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AssigneesPilkington Italia S.p.A., NKE S.p.A.
InventorsCiro Paudice, Saverio Lomartire, Ginetto Biginato, Sergio Pulcini
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Apparatus for extruding a profile on a glazing comprises drive means on which is mounted an extrusion head with an extrusion nozzle, and means for rotating the nozzle relative to the drive means. The apparatus may be used in a process which comprises extruding the profile through the nozzle while it is being moved by the drive means along a first edge of a glazing, around a corner of the glazing and along a second edge of the glazing, the nozzle being rotated relative to the drive means as it moves around the corner. The extruded profile comprises a first edge portion extending along a first edge of the glazing, a sharp corner portion extending around a sharp corner of the glazing and a second edge portion extending along a second edge region of the glazing, the portions of the profile being continuous.
Apparatus for extruding a profile on a glazing, the apparatus comprising an extrusion head having an extrusion nozzle from which the extruded profile is dispensed from the extrusion head and deposited onto the glazing, the extrusion nozzle having a longitudinal axis, the extrusion head being mounted on drive means for moving the extrusion head along the glazing, and rotation means separate from the drive means and operatively connected to the extrusion nozzle for rotatably driving the extrusion nozzle about said longitudinal axis of the extrusion nozzle and independent of movement of the extrusion nozzle by the drive means, the rotation means being spaced from the longitudinal axis of the extrusion nozzle, wherein the drive means comprises a robot.
An extrusion head for extruding a profile on to a glazing under driving movement of a robot, the extrusion head comprising an extrusion nozzle from which the extruded profile is dispensed from the extrusion head and deposited onto the glazing, the extrusion nozzle having a longitudinal axis, rotation means operatively connected to the extrusion nozzle for rotatably driving the extrusion nozzle about the longitudinal axis independent of all driving movement of the extrusion nozzle by the robot, the rotation means being spaced apart from the longitudinal axis of the extrusion nozzle so that the rotation means and the longitudinal axis of the extrusion nozzle are not coaxial with one another.
Apparatus for extruding a profile on a glazing, comprising an extrusion head having an extrusion nozzle from which the extruded profile is dispensed from the extrusion head and deposited onto the glazing, the extrusion nozzle having a longitudinal axis about which the extrusion nozzle is rotatable, the extrusion head being connected to drive means for moving the extrusion head along the glazing about a plurality of axes of movement as the profile is extruded from the extrusion nozzle and onto the glazing, and rotation means separate from the drive means and operatively connected to the extrusion nozzle for rotatably driving the extrusion nozzle about said longitudinal axis of the extrusion nozzle, the rotation means rotating the extrusion nozzle about the longitudinal axis independent of all of the axes of movement of the extrusion nozzle by the drive means, the rotation means providing a driving output for rotating the extrusion nozzle that is along an axis separate and spaced from the longitudinal axis of the extrusion nozzle, wherein the drive means comprises a robot.
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