Patent GB-1063527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in bag manufacture
IPC: B31B150/00
Filed: 1964-04-03
Abstract: 1,063,527. Coating flat tubes. A. WINDMOLLER and M. GENNERICH, [trading as WINDMOLLER & HOLSCHER]. April 3, 1964 [April 11, 1963], No. 13881/64. Headings B2K and B2L. [Also in Divisions B5, B8 and D1] Tubing 46 (Fig. 12 not shown) which is to be made into cross bottom sacks (see Division B5) is drawn between two rubber lips 130 and 130' so that they are deflected in the direction of movement of the tube lengths and adhesive emerges from the interior cavities 133 and 133'. The rubber lip 130 is adjustably held between metal plates 135 and 136. The adhesive is fed to both cavities from a common elevated adhesive supply container. In a second embodiment (Fig. 14, not shown) rolls 150, 150' are held against jaws 155 by steel wires 153, 154 and are forced back by the tube lengths so that adhesive may emerge from the cavities 159. In a third embodiment (Fig. 17), driven adhesive applicator rolls 225, 225' rotate partially immersed in the adhesive 218. The adhesive which is entrained by the surface of the roll is transferred onto the blank surface through a slit 228 in the housing of the containers 216, 216', the thickness of the adhesive on the roll being controlled by an adjustable doctor 229. Alternatively each roll 235 may rotate on a second roll 236 (Fig. 18, not shown) immersed in the adhesive 210, the thickness of the adhesive film being controlled by the adjustable nip between the rolls. In a modified embodiment (Fig. 19, not shown), a projection 243 on the roll 239 engages the second roll so that adhesive is applied to the tubing intermittently. The adhesive is supplied to the containers 216, 216' (Fig. 17) from an airtight container 221 via a pipe 220. When the adhesive level 219 reaches the lower rim of this pipe, the atmospheric pressure prevents further emergence of the adhesive. Before the container 221 is refilled, a shut off cock 222 is closed to prevent air entering the pipe 220. In a further embodiment (Fig. 15, not shown), driven discs 175, 176 and wide slot applicators 165, 166 are connected to levers 178, 179. The point of contact of the discs is above that of the nozzles so that, when the former are pushed apart by the tubing against the bias of a tension spring 182, the adhesive applicators are moved apart by the thickness of the blank and the tube lengths are coated with adhesive from the containers 165, 166. The thickness of the adhesive film is controlled by valve members 173. In a further embodiment (Fig. 16, not shown), adhesive is applied to applicator rolls 198, 199 from adhesive containers 190, 191 through openings 194, 195, the tubing 46 forcing the rolls apart against the bias of a spring 205. The rolls are adjustably mounted by means of slots 202 in levers 200, 201 so that the nip between the rolls may be varied. In each of these embodiments the second applicator may be replaced by a dummy, if it is only required to apply adhesive to one side of the tubing. The applicators are suitable for adhesive which contains a highly volatile solvent e.g. isocyanate resins and isocyanate-modified polyesters. The tubing may be heated by infra-red radiation and pre-treated by devices producing a zone firing electrostatic discharge before applying the adhesive.