A material applicator assembly and a method for using the same
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsPeter Miskech, Joseph Paul Tekelly, David Gary Dahlstrom, Keith Alan Kuzmich
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Abstract
A material applicator assembly 10 which includes a rotor member 12 having a plurality of dispenser apertures 20 and a deformable material application ring 23 around the outer periphery of the rotor member 12. The assembly 10 being rotatably coupled to a centrally mounted tubular member 40. Member 40 having at least one aperture through which an adhesive material 45 is forced into each of the plurality of apertures 20 as the rotor member 12 is rotated about member 40, thereby injecting the adhesive material 45 into the application ring 23 to deposit the adhesive material 45 upon components 60 having varying cross-sectional shapes.
Claims20
a material applicator comprising:
- a rotor portion having a plurality of outer dispensing apertures and a plurality of inner dispensing apertures wherein each of said plurality of inner dispensing apertures communicates with a unique one of said plurality of outer dispensing apertures;
- a member which extends through said rotor portion and which is movably coupled with said rotor portion, said member having at least one aperture which is selectively and sequentially aligned with each of said inner dispensing apertures as said rotor portion is rotated about said member, thereby allowing material to be emitted from said plurality of outer dispensing apertures in a certain sequence;
- a perforated elastomeric ring which is coupled to said rotor and which substantially covers each of said plurality of outer dispensing aperture;
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- a deformable sponge ring which is coupled to and which covers said perforated elastomeric ring, effective to allow said material to pass through said perforated elastomeric ring and into said sponge ring.
A material applicator comprising:
- a wheel having a depressed central portion and a first inner surface having a first plurality of material dispensing apertures, said depressed central portion having a second outer surface having a second plurality of material dispensing apertures, wherein each of said second plurality of material dispensing apertures is communicatively aligned with a unique one of said first plurality of apertures;
- a generally hollow member which is movably received by said inner surface of said wheel and which includes an open end which is selectively and communicatively coupled to a source of material, said generally hollow member further having at least one aperture which communicates with said open end and which is selectively and sequentially aligned with each of said first plurality of material dispensing apertures;
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- at least one material application layer which is disposed within said depressed central portion of said wheel.
A method for dispensing material comprising the steps of:
- providing a first rotor member having a plurality of material dispensing apertures;
- providing a deformable material application ring;
- coupling said deformable material application ring upon an outer periphery of said first rotor member;
- providing a generally hollow member having at least one material dispensing apertures;
- movably disposing said generally hollow member within said first rotor member;
- communicatively coupling said generally hollow member to a source of material;
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- rotating said first rotor member about said generally hollow member, effective to cause said at least one material dispensing aperture of said generally hollow member to be sequentially aligned with each of the plurality of material dispensing apertures which are found upon said first rotor member as said first rotor member is rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.