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US 5,316,581 AGranted
Liquid applicator to activate adhesive
OwnerTadeusz Staniszewskiinventor
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Abstract
A liquid applicator with reservoir within a housing with a slot through which the material, or in this embodiment, the envelope flap, is drawn to activate the previously applied adhesive thereon.
Claims31
A device for moistening an adhesive coating on a thin workpiece with a moistening agent, comprising:
- a housing for holding said moistening agent;
- an applicator means mounted in said housing and having a lateral surface for carrying and applying said moistening agent to said workpiece, said lateral surface being at least partially accessible by said workpiece, said lateral surface being curved;
- wherein
- said applicator means comprises a material having as a property the ability to carry said moistening agent by capillary action;
- said housing has a slot with a pair of opposing upright walls leading toward an opening for exposing said lateral surface at least partially, said opening having a limited size for preventing exposure of said lateral surface throughout most of said slot, so that loss of the agent through said opening is limited.
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A device for moistening an adhesive coating on a thin workpiece with a moistening agent, comprising:
- a housing for holding said moistening agent;
- and
- an applicator means mounted in said housing and having a lateral surface for carrying and applying said moistening agent to said workpiece;
- said housing having a slot with a pair of opposing upright walls converging toward said opening exposing, at least partially, said lateral surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.