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US 6,537,375 B1Granted
Method and device for applying different colored flocks to profiled joints
AssigneeSaar-Gummiwerk GmbH
InventorHasso Flauss
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AssigneeSaar-Gummiwerk GmbH
InventorHasso Flauss
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According to the invention, different coloured and/or different types of flocks (8, 9) are applied to cover or flock-coat profiled joints or other profiled sections (11) in predetermined areas in a coating station (3) at the very moment when the required holes and separating cuts are made in the cutting and drilling station (4). The flock cabin (10) is divided up in to partial cabins (15, 17, 19) by means of partitions (16, 18) which can be displaced in a corresponding manner towards the profiled section (11) or brought tightly against it. Instead of the above-mentioned partitions (16, 18) or in addition to the partitions (16, 18), axially separating partitions (29, 30) extending in a longitudinal direction of the profiled section (11) are provided. The inventive method enables various coating areas (35, 36, 37) to be obtained on one single profiled section. This makes it possible, for instance, to adapt precisely defined areas, e.g., joint elements in a car body, to the colour of the car or fittings.
Apparatus for applying different colored flocks and/or types of flocks to a section surface of profile extrusions comprising coating, sizing, drilling, cutting, drying and cleaning stations provided along an extruder, the stations being inter-connected through a transport and guidance facility for respective sections of extrudate, storage areas in the coating station for different flocks, a flock cabin having plural component cabins, separation walls separating the component cabins, the separation walls being lowerable to the section of the extrudate, the separation walls being spaced corresponding to lengths of respective segments of the sections to be coated with the different flocks, and coatings on the segments being of differing colors and patterns of the flocks, wherein the drilling of holes, separation cutting and flock coating of the sections are simultaneous along the extrudate.
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