Patent ID: 7478466

Claim:
An apparatus for applying weather stripping to a motor vehicle body, the body having an elongated receiving surface with a profile, the weather stripping comprising a thin wing having a bonding surface corresponding to the receiving surface and a hollow longitudinal tube connected to the wing, the apparatus comprising: an application plate for application of the bonding surface of the weather stripping to the receiving surface; means for pressing the weather stripping against the receiving surface; means for guiding the application plate over a trajectory along the profile of the receiving surface; and guide means comprising first means of referencing the body of the vehicle with respect to the apparatus, wherein the guide means comprises programmable articulated mechanical means for displacing the application plate and means for programming the articulated mechanical means to adapt the trajectory of the application plate to different profiles corresponding to different vehicles, the application plate is selectively connected to and disconnected from the articulated mechanical means and comprises a support and an application roller for application of the weather stripping to the receiving surface, the application roller rolling on a rolling surface of the thin wing on a side of the wing opposite the bonding surface, the application roller rotates freely with respect to the support and is rotated by a drive element carried by the articulated mechanical means, the bonding surface of the weather stripping is coated with an adhesive material that is protected by a protective element, and the application plate includes means for peeling the protective element from the weather stripping, the means for peeling comprising a peeling roller for winding the protective element, rotating freely on the support, and rotated by the drive element.