Portable edge bander
AssigneeYerger Bros. Inc.
InventorRandall D. Rhoads
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Abstract
A portable edge bander for bonding polyester, vinyl or wood veneer trim edging to profile contours. A hand held device including a thermostatically controlled electric heater and a supply of tape-like trim. The tape is preheated by the heater as the operator moves the machine along the edge of the material to be covered. A triggered cutter cuts the tape automatically after the completion of the operation. The size of the apparatus is minimized by storing the tape above the working surface and transporting it by a series of rollers to the under side of a plate from which it is bonded onto the working surface.
Claims13
A portable apparatus for bonding thermosetting trim tape to the intersecting outside edge of a surface formed by the thickness of the surface comprising:
- mounting means including a section to rest upon a surface intersecting an outside edge to be covered by trim tape and capable of being moved along the surface and the intersecting outside edge by an individual operator while maintaining constant contact between the mounting means and the surface;
- handle means attached to the mounting means permitting an operator to grasp the apparatus and to move the apparatus along the surface and intersecting outside edge to be covered;
- tape storage means attached to the mounting means and holding a supply of the trim tape to be bonded to the edge of the surface;
- tape heating means attached to the mounting means and heated to a temperature suitable for activating an adhesive coating on the trim tape;
- bonding means attached to the mounting means so as to contact the intersecting outside edge while the mounting means rests upon the surface and positioned to permit the operator to accurately guide said bonding means along the edge to be covered while applying pressure to the edge with said bonding means;
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- tape guide means attached to the mounting means, guiding the trim tape from the tape storage means, to and into contact with the tape heating means and to the bonding means.
A method of continuously bonding thermosetting trim tape to the intersecting outside edge of a stationary surface formed by the thickness of the surface comprising:
- moving a supply of trim tape and a heater, both attached to a mounting means, along the edge of the stationary surface while;
- maintaining the alignment of the trim tape with the intersecting outside edge by resting the mounting means on the stationary surface while moving it along the surface;
- heating the trim tape by removing it from the tape supply and moving it across a heated surface;
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- pressing the trim tape against the edge to be covered, immediately after the trim tape is heated, by applying pressure to the trim tape as it touches the stationary surface edge with a surface attached to the mounting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.