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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:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jimmy D. Williamson, Turlock, CA (US);
Jimmy D. Williamson, Jr., Turlock, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gerro Plast GmbH, Dusseldorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/02 ; B05B 1/504 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/02 ; B05B 1/504 ;
Abstract
An improved adhesive application assembly (,) for a labeling machine (,) includes an adhesive sprayer (,) which directs heated adhesive (,) towards labels (,) passing the adhesive application station (,). A moving heated adhesive shield (,) includes one or more windows (,), through which the adhesive is sprayed, surrounded by a heated overspray-intercepting surface (,). The intercepted adhesive is collected for reuse.