Patent ID: 7461682

Claim:
An apparatus for serially applying an adhesive onto members of a plurality stacks of building elements to provide for subsequent adhesive assisted attachment of the members to a surface, the apparatus comprising: an elongate element having an upper elongate contact face for members to which a coating, preferably adhesive, is to be applied; a coating applicator arranged above the contact face; a storage site for a current stack of articles at one end of the elongate contact face; one or more bars projecting sideways out from the elongate element; a pusher means for pushing a lowermost member in the current stack onto and along the elongate contact face, under and past the coating applicator; and conveyor means for storing a plurality of stacks and operable to place a next stack, upon exhaustion of the current stack, in a position at one end of the elongate contact face from which the lowermost member of the next stack can be pushed onto and along the elongate contact face, under and past the coating applicator for applying the adhesive onto members of the plurality of stacks of building elements.