Patent ID: 8678061
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: B29C,B32B,B42F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for securely bonding a pronged file fastener having a fixation base onto a backboard comprising: a. a conveyor for transporting a plurality of fasteners from a source end to a termination end; b. a bonding station including an anvil and hammer located adjacent the termination end; c. a heater located under at least a portion of the conveyor; d. a heat deflector located directly above the conveyor and having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end being located near the bonding station and being higher above the conveyor than the proximal end; so that heat rising above the conveyor will flow toward the distal end; e. a pair of spaced apart rails above said conveyor but in contact with at least a portion of said fastener in the region of the heater for maintaining said fastener adjacent the heater; f. wherein said anvil includes an elastic portion for dampening contact with the hammer, and wherein said hammer includes an elastic portion for dampening contact with the anvil.