Patent · US Expired

Non-contact gluing apparatus

US5201973A · kind A · utility

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17References
13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 18, 1991
Grant dateApr 13, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 18, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB05B15/52
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Apparatus for applying a predetermined glue pattern to a predetermined surface of a workpiece, which workpiece is moved in a stepwise, indexed fashion, such that this predetermined surface thereof follows a given path. The predetermined pattern includes first portion which extends along a line which intersects the given path. The apparatus includes a non-contact glue valve having an outlet; a carrier for mounting the glue valve for bidirectional motion along the line intersecting the given path with the outlet thereof in alignment with the first portion of the predetermined pattern and spaced closely above the predetermined surface of the workpiece. A control is provided for turning the glue valve on and off in a predetermined fashion for depositing glue upon the predetermined surface of the workpiece in the first portion of the pattern.

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