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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1996
Tien-Chieh Chao, Round Rock, TX (US);
Thomas J Nelson, Belton, TX (US);
Joseph A Ingriola, Temple, TX (US);
Premark RWP Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A glue applicator for the installation of laminate flooring on subfloors has three laterally spaced nozzles for applying separate beads of glue onto the back of a plank of laminate flooring. Two nozzles are spaced for applying separate beads of glue along the lateral edges of a plank, the third nozzle is spaced for applying beads of glue through the center of the plank. Flanges on the sides of the glue applicator position the beads of glue on the back of a plank of laminate flooring and standoff flanges hold the nozzles above the back of the plank a sufficient distance for assuring that the glue applicator of this invention does not smear the beads.