Right angle gluer
AssigneeNordson Corporation
InventorsRobert D. Guzzon, Thomas Kane
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Abstract
A right-angle gluer for applying a transverse bead of an adhesive to a blank being conveyed in a machine direction orthogonal to the transverse direction of glue application. The right-angle gluer includes a coating head operable for applying the transverse adhesive bead and a pivotal mounting assembly that permits adjustment of the positioning and orientation of the coating head relative to the machine direction. The right angle gluer further includes a backup plate positioned upstream of the coating head that reduces or prevents buckling of the conveyed blanks.
Claims45
A dispensing system for applying a transverse bead of adhesive to a blank traveling in a first direction, comprising:
- a coating head capable of applying the bead of the adhesive to the blank in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction;
- a mounting assembly orienting said coating head in the second direction, said mounting assembly including a bracket pivotal about a roll axis aligned substantially parallel to the first direction and then capable of being fixed for angularly adjusting a roll angle of said coating head relative to a plane containing the first and second directions;
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- a height-adjustment mechanism coupled with said bracket and capable of moving said coating head relative to said bracket in a direction substantially orthogonal to the plane containing the first and second directions.
A dispensing system for applying a transverse bead of adhesive to a blank, traveling in a first direction, comprising:
- a coating head capable of applying the transverse bead of the adhesive to the blank in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction;
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- a mounting assembly orienting said coating head in the second direction, said mounting assembly including a first bracket and a second bracket, said second bracket carrying said coating head and pivotally coupled to said first bracket along a pitch axis substantially parallel to the second direction for adjusting a pitch angle of said coating head, and said first bracket and said second bracket being rotatable about a roll axis aligned substantially parallel to the first direction for adjusting a roll angle of said coating head.
A dispensing system for applying a transverse bead of adhesive to a blank traveling in a first direction, said dispensing system comprising:
- a coating head capable of applying the bead of the adhesive to the blank in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction;
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- a mounting assembly orienting said coating head in the second direction, said mounting assembly including a bracket pivotal about a pitch axis aligned substantially parallel to the second direction and then capable of being fixed at a pitch angle for angularly adjusting a pitch angle of said coating head relative to a plane containing the first and second directions;
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- a height-adjustment mechanism coupled with said bracket and capable of moving said coating head relative to said bracket in a direction substantially orthogonal to the plane containing the first and second directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.