Patent ID: 8052818
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: B23P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Method for applying a circumferential seal including a free adhesive face to a closure of an opening for a motor vehicle, in which the circumferential seal, which is held in a stretched manner as a closed ring by placing and pressing elements of a tensioning plate, which are distributed over an entire length of the circumferential seal, is guided in a precisely fitting manner with a its free adhesive face onto a bonding face of the closure and pressed on over its entire length before being released from the placing and pressing elements, wherein the circumferential seal is cut to length from a continuous seal strip by means of a stationary roll-on head and is placed on the placing and pressing elements by the tensioning plate with the placing and pressing elements being moved past the roll-on head, and is then adhesively bonded flush at two ends of the circumferential seal to form a ring, wherein the circumferential seal is widened radially after the two ends of the circumferential seal have been joined, wherein the circumferential seal is guided in its radially widened stated to a periphery of the closure, and wherein the circumferential seal is pressed on the periphery of the closure over its entire length before being released from the placing and pressing elements.