Patent ID: 8033243

Claim:
A strand guide system for guiding at least one elongated strand of material past a material dispensing apparatus such that material dispensed from the material dispensing apparatus can be properly coated upon the at least one elongated strand of material, comprising: a material dispensing assembly having at least one material dispensing nozzle disposed thereon for dispensing a material to be coated upon at least one elongated strand of material as the at least one elongated strand of material is conveyed past said at least one material dispensing nozzle; a module assembly for supplying the material to be dispensed to said material dispensing assembly and said at least one material dispensing nozzle disposed upon said material dispensing assembly; structure for mounting said material dispensing assembly upon said module assembly; and a strand positioning guide mechanism mounted in a surface-to-surface contact manner upon said module assembly and having at least one strand guide slot defined therein for guiding the at least one elongated strand of material as the at least one elongated strand of material is conveyed past said at least one material dispensing nozzle, wherein said at least one strand guide slot has a substantially V-shaped, triangular cross-sectional configuration, comprising a base portion and an apex portion, and wherein, when said strand positioning guide mechanism is mounted upon an undersurface portion of said module assembly, said strand guide slot of said strand positioning guide mechanism is oriented such that said base portion is disposed beneath said at least one material dispensing nozzle while said apex portion of said at least one strand guide slot is located upon said strand positioning guide mechanism so as to be disposed beneath said base portion remote from said at least one material dispensing nozzle such that the at least one elongated strand of material will not be adversely affected by thermal radiation emanating from said at least one material dispensing nozzle.