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AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorGlenn Richard VanSickle
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An apparatus for applying an adhesive to tubing end includes an adhesive supply, a vacuum source, and a tube holding block. The tube holding block includes a tube holding channel including a tip holding portion and channel end, an adhesive flow path that receives and communicates adhesive to the tip holding portion, a first air inflow channel, a second air inflow channel, and a vacuum flow path that communicates a vacuum to the tip holding portion to create a negative pressure therein. The negative pressure draws air into the tube holding block through the first air inflow channel, with the air mixing with the adhesive to inject an air-adhesive mixture into the tip holding portion that coats the end section with adhesive. The negative pressure also draws air into the tube holding block through the second air inflow channel to prevent adhesive from entering an opening at the tubing end.
An apparatus for applying an adhesive to an outer circumferential surface of an end section of tubing, the apparatus comprising:
A method for applying adhesive to an outer circumferential surface of an end section of tubing having an opening therein, the method comprising:
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