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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1991
John A Jonovic, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Richard H Reese, Madison, WI (US);
Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for applying adhesive to a seal area of an article, particularly a package component, or simultaneously to a seal area of each of a plurality of package components. The apparatus may consist of a single unit or a gang of units. Each unit incorporates a receptacle for holding a body of adhesive which may be heated and which may be connected to a source of supply. An adhesive pick-up and applicator element has a lip which has a surface for picking up adhesive when it is raised out of a body of adhesive in which it has been immersed. The adhesive pick-up and applicator element can be in the form of a sleeve or cylinder with the rim serving as the adhesive pick-up lip. An actuator is connected with each adhesive pick-up and applicator element so as to reciprocate it between a lowered position in which the lip is immersed in adhesive and a raised position in which the lip engages and applies or deposits adhesive on the seal area of a package component or other article.