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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2003
Paolo Cittadini, Luvinate, IT;
Pierpaolo Ferrante, Cuvio, IT;
Industrie Ilpea S.p.A., Malgesso, IT;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for assembling in an automated manner a sealing profile on an inner door for refrigerators. The method comprises the stages of: a) providing said profile ( ) in the form of a frame welded at the corners, b) stably resting said frame on a support ( ), c) gripping said section ( ) along all the sides of said frame using engaging means ( ) so as to perform said elastic splaying, d) retaining said sections ( ) in the splayed position, e) positioning said inner door ( ) on said sections ( ) of said profile base, f) releasing said sections ( ) so as to allow the elastic return of the profile base onto the edge of the inner door, g) extracting inner door and profile thus assembled from said support.