# US 7,461,682 B2 · Method and apparatus for serially applying an adhesive onto members of one or more wood stacks

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- Number: US 7,461,682 B2
- Document ID: US7461682B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/580,340
- Filed: 2006-10-12
- Published: 2008-04-17
- Granted: 2008-12-09
- Earliest claimed: 2006-10-12
- Inventors: Kenneth Biktjorn; Espen Vige
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7461682B2

## CPC

- E04F 21/20: for laying flooring (made of similar material to roads or pavements E01C {; arrangements for removing of previously fixed floor covering E04G23/00})
- E04F 21/023: {for applying adhesive, e.g. glue or mortar, on the covering elements, in particular tiles}
- E04F 21/06: Implements for applying plaster, insulating material, or the like {(finishing E04F21/16)}
- Y10T 156/1702: For plural parts or plural areas of single part
- Y10T 156/1744: Means bringing discrete articles into assembled relationship
- E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

Serial application of adhesive onto members of one or more wood stacks has controllable supply of pressurized adhesive dispensed onto one face of the member from the adhesive supply, and a mechanism operable to advance stacked supply of members to a platform for adhesive application and a conveyor operable to position a next stack, upon exhaustion of a current stack, in a position from which a member can be adhesively coated. The invention also provides a method in order to operate the apparatus.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for serially applying an adhesive onto members of a plurality stacks of building elements to provide for subsequent adhesive assisted attachment of the members to a surface, the apparatus comprising:
an elongate element having an upper elongate contact face for members to which a coating, preferably adhesive, is to be applied;
a coating applicator arranged above the contact face;
a storage site for a current stack of articles at one end of the elongate contact face;
one or more bars projecting sideways out from the elongate element;
a pusher means for pushing a lowermost member in the current stack onto and along the elongate contact face, under and past the coating applicator; and
conveyor means for storing a plurality of stacks and operable to place a next stack, upon exhaustion of the current stack, in a position at one end of the elongate contact face from which the lowermost member of the next stack can be pushed onto and along the elongate contact face, under and past the coating applicator for applying the adhesive onto members of the plurality of stacks of building elements.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bar or bars are pivotally connected to the elongate element about a vertical axis.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bar or bars and the elongate element are provided with supporting wheels that allow translational movement along an underlying surface such as a floor.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage site includes at least one vertical bar which projects upwards from one side of the elongate element.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the vertical bar or bars are pivotally mounted on the elongate element about a horizontal axis.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the coating applicator is mounted on the elongate element by means of a vertical bar which preferably is pivotally mounted on the elongate element about a horizontal axis.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the coating applicator is connected to a coating container which is supported by a bar projecting horizontally from the elongate element, the bar preferably being pivotally mounted on the elongate element about a vertical axis.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pusher means receives motive force from an electric motor.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pusher means receives motive force from a compressor.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor means is pivotally mounted to the apparatus.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor means operation is selectable as automatic or manually controlled.