Apparatus for the application of liquid adhesives to a substrate

• US 4,876,982 A
• Filed: 06/06/1988
• Issued: 10/31/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nordson Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nordson Corporation
• Inventors: Claassen, Henning J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoag, Willard
• Application Number:
  US07/202,611
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• Field of Search: 118/100, 118/103, 118/107, 118/123, 118/125, 118/213, 118/200, 118/266, 118/259, 118/222, 118/231, 118/504, 118/406, 118/413, 118/419, 118/223, 118/261, 118/122, 118/410
• US Class Current: 118/406
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 11/10 Storage, supply or control of liquid or other fluent material; Recovery of excess liquid or other fluent material B05C1/0813, B05C5/0225, B05C17/002 and B05C19/06 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 5/0262 adjustable in width, i.e. having lips movable relative to each other in order to modify the slot width, e.g. to close it
• CPC Class Codes: D06B 11/0066 by spaced contacts with a member carrying a single treating material

Abstract

An apparatus for the application of liquid adhesives to a substrate comprises a supply container for the adhesive and an applicator nozzle which is connected via a conduit to the supply container and has a slit-like outlet opening which communciates via a supply passage with a spreading chamber; at the slit-shaped outlet opening a doctor blade secured by a clamp support is arranged.

Claims

1. An apparatus for the application of liquid adhesives to a substrate, comprising:

a supply container for the adhesive;

a conduit connected to said supply container;

an applicator nozzle defining a slit-shaped outlet opening and connected to the supply container via said conduit;

a supply passage;

a spreading chamber connected to said slit-shaped outlet opening via said supply passage;

a doctor blade of sheet metal being arranged at the slit-shaped outlet opening; and

a clamp support securing said doctor blade to said nozzle at said slit-shaped outlet opening, said clamp support including an engaging clamp plate connected to said nozzle with a clamp screw.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the engaging clamp plate is formed from a clamp metal sheet bearing on the doctor blade.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the applicator nozzle consists of two plates connected to each another and wherein the doctor blade is located in a recess in an end face of one plate.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein on the side of the oncoming substrate the end face of the applicator nozzle forms an angle of less than 90°

, especially 60°

to 40°

, with the doctor blade.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lower edge of the doctor blade on the side of the outgoing substrate is spaced at least 0.5 mm from the applicator nozzle.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a shape of the engagement edge of the doctor blade conforms to a shape of the substrate to be coated.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lower edge of the doctor blade is curved.

8. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a rotating rod is integrated into the lower edge of the doctor blade.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the slit-shaped outlet opening is formed by a recess in an interchangeable mask.

10. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the mask consists of spring steel.