Applicator
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorJames Clough
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Abstract
An applicator for applying an adhesive film to a surface of an aircraft component includes an adhesive inlet for receiving adhesive from a source of adhesive, adhesive outlets for dispensing of adhesive therethrough, one or more reservoirs for receiving adhesive from a respective adhesive outlet, channels wherein at least two of the channels are configured to facilitate delivery of adhesive from the adhesive inlet to a respective, mutually-different outlet, and one or more adhesive-contacting surfaces for contacting adhesive dispensed from the adhesive outlets into the reservoir and for forming an adhesive film therefrom, the one or more adhesive-contacting surfaces being configured to be maintained in spaced relationship with a surface onto which an adhesive film is to be formed.
Claims20
An applicator for applying an adhesive film to a surface of a workpiece, the applicator comprising:
- an inlet for receiving adhesive from a source of adhesive;
- a plurality of outlets for dispensing of adhesive therethrough;
- a plurality of channels, at least two of the channels being configured to facilitate delivery of adhesive from the inlet to a respective, mutually-different outlet;
- one or more reservoirs for receiving adhesive from a respective outlet;
- one or more adhesive-contacting surfaces for contacting adhesive deposited onto the surface, in a reservoir, as the applicator is moved across the surface, thereby forming a film of adhesive on the surface;
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- one or more adhesive-contacting surfaces being configured to be maintained in spaced relationship with a surface onto which an adhesive film is to be formed.
An adhesive applicator for forming an adhesive film on a workpiece, the applicator comprising:
- an inlet for receiving adhesive from a source of adhesive;
- an applicator main body providing:
- a plurality of outlets for dispensing of adhesive therethrough;
- a reservoir for receiving adhesive from the adhesive outlets;
- a plurality of channels, each of which is configured to facilitate delivery of adhesive from the adhesive inlet to a respective outlet;
- a base;
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- one or more adhesive-contacting surfaces for contacting adhesive deposited onto the surface, in a reservoir, as the applicator is moved across the surface, thereby forming a film of adhesive on the surface;
- the one or more adhesive-contacting surfaces being configured to be maintained in spaced relationship with a surface onto which an adhesive film is to be formed;
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- rails for retaining the applicator in position relative to a surface onto which a film of adhesive is to be formed, the rails defining a gap therebetween for the receipt of a workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.