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Method and apparatus for simultaneous electrical discharge treatment of and adhesive application to a polymer component

US5443703A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 2, 1994
Grant dateAug 22, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C59/10
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for simultaneous electrical discharge treatment and adhesive application to a polymer component. The apparatus includes a jig having an electrically conductive region and a dispenser having an electrically grounded dispensing tip with a dispenser orifice which functions as an electrode as it is moved across an upper surface of the polymer component in close proximity thereto. During such movement, the tip coacts with the jig which underlies the component and to which high voltage is applied to create an electrical discharge which is directed onto the component and makes the surface thereof susceptible to bonding with adhesive applied to the component from the tip virtually simultaneously with the discharge.

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