Patent ID: 8323444
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: B29C,B29K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An implant applicator for positioning a resistive implant on a first plastic component to be joined to a second plastic component by a resistive implant weld, said implant applicator comprising: a supply member having a resistive implant material wound about said supply member; a first member operably connected to said supply member and at least partly formed of an electrically conductive material, a second member operably connected to said supply member and said first member and at least partly formed of an electrically conductive material, wherein said first member is formed as a roller operable to guide said resistive implant material from said supply member to said second member, said second member formed as a roller operable to press said resistive implant material from said first member onto said first plastic component; and an electrical arrangement to heat said resistive implant material between said supply member and said second member substantially contemporaneously with said second member pressing said resistive implant material into said first plastic component during movement of said implant applicator, such that heated resistive implant material is tacked in place on said first plastic component.