Patent ID: 6941632
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: B29C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A variable pressure roller system for installing a preform having contact surfaces onto a configuration of a mold surface by applying pressure thereon, the roller system comprising: a) a roller carriage; b) a grasping handle mounted to the roller carriage; and c) a plurality of rollers, each respective one of the plurality of rollers being removably engageable to the roller carriage to allow a selected roller(s) to be engaged to the roller carriage, each respective one of the plurality of rollers defined by a different weight, each respective one of the plurality of rollers having a continuous circular roller body corresponding to the configuration of the mold surface to generate a specific pressure that is uniformly distributed on the contact surface, independent of a user applied force, when the selected roller(s) engaged to the roller carriage is/are rolled on the contact surface, to conform the preform to the configuration of the mold surface, and to allow installation of the preform on different mold surface configurations.