Abstract:
The invention relates to a metering device comprising: a base plate (1) fitted with heating means (25) and a pipe (7) which connects two openings, at least one (4) of which is located on the upper wall of the said plate two or more tanks (2, 2′) designed to rest on the plate, which are fitted with a connector (5) designed to be inserted into the said pipes metering means (8) designed to be connected to the other end of the said pipes (7) to convey the product from the interior of the said tanks through the said plate; the outlet of the said metering means (8) leading to a dispensing head (10) which contains two chambers (28, 29), connected to feed devices that convey the adhesive from each tank, while two nozzles (32, 33) connect the said chambers to two outlets, one of the said chambers (28) also being connected to a second pipe (37) which dispenses the adhesive.
Abstract:
A dispenser for applying creamy solder onto a substrate, comprising: a syringe 1 storing therein creamy solder; a needle 2 fixed at the forward end of this syringe 1; and a driving mechanism 3 using a pulse-controlled stepping motor and an eccentrically rotating drive motion. The driving mechanism 3 comprises: a linear guide 10 for guiding a syringe holder which holds the syringe 1, a stepping motor 11, a crank 13 and a connecting rod 14 rotatably supported on the crank and the syringe holder. When, the stepping motor 11 is rotated by a predetermined angle, the crank 13 and the connecting rod 14 are eccentrically rotated in an interlocking relation to the rotation of this stepping motor, and the syringe 1 is upwardly and downwardly moved within a predetermined range through a syringe holder 9.
Abstract:
A sealant supply system for a sealant applying machine having a plurality of rotatable sealant applying head devices rotatable about a central axis of rotation and comprising support means for supporting the system on the machine; a rotatable sealant supply chamber means mounted on the support means for holding a supply of sealant material and having a bottom wall portion, a side wall portion, and an upper wall portion; coupling passage means in a lower portion of the chamber means for connection to the sealant applying head means to supply sealant thereto; a spindle means mounted on the upper wall portion of the chamber means for enabling rotation of the chamber means; a first central passage means in the spindle means enabling supply of air and sealant to the chamber means; bearing journal means and bearing means on an outer wall portion of the spindle means for rotatably supporting the spindle means; a non-rotatable housing means for receiving and rotatably supporting the bearing means and the spindle means; a second central passage means in the non-rotatable housing means for connection to the first central passage means for enabling supply of air and sealant to the chamber means; passage sealing means between the spindle means and the housing means for sealing the first central passage means relative to the second central passage means; a sealant delivery tube means mounted in the first central passage means and the second central passage means and having a discharge opening located in the chamber means for supplying sealant to the chamber means; and air passage means circumjacent the tube means and defined by the tube means and the first central passage means and the second central passage means for supplying pressurized air to the chamber means.
Abstract:
A supply tank 11 from which adhesive will be dispensed by an applicator wheel 12 to the flap of a carton incorporates a valve assembly 16 connected through an inlet 20 to a pressurized supply of molten adhesive. The adhesive will enter pockets 19 in a rotating feed member 14 carried by a shaft 13 and mounted in a housing 15. If the level of adhesive in the supply tank 11 falls below the top of an outlet 21 from the housing 15 then any charge of adhesive within a pocket 19 passing the opening 21 will be dispensed into the supply tank 11 by gravitation. There is no direct connection between the pressurized supply to the inlet 20 and the outlet 21.
Abstract:
A hot melt adhesive supply system is disclosed. The hot melt adhesive supply system includes an outer container defining an upper cavity and a lower cavity. The upper cavity includes an inner container having a top opening to receive unmelted hot melt adhesive pieces and a bottom aperture. The system also includes a dispensing mechanism between the upper cavity and the lower cavity. The dispensing mechanism regulates the dispensing of the unmelted hot melt adhesive pieces from the upper cavity to the lower cavity. The dispensing mechanism includes a base plate and one or more rotating members that rotate to move the unmelted hot melt adhesive pieces through a gap defined between the base plate and the bottom aperture. The system also includes a transfer conduit that communicates the unmelted hot melt adhesive pieces from the lower cavity to a hot melt adhesive melter.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for use with a thermoplastic road marking system (e.g., paint truck). The systems and methods control an insertion or replenishment rate of unmelted thermoplastic paint feed stock into a thermoplastic melter based, at least in part, on the rate that thermoplastic melt is being applied to a marking surface. By substantially matching the replenishment rate into the thermoplastic melter with the application rate, thermal variance within the thermoplastic melter is reduced, which improves the consistency of marking lines applied to surfaces.
Abstract:
The principles and embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for applying a catalytic coating to the outwardly facing edges of the cell walls of a catalytic substrate to reduce the amount of soot that accumulates at the entrances of the substrate cells that can increase back pressure and reduce the flow of exhaust gases through the substrate.
Abstract:
System and methods for applying a liquid coating to a substrate are disclosed herein. One exemplary method includes a flow control routine in which the velocity of an applicator, or other parameter affecting the amount of material applied to the substrate, is iteratively adjusted. The amount of the adjustment performed in each iteration is tracked. When the sum of the adjustments by the flow control routine exceeds a predetermined threshold, a fan width control routine is initiated in which the fan width of the stream of material applied by the applicator is adjusted.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a coating apparatus configured to properly detect a liquid surface of a coating liquid stored within a slit nozzle. The disclosed coating apparatus includes a slit nozzle, a moving mechanism, a storage portion illumination unit, and an imaging unit. The slit nozzle includes an elongated main body, a storage portion configured to store a coating liquid within the main body, and a slit-shaped ejecting port configured to eject the coating liquid fed from the storage portion through a slit-shaped flow path, wherein at least a part of each of a first wall and a second wall which face each other in the main body is formed of a transparent member. The moving mechanism is configured to move the slit nozzle with respect to a substrate. The storage portion illumination unit is configured to illuminate an inside of the storage portion through the transparent member of the first wall. The imaging unit is configured to image the inside of the storage portion through the transparent member of the second wall.
Abstract:
The principles and embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for applying a catalytic coating to the outwardly facing edges of the cell walls of a catalytic substrate to reduce the amount of soot that accumulates at the entrances of the substrate cells that can increase back pressure and reduce the flow of exhaust gases through the substrate.