Apparatus for applying an adhesive strip of plastic to a glass pane

Apparatus for applying to a glass pane a plastic strip, which is adhesive on two mutually opposite, parallel side faces and comprises a plastic material, a moisture-absorbing substance and a metal strip that extends between said two side faces and in the longitudinal direction of the plastic strip, which plastic strip is applied to said glass pane to extend continuously along the periphery of said glass pane at a predetermined distance from the edge of said pane, characterized in that said apparatus comprises

• conveying means for conveying the glass panes, which conveying means comprise a horizontal conveyor for supporting and conveying the glass panes standing on their lower edge,
• backing means, which extend above the horizontal conveyor and are adapted to laterally support the glass panes standing on the horizontal conveyor in a predetermined plane of conveyance, which is slightly inclined from the vertical toward said backing means,
• pressure-applying means, which are slightly spaced above the horizontal conveyor and serve to force the plastic strip against a moving glass pane which is in contact with one adhesive side face of the plastic strip,
• a strip feeder, which is operable to move in synchronism with the horizontal conveyor at the same speed as the latter to feed the plastic strip to the pressure-applying means,
• a turning mechanism, which when the horizontal conveyor is at a standstill is adapted to turn each glass pane through 90.degree. opposite to the normal direction of travel of the horizontal conveyor about an axis which is spaced slightly above the pane-supporting plane of the horizontal conveyor and extends at right angles to said plane of conveyance,
• strip-guiding means, which are disposed adjacent to and cooperate with the pressure-applying means and are arranged to act on the top of the plastic strip at least during the turning operation, and
• severing means for severing strip sections in the required length from a plastic strip supply.