Variable spacing strand coating system and modular guide roller therefor
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorEdward W. Bolyard, Jr.
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Abstract
A strand coating apparatus having an applicator head with a coating material dispenser coupled thereto, a strand guide roller coupled to the applicator head adjacent a coating material orifice of the dispenser, the strand guide roller having one or more strand guides each having a corresponding annular groove disposed about a hub, the one or more strand guides disposed and retained between a shoulder flange and removable locking collar of the hub, and in some embodiments one or more spacers are disposed between adjacent strand guides of the strand guide roller.
Claims20
A strand coating apparatus comprising:
- an applicator head;
- a coating material dispenser coupled to the applicator head, the coating material dispenser having an orifice;
- a strand guide roller coupled to the applicator head in spaced apart relation to the coating material dispenser,
- the strand guide roller having a hub and a strand guide disposed about the hub, the strand guide having a groove disposed thereabout adjacent the coating material orifice.
A strand coating apparatus, comprising:
- a coating material dispenser having at least one orifice;
- a hub coupled to the coating material dispenser;
- a strand guide disposed about the hub, the strand guide spaced apart from the coating material dispenser, the at least one orifice directed toward the strand guide,
- the strand guide having at least one annular groove disposed on an outer surface thereof.
A strand coating apparatus, comprising:
- a coating material dispenser;
- a hub coupled to the coating material dispenser and spaced apart therefrom, the hub having a radial shoulder flange;
- a locking collar removably disposed about the hub, the collar spaced axially from the shoulder flange;
- a strand guide removably disposed about the hub between the shoulder flange and the removable collar,
- the strand guide having a corresponding annular groove disposed on an outer surface thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.