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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph C. Helmer, River Ridge, LA (US);
Gabriel Nazar, New Orleans, LA (US);
Assignee:
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/18 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/30 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); F16G 3/00 (2006.01); F16G 3/10 (2006.01); F16G 3/16 (2006.01); B29L 16/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 66/855 (2013.01); B29C 65/18 (2013.01); B29C 65/305 (2013.01); B29C 65/7844 (2013.01); B29C 66/112 (2013.01); B29C 66/114 (2013.01); B29C 66/221 (2013.01); B29C 66/71 (2013.01); B29C 66/73921 (2013.01); B29C 66/8221 (2013.01); B29C 66/8322 (2013.01); B29C 66/8432 (2013.01); F16G 3/003 (2013.01); F16G 3/10 (2013.01); F16G 3/16 (2013.01); B29L 2016/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7092 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bonder and a method for bonding corrugated sidewalls to a thermoplastic belt at a splice joint. Two heating jaw assemblies with complementary and confronting corrugated vertical faces clamp a thermoplastic belt to a base of the bonder with a corrugated sidewall section separated from the belt across a splice joint received in a corrugated slot formed between the confronting vertical faces. Corrugated bonding strips at the bottoms of the corrugated vertical faces apply heat to melt the bottom of the sidewall section on opposite sides to bond the corrugated sidewall section to the base.