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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Clifford J. Weber, Richfield, OH (US);
Scott M. Azzarello, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
William A. Briese, Hinckley, OH (US);
Roger J. Eberwein, Brunswick, OH (US);
Michael H. Ritter, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Clifford J. Weber, Richfield, OH (US);
Scott M. Azzarello, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
William A. Briese, Hinckley, OH (US);
Roger J. Eberwein, Brunswick, OH (US);
Michael H. Ritter, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
GED Integrated Solutions, Inc., Twinsburg, OH (US);
Abstract
A film application system having multiple film application stations. Each film application station has a support for an elongated plastic component (typically vinyl) having an input and an output side. A properly positioned and oriented transfer head includes a heated roller which applies heat and pressure to the elongated film as the component moves through the application station. The roller is most preferably heated with multiple IR heaters controllably energized to achieve a desired roller temperature without too large a gradient of temperature difference across the film application contact surface of the roller.