Abstract:
An applicator assembly for applying hot melt adhesive to a substrate such as the end flaps of a sift-proof carton includes slot nozzles employing elongated, wear-resistant doctor blades formed with a fluid discharge slot. The doctor blades, preferably in the form of hardened steel plates, are releasably clamped to the body of the applicator in communication with the outlet of an internal passageway in the applicator body which receives adhesive from a flow control device such as an adhesive gun. The plates forming the doctor blades are separated by a shim to define the fluid discharge slot into which the adhesive flows from the internal passageway. The lowermost ends of the doctor blades are formed in various configurations to spread the adhesive in the desired pattern or thickness on the substrate depending upon the type of adhesive employed or the requirements of a given application.
Abstract:
An adhesive dispensing apparatus for applying continuous, parallel adhesive beads onto the center portion of a substrate and intermittent, parallel adhesive beads on the outer portions of a substrate, particularly the plastic backing sheet of a disposable diaper. The apparatus includes a slot nozzle, divided into two center sections and two end sections, which is formed with flow passageways for each section having a coat hanger profile including a plurality of spaced, discharge orifices to form the parallel beads. A valving arrangement including solenoid-operated center dispensing valves for each center section of the nozzle, and solenoid-operated dispensing and recirculation valve pairs for each end section of the nozzle, controls the flow of adhesive to the nozzle. The center dispensing valves are continuously opened during an operating run to apply continuous adhesive beads on the center portion of the substrate, and the outer dispensing valves are opened and closed intermittently to form gaps on the substrate without adhesive where the leg holes of the diaper are cut. When the outer dispensing valves are closed, the recirculation valves are simultaneously opened to maintain constant adhesive flow to the center dispensing valves.
Abstract:
A method of encapsulating an article by placing non-moften plastics material inside a cylindrical reservoir (26), providing heat to render the material molten and then holding the molten material sufficiently long to allow any entrapped gases to escape. After gas removal, the reservoir is interconnected with a mould cavity and a wall (36) of the reservoir is moved to force the material from the reservoir and into a mould cavity. A manually portable container (12) for the use of the method has heating means (18) for the material and support means (42) to hold the outlet end of the reservoir uppermost so as to allow for expulsion of the gases.
Abstract:
@ Dispensing molten plastic material to mould an encapsulation around an artiele wherein the material is expelled from the outlet of a container (10) by a piston (34) having an annular polymeric resilient seal (50) which surrounds the piston and engages the wall of a reservoir of the container. The seal engages the plastic material and sweeps it from the container. The piston of the container preferably has two outwardly resilient annular polymeric seals (50) to intimately engage the reservoir well and a bearing means (62) disposed between the seals prevents sideways movement of the piston.
Abstract:
Moulding equipment in which cooperable male and female connectors (22, 26) of a mould (14) and a dispensing container (10) for mouldable material have means to lock them together. This includes a locking member (32) which is manually movable in pivotal fashion upon one connector into and out of a locking position with the other connector. Opposing surfaces (48, 50) of the locking member and the other connector relatively move across each other during movement of the locking member while offering sufficiently low resistance to movement to allow for manual operation. During transfer of the material into the mould, the opposing surfaces are urged together by moulding pressure to increase resistance to movement of the locking member out of the locking position. In preferred constructions, the locking member has a cam surface (48) which ensures the need for a progressively increasing unlocking force to enable release of the locking member during transfer of the mouldable material.
Abstract:
A device for applying liquid, pasty or plastic, particularly thermoplastic, substances to a substrate, incorporating a system for melting these substances and a coating device to transfer the melted substances onto the substrate by means of at least one nozzle. The system for melting substances consists of a receiving tank for the melted substance (1), and a pressure tank (4) connected to it. The melting process is facilitated by heat exchange surfaces (1) arranged in the receiving tank (1), in particular heat exchange pipes (15).
Abstract:
An electric arc spray metalizing apparatus includes a spray gun (10) which delivers a metalizing coating to the substrate. Wires (22) are fed to the spray gun through cables (26a) and (26b). The wires are directed through the spray gun to an intersection point where electrical energy creates an arc for consuming the ends of the wires at the intersection point. The wires are electrically charged by contact with a curved wire guide (176a), (176b) as the wires are bent when pushed through the wire guide. A flow stream of pressurized gas is directed through a main gas flow passage (152) onto the intersection point and the molten metal of the consumed wire ends is directed in a spray stream of molten metal particles. A pair of deflecting streams of pressurized gas flowing through deflecting gas passages (162) influence the spray stream by deflecting it into an elliptical or elongated deposition pattern. The orientation of the spray stream and deposition pattern can be changed relative to the spray gun by changing the position of the deflecting passages (162).
Abstract:
Typically, pre-painted steel strip has been produced in a steel finishing mill by applying it as a solvent-free melted liquid to a hot steel strip substrate, known as melt deposition. Melt deposition rate has been effected by controlling the contact pressure between the solid paint and the hot steel strip substrate, while maintaining constant all the other parameters affecting the deposition rate. The difficulty of accurately controlling all of these parameters has in turn made it difficult to obtain a consistently low and constant deposition rate in the production of thin paint coats of uniform thickness. This problem has been overcome by feeding a solid body of paint onto an endless belt conveyor (9), incorporating a substantially planar belt flight (11), a head pulley (12) and turn round means adjacent to the contact point of the paint block (15) and the moving steel strip (5) and consisting of a stationary guide (13) and an idler pulley (14). The turn round means is so constructed that the direction of the belt movement after the turn is at least parallel to that of the continuously moving strip (5) and preferably at an angle away from it. The head pulley (12) is preferably coated with a high friction material such as natural rubber. The planar belt flight (11) is adapted to support a file of at least one and preferably two blocks (15) of solvent-free paint composition, which becomes bonded to the pliable, durable heat-resistant material of the belt. In its simplest form, the flight (11) may slide upon a supporting table with the stationary guide of the turn round being the edge of the table. Alternatively, the paint blocks (15) may be fed vertically downwards between two belt conveyors moving in mutually opposite directions.
Abstract:
In order to apply spots of heat-pumpable adhesive to a vehicle body for the purposes of attaching reinforcement ribs, the adhesive is fed by a heat pump through a heated adhesive transport system, via a central dosing device (3) and a downstream auxiliary dosing device (4, 5, 6, 7) to an automatic multipoint nozzle installation (24, 25, 26, 27) in such a way that the temperature of the adhesive leaving each nozzle is approximately the same, irrespective of the shape and arrangement of the individual nozzles (24, 25, 26, 27).