System and method for sealing open ends of multi-wall sheets
AssigneePalram Industries (1990) Ltd.
InventorReuven HUGI
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Abstract
A device and a method allow for adhering sealing tape to open end of a multilayer sheet, usable at the production line and at the installation site. The device comprise means for applying pressure and heat onto the sealing tape and cutting blades for removing protruding edges of the sealing tape after it was adhered. The method comprise providing of a sealing tape, attaching and adhering the sealing tape to an open end of a multi-wall sheet by means of heat and/or pressure and adhesive and removal of protruding edges using cutting blades.
Claims14
A device for sealing an open end of a multi-wall sheet, comprising:
- means for adhering a sealing tape onto said open end of said multi-wall sheet;
- and
- means for removing edges of said sealing tape protruding outside of the walls of said multi-wall sheet.
A method for sealing an open end of a multi-layer sheet comprising:
- providing a multi-layer sheet;
- providing a sealing tape, the width of said sealing tape is equal to or larger than the thickness of said multi-layer sheet;
- adhering said sealing tape onto said open end of said multi-layer sheet by applying at least one of a pressure onto and heat to said sealing tape so as to adhere said sealing tape onto said open end of said multi-layer sheet;
- and
- removing protruding edges of said sealing tape.
The method of claim 14 performed by a single hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.