Patent ID: 6334900
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: A61F,B05C

Abstract:
An apparatus for applying a gel onto a sheet of material for production of disposable undergarments, the sheet moving in a predetermined direction of manufacture at a predetermined rate of travel, the apparatus comprising:a) a container for containing a supply of the gel; b) a shoe comprising a body having a lower surface, a proximal end positioned to receive the sheet of material as the sheet travels in the predetermined direction of manufacture, and a distal end, an inlet conduit positioned within the body to receive the gel therein, a chamber connected to the inlet conduit and positioned within the body, a groove extending along the lower surface of the proximal end of the body and a plurality of spaced-apart outlet conduits each extending from said chamber to said groove so that the gel is delivered onto the sheet of material in a pattern of substantially parallel lines; and c) a gel delivery controller positioned in fluid communication with said container and with said shoe, for providing a variably controlled flow of the gel from said container to said inlet conduit of said shoe, therethrough to said chamber, said plurality of outlet conduits, and therefrom for delivery onto the sheet of material at a rate responsive to the predetermined rate of travel of the sheet of material.