US 5,824,363 A · Wallpaper pasting machine and method of making and using the same thereof

Abstract

An improved wallpaper pasting machine 10 and method of manufacture and use. The pasting machine 10 has a lid 20 and a trough 30. The lid 20 can completely cover the trough 30 to keep the paste from further drying out. An applying roller 40 for applying paste 90 to wallpaper 100 is placed within the inner compartment 35 of trough 30. A scraper bar 50 is mounted at the rear portion of trough 30, and the scraper bar 50 scrapes excess paste 90 from wallpaper 100. A snap lock 22 located on the lid 20 is used to secure the lid 20 to trough 30. Paper tension ribs 27 and 28 are located in the interior portion of lid 20 for providing tension on wallpaper 100 and for guiding and pressing the wallpaper 100 to the applying roller 40 to apply paste 90 onto the wallpaper 100 as the wallpaper 100 is pulled through the machine 10. A return roller 60 can be adjusted in position and held to one of three sets of holes 24--24, 25--25, and 26--26 that are on the lid. The position adjustment of the return roller 60 allows the thickness of paste 90 that is applied to wallpaper 100 to be varied. The pasting machine 10 can be mounted, attached, or fixed to a surface. Paste 90 is applied to wallpaper 100 by wallpaper 100 being generally placed over the applying roller 40, pulled through pasting machine 10, and pulled around and over return roller 60.

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Dependent claims

An improved wallpaper pasting machine for applying paste or glue to a wallpaper wherein the machine has an input end for inputting the wallpaper into the machine and has an output end for outputting the wallpaper from the machine comprising:

a trough having an inner compartment for holding paste or glue,
a trough roller mounted in the trough so that the trough roller is able to rotate within the inner compartment to pick up the paste or glue in the trough and contact a side of the wallpaper to which the paste or glue is applied,
a lid that guides and presses the wallpaper to the trough roller wherein the lid is hingedly attached to the trough and is pivotable between an open position and a closed position and wherein the wallpaper is able to be pulled through the machine between the lid and the trough,
a scraper bar mounted at an angle to the trough near the output end wherein the scraper bar scrapes and guides excess paste or glue back into the trough, and
a return roller mounted to the lid that is adjustable in position relative to the scraper bar wherein the return roller is able to rotate and contactingly guide the wallpaper so that amounts of paste or glue applied to the wallpaper can be controllably varied.

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A method of making an improved wallpaper pasting machine for applying paste or glue to a wallpaper wherein the machine has an input end for inputting the wallpaper into the machine and has an output end for outputting the wallpaper from the machine comprising the steps of:

providing a trough having an inner compartment for holding paste or glue,
mounting a trough roller in the trough so that the trough roller is able to rotate within the inner compartment to pick up the paste or glue in the trough and contact a side of the wallpaper to which the paste or glue is applied,
hingedly attaching a lid to the trough wherein the lid guides and presses the wallpaper to the trough roller and the lid is pivotable between an open position and a closed position and wherein the wallpaper is able to be pulled through the machine between the lid and the trough,
mounting a scraper bar near the output end at an angle to the trough that scrapes and guides excess paste or glue back into the trough, and
mounting a return roller to the lid that is adjustable in position relative to the scraper bar wherein the return roller is able to rotate and contactingly guide the wallpaper so that amounts of paste or glue applied to the wallpaper can be controllably varied.

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A method of using an improved wallpaper pasting machine for applying paste or glue to a wallpaper wherein the machine comprises a trough having an inner compartment for holding paste or glue, a trough roller that is able to rotate within the inner compartment of the trough to pick up the paste or glue in the trough and contact a side of the wallpaper to which the paste or glue is applied, a lid that guides and presses the wallpaper to the trough roller wherein the lid is hingedly attached to the trough and is pivotable between an open position and a closed position and wherein the wallpaper is able to be pulled through the machine between the lid and the trough, a scraper bar mounted near the output end at an angle to the trough that scrapes and guides excess paste or glue back into the trough, and a return roller mounted to the lid that is adjustable in position relative to the scraper bar wherein the return roller is able to rotate and contactingly guide the wallpaper so that amounts of paste or glue applied to the wallpaper can be controllably varied, comprising the steps of:

placing the paste or glue into the trough,
putting the lid into the open position,
laying the wallpaper onto the trough roller and over the scraper bar,
placing the lid into the closed position so that at least a portion of the lid guides and presses the wallpaper to the trough roller,
adjusting the position of the return roller so that the desired amount of the paste or glue is able to be applied onto the wallpaper,
directing the wallpaper around the return roller, and
pulling the wallpaper from the input end to the output end of the machine so that the wallpaper contacts the trough roller and the paste or glue is applied onto the wallpaper and so that the wallpaper contacts the scraper bar at a desired angle so that excess paste or glue is scraped from the wallpaper.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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