Patent ID: 9339984
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B31B

Claim Text:
1. A gluing device for gluing together a first surface and a second surface of a packaging material as the packaging material moves from a first end of the gluing device through a second end of the gluing device, the gluing device comprising: a support structure; a support plate mounted to the support structure, the support plate supporting the packaging material thereon as the packaging material is moved through at least a portion of the gluing device; a gluing apparatus operatively associated with the support structure, the gluing apparatus having a glue dispensing nozzle and a glue supply, the glue dispensing nozzle applying glue to at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the packaging material as the packaging material moves past the glue dispensing nozzle; a guide rail including a vertical portion and an angled portion, the angled portion being oriented at a fixed angle relative to the support plate such that the angled portion maintains the second surface of the packaging material at a predetermined acute angle relative to the first surface of the packaging material while glue is applied to the packaging material, the support plate, the vertical portion, and the angled portion forming a channel that extends longitudinally from the first end of the gluing device toward the second end of the gluing device, the channel positioning the packaging material upon the support plate as the packaging material moves longitudinally through the channel and as glue is applied to the packaging material; and a compression mechanism that presses together the first surface and the second surface of the packaging material after glue has been applied to at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the packaging material, such that the compression mechanism compresses together the first surface and the second surface of the packaging material with glue therebetween.