Patent ID: 6805771
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: B29C,B32B,B65H,D04H,D06H,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A pressure lamination apparatus comprising:a housing or frame; a pressure box mounted in the housing or frame, the pressure box comprising upper and lower pressurable sections and a space between the upper and lower sections defining a lamination section; counter rotating upper and lower drive belts, rotatably mounted in the housing or frame, wherein the belts contact one another at and pass in the same direction through the lamination section; a fluid medium pressure generator for supplying pressure to the upper and lower sections of the pressure box for compressing the drive belts moving therebetween; and whereby, depending upon the direction of rotation of the belts, one end of the lamination section acts as an inlet for substrates to be laminated and an opposite end acts as an outlet for pressure laminated materials; wherein the pressure box further comprises pressure seals at the sides and the inlet and outlet ends and wherein the pressure seals comprise one or more rubber bladders.