Coating applicator head
AssigneeDynamelt Limited
InventorsJohn Rogers, David J. Redfern
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Abstract
An applicator head, for applying a coating of material (e.g. hot-melt adhesive) to a passing ribbon comprises an extrusion slot disposed transverse to the direction of passage of the ribbon and arranged to apply a coating of material in at least one continuous band along the ribbon, and an arrangement for intermittently opening and closing an extrusion slot for applying a coating of material discontinuously in a band contiguous with said one band.
Claims2
An applicator for applying a coating of material to a passing ribbon, comprising a head having a normally open extrusion slot disposed transverse to the direction of passage of the ribbon, means for supplying coating material to said head having portions adjacent opposite sides of the slot in continuous wiping contact with the ribbon during passing of the ribbon, a retractable finger which lies across an intermediate portion of said slot intermediate its ends, and means for repeatedly retracting said finger from across said slot and returning it to position it across said slot again, whereby said slot coats two continuous bands of material on said ribbon, which bands are spaced by the width of said finger, and a discontinuous band between and contiguous with each of said two continuous bands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.