb core.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, including the step of: using said sealing sheet as an intermediary in an attachment of said honeycomb core to said table leaf.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, including the steps of: providing a sheet of sealing material; and providing said sealing sheet with said projections by drawing said projections in said sheet of sealing material.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, including the step of: providing said projections with a taper.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said projections project into said cells.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, including the step of: providing damping masses on said sealing sheet in between said projections.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, including the steps of: composing said honeycomb core of interconnected first and second elements; and providing said first elements between bottoms of said projections and said facing sheet, but providing said second elements from said facing sheet to in between said projections.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as claimed in claim 13, including the step of: attaching end portions of said second elements to said sealing sheet in between said projections.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as claimed in claim 13, including the step of: extending portions of said second elements past said sealing sheet to said table leaf.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as claimed in claim 13, including the step of: extending said first elements below said projections back and forth between said second elements.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
185 words
In a method of manufacturing a honeycomb table including a table leaf having an outside surface and apertures for receiving fasteners for attaching objects at said outside surface and including a honeycomb core supporting said table leaf and extending inside said table leaf between said table leaf and a facing sheet spaced from said table leaf and having internal cells, the improvement comprising in combination the steps of: providing a load-bearing sealing structure with cavities corresponding i number and location at least to said apertures and with a height smaller than a spacing between said facing sheet and said table leaf; and interposing said sealing structure between said table leaf and said honeycomb core so that said sealing structure bears the table leaf and loads imposed on said table leaf, and so that said sealing structure seals said internal cells relative to said apertures and said apertures in said table leaf communicate with said cavities in said sealing structure to render said honeycomb table clean-room compatible by enabling cleaning of said cavities inside said table leaf through said apertures from outside of said table leaf.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
185 words
In a method of manufacturing a honeycomb table including a table leaf having an outside surface and apertures for receiving fasteners for attaching objects at said outside surface and including a honeycomb core supporting said table leaf and extending inside said table leaf between said table leaf and a facing sheet spaced from said table leaf and having internal cells, the improvement comprising in combination the steps of: providing a load-bearing sealing structure with cavities corresponding i number and location at least to said apertures and with a height smaller than a spacing between said facing sheet and said table leaf; and interposing said sealing structure between said table leaf and said honeycomb core so that said sealing structure bears the table leaf and loads imposed on said table leaf, and so that said sealing structure seals said internal cells relative to said apertures and said apertures in said table leaf communicate with said cavities in said sealing structure to render said honeycomb table clean-room compatible by enabling cleaning of said cavities inside said table leaf through said apertures from outside of said table leaf.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, including the step of: attaching said sealing structure and said table leaf to each other with an adhesive applied to said sealing structure and to an inside surface of said table leaf, opposite said outside.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method as claimed in claim 18, including the step of: attaching said sealing structure and said honeycomb core to each other with an adhesive applied to said sealing structure and to said honeycomb core.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, including the step of: attaching said sealing structure and said honeycomb core to each other at portions of said sealing structure located at said cavities.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, including the step of: attaching said sealing structure and said table leaf to each other at portions of said sealing structure between said cavities.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, including the step of: sealing said cavities except for communication through said apertures.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, wherein: said cavities are provided with closed sides and closed bottoms relative to said honeycomb core.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, including the step of: using said sealing structure as an intermediary in an attachment of said honeycomb core to said table leaf.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, including the steps of: providing a sheet of sealing material; and molding said sealing structure and cavities from said sheet of sealing material.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, including the step of: providing said cavities with a rectangular cross-section.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as claimed in claim 26, wherein: sides of said cavities are arranged in parallel to sides of the table leaf.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as claimed in claim 26, wherein: sides of said cavities are arranged at angles to sides of the table leaf.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
62 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, including the step of: providing said sealing structure at the bottom of each cavity communicating with an aperture in the table leaf with a break-out aligned with that aperture, to permit a fastener extending through that aperture and that cavity to break through said sealing structure without damage to the sealing structure and honeycomb core.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method as claimed in claim 29, including the step of: reinforcing a periphery of said break-out with a hollow projection.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, including the step of: providing said sealing structure with projections extending into cells of said honeycomb core.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, including the steps of: providing said sealing structure with a bottom sheet; and rendering said sealing structure flexible by providing a multitude of slots extending between said cavities to said bottom sheet.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, including the steps of: providing said sealing structure with a bottom sheet; and providing a pattern of crossed slots having said cavities located therebetween.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
47 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, including the steps of: providing said sealing structure with a top sheet having upper portions of said cavities extending therethrough; and rendering said sealing structure flexible by providing a multitude of slots extending between said cavities to said top sheet.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method as claimed in claim 17, including the steps of: providing said sealing structure with a top sheet having upper portions of said cavities extending therethrough; and providing a pattern of crossed slots having said cavities located therebetween and extending through a bottom region of said sealing structure.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
78 words
In a method of manufacturing a honeycomb table including a table leaf having an outside surface, and having a honeycomb core supporting said table leaf and extending inside said table leaf between said table leaf and a facing sheet spaced from said table leaf, the improvement comprising in combination the steps of: providing apertures in said table leaf for receiving fasteners therein for attaching objects at said outside surface; and rendering said honeycomb table cleanable through said apertures.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
78 words
In a method of manufacturing a honeycomb table including a table leaf having an outside surface, and having a honeycomb core supporting said table leaf and extending inside said table leaf between said table leaf and a facing sheet spaced from said table leaf, the improvement comprising in combination the steps of: providing apertures in said table leaf for receiving fasteners therein for attaching objects at said outside surface; and rendering said honeycomb table cleanable through said apertures.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1992-07-31 | 1993-01-30 | 1993-08-01 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1996-07-31 | 1997-01-30 | 1997-08-01 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2000-07-31 | 2001-01-30 | 2001-08-01 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |