Patent ID: 8622110
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for sealing a corner joint of an elastoplastic tape placed on a glass pane as a spacer, the spacer including a first leg and a second leg connected along the corner joint, the apparatus comprising: a supply reel for holding a film tape including adhesive on one side; a controlled tape drive for withdrawing the film tape from the supply reel; a clamping apparatus for securing an end section of the film tape, the clamping apparatus comprising a jaw with bores for sucking the film tape towards a contact surface, wherein the jaw is displaceable substantially synchronously with the tape drive in a tape transport direction; a severing device for severing an end section of the film tape to form a severed film strip; a transfer apparatus to transfer the severed film strip to the spacer, the transfer apparatus comprising: a pressure carriage configured to be lowered vertically on the second leg of the spacer and subsequently displaced horizontally via drives for wrapping the second portion of the severed film strip protruding over the corner joint and for pressing the wrapped the protruding portion of the severed film strip against the second leg, wherein the clamping apparatus and the transfer apparatus cooperate to hold the end section of the film tape while the film tape is being severed.