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Process and device for the production of an article equipped with a profiled bead

US5336349A · kind A · utility

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21References

12Claims

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Assignee

Saint-Gobain Vitrage International · FR

Inventors

Gerd Cornils · Düren, DE
Heinz Kunert · Cologne, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 17, 1992
Grant date	Aug 9, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 17, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/179
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The method of and apparatus for equipping a surface of an article with a profiled gasket, bead or a profiled frame, after appropriate pretreatment of the surface. A thermoplastic elastomer is supplied via an extruder and a heated pressure hose to a heated extrusion nozzle. The nozzle is guided by a robot, and the elastomer is extruded and laid by means of the extrusion nozzle onto the surface. The gasket is applied, for example, to an automobile glazing as a profiled frame along its border.

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