Device and method for adhering brick slips to a panel
AssigneeAcquies Holding BV
InventorMurk Anne Kooistra
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for adhering brick slips to a panel, which device comprises: —a horizontal transport surface with an infeed side and an outfeed side for transporting the panel from the infeed side, over the transport surface and to the outfeed side; —a buffer arranged adjacently of the transport surface for buffering at least one row of brick slips; —dispensing means for dispensing a layer of adhesive onto the panel; and —engaging means displaceable between a position above the buffer and a position above the transport surface for picking up from the buffer the at least one row of brick slips and placing the row of brick slips on the panel.
Claims15
A device for adhering brick slips to a panel, wherein the device comprises:
- a horizontal transport surface with an infeed side and an outfeed side for transporting the panel from the infeed side, over the transport surface and to the outfeed side, the transport surface having a longitudinal dimension extending along a direction of transporting from the infeed side to the outfeed side and having a transverse dimension perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension;
- a buffer arranged adjacently of the transport surface for buffering at least one row of brick slips;
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- engaging means displaceable between a position above the buffer and a position above the transport surface capable of picking up from the buffer the at least one row of brick slips and placing the row of brick slips on the panel, wherein the engaging means
- 1) comprise a plurality of brick slip grippers, wherein a brick slip gripper is a gripper capable of holding a brick slip;
- 2) are displaceable above the horizontal transport surface in the transverse dimension of the horizontal transport surface so that the device is capable of placing a first row of brick slips on the panel and also capable of placing at least a second row of brick slips on the panel, wherein the second row is adjacent to the first row;
- wherein the device comprises means for adjusting joint widths of the brick slips in a row of brick slips from a first joint width to a second joint width.
A method for adhering brick slips to a panel, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- positioning a panel horizontally on a horizontal surface and adjacently of a buffer zone, the panel comprising an adhesive layer to at least a part of a surface of the panel;
- providing a row of brick slips in the buffer zone;
- picking up the row of brick slips, transporting the row to a position above the panel comprising the adhesive layer and placing the row of brick slips in the adhesive layer on the panel;
- providing a subsequent row of brick slips in the buffer zone;
- picking up the subsequent row of brick slips, transporting the subsequent row to a position above the panel and placing the subsequent row of brick slips in the adhesive layer on the panel adjacent to the first row;
- repeating the steps of 1) providing a subsequent row of brick slips and 2) picking up, transporting and placing the subsequent row of brick slips, wherein each subsequent row of brick slips is placed adjacent to a previous row in order to cover a part or the whole surface of the panel with brick slips,
- wherein joint widths of the brick slips in the rows of brick slips are adjusted from a first joint width to a second joint width before the rows are placed in the adhesive layer on the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.