Laminate applicator
AssigneeNorthwest Aerospace Technologies, Inc.
InventorsNick Carroll Brehm, Jason Bauer
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Abstract
A device for laminating panels that includes a base that includes an upper surface, a front edge and a rear edge, and a folding assembly that includes a first surface that is generally perpendicular with the upper surface of the base, a folding portion having an inner surface, a front edge and a rear edge. A folding path is defined from the front edge of the folding portion to the rear edge of the folding portion. An angle that is defined between the inner surface of the folding portion and the first surface decreases along the folding path.
Claims14
A device for adhering a laminate to a panel, the device comprising:
- a base that includes an upper surface, a front edge and a rear edge, and
- a folding assembly that includes a first surface that is generally perpendicular with the upper surface of the base, a folding portion having an inner surface, a front edge and a rear edge, wherein the folding portion is heated by a rear heater strip having a front surface that it directly attached to a rear surface of the folding portion, such that the laminate is adhered to the panel,
- wherein a folding path is defined from the front edge of the folding portion to the rear edge of the folding portion, and
- wherein a first angle that is defined between the inner surface of the folding portion and the first surface decreases along the folding path, wherein the front surface of the rear heater strip defines a rear heater strip angle with the first surface, wherein the rear heater strip angle decreases along the folding path, wherein the rear heater strip angle is the same as the first angle along the entire folding path.
A device for laminating panels, the device comprising:
- a base that includes an upper surface, a front edge and a rear edge, and
- a folding assembly that includes a folding member secured to a guide rail,
- wherein the folding member comprises a folding portion having an inner surface, a front edge and a rear edge and the guide rail comprises a first surface that is generally perpendicular with the upper surface of the base,
- wherein a folding path is defined from the front edge of the folding portion to the rear edge of the folding portion,
- wherein a first angle that is defined between the inner surface of the folding portion and the first surface decreases along the folding path,
- wherein the first angle is about 90° at the rear edge of the folding portion,
- wherein the inner surface of the folding portion and the first surface are about co-planar at the front edge of the folding portion, and
- wherein the folding portion is heated by a rear heater strip that is directly attached to a rear surface of the folding portion, wherein the rear heater strip defines a rear heater strip angle with the first surface, wherein the rear heater strip angle decreases along the folding path, and wherein the rear heater strip angle is the same as the first angle along the entire folding path.
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