Thermoplastic adhesive dispensing method and apparatus
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1. A thermoplastic adhesive dispensing tape comprising:
- a flexible carrier tape extending longitudinally, having a transverse width, and having opposed first and second release surfaces; and
a plurality of thermoplastic hot melt, adhesive segments, said adhesive segments being arrayed non-contiguously in a longitudinally-spaced progression along said first release surface of said carrier tape;
wherein each of said adhesive segments is disposed at a point along the transverse width of said first release of said carrier tape;
whereby said carrier tape may be transversely flexed to expose a single adhesive segment to an abutting planar surface.
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Abstract
Hot melt thermoplastic adhesive is predeposited on a carrier strip having front and back release surfaces. The carrier strip is rolled into a coil compressing the thermoplastic hot melt into disks which may later be removed for use. The disks are spaced so that the carrier strip may be deformed to expose a single disk to a planar surface permitting simplified dispensing of the disks.
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1. A thermoplastic adhesive dispensing tape comprising:
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a flexible carrier tape extending longitudinally, having a transverse width, and having opposed first and second release surfaces; and
a plurality of thermoplastic hot melt, adhesive segments, said adhesive segments being arrayed non-contiguously in a longitudinally-spaced progression along said first release surface of said carrier tape;
wherein each of said adhesive segments is disposed at a point along the transverse width of said first release of said carrier tape;
whereby said carrier tape may be transversely flexed to expose a single adhesive segment to an abutting planar surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A thermoplastic adhesive dispensing tape comprising:
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a flexible carrier tape, said carrier tape extending longitudinally and having opposed first and second release surfaces and a transverse width defined by first and second edges; and
a plurality of thermoplastic hot melt, adhesive segments, said adhesive segments being arrayed on said first release surface of said carrier tape, wherein each of said adhesive segments is non-contiguously arrayed between said first and second edges of said transverse width, said adhesive dots extending in a longitudinal direction along said first release surface of said carrier tape whereby said carrier tape may be transversely flexed to expose a single adhesive dot to an abutting planar surface;
wherein said thermoplastic adhesive segments adhere less strongly to said second release surface than they do to said first release surface, wherein said carrier tape may be unwound from a coil with said thermoplastic adhesive dots being retained on said first release surface. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A thermoplastic adhesive dispensing tape comprising:
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a flexible carrier tape, said carrier tape extending longitudinally, having opposed first and second release surfaces and having a transverse width defined by first and second edges; and
a plurality of thermoplastic hot melt, adhesive disks, each of said adhesive disks being non-contiguously located on said first release surface between said first and said second edges of said transverse width, said plurality of adhesive disks extending non-contiguously along said first release surface of said carrier tape whereby said carrier tape may be transversely flexed to expose a single adhesive disks to an abutting planar surface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21)
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17. A thermoplastic adhesive dispensing tape, comprising:
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a flexible carrier tape, said carrier tape extending longitudinally and having opposed first and second release surfaces and a transverse width, said second release surface of said flexible carrier tape tending to adhere less strongly to thermoplastic adhesive material than does said first release surface of said flexible carrier tape;
a plurality of thermoplastic hot melt, adhesive segments arrayed non-contiguously on said first release surface of said flexible carrier tape;
wherein each of said adhesive segments is disposed at a location on said first release surface of said flexible carrier tape which is longitudinally spaced apart from other every other adhesive segment on said first release surface of said flexible carrier tape.
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19. A thermoplastic adhesive dispensing tape, comprising:
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a flexible carrier tape, said carrier tape extending longitudinally and having opposed first and second release surfaces and a transverse width;
a plurality of thermoplastic hot melt, adhesive segments arrayed non-contiguously on said first release surface of said flexible carrier tape, longitudinally consecutive ones of said adhesive segments being spaced apart at uniform intervals;
wherein said adhesive segments are each disposed on said flexible carrier tape at one of at least two transversely separated locations.
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