Patent ID: 7409976

Claim:
A device for depositing an adhesive product onto a support, wherein the adhesive product includes a long-acting adhesive and a removable protective tape for delayed use of the adhesive, said device comprising: a protective tape supply; an adhesive supply; a deposition station coupled to said supplies and configured to dispense the protective tape and the adhesive, said deposition station comprising: means for delivering the adhesive to the support; means for delivering the protective tape to the support; at least one substantially flat rigid part forming a reference plane located substantially parallel to and offset a predetermined distance from a plane formed by an application surface of the support upon which in which adhesive and protective tape are delivered; a member configured to exert a force in a direction substantially transverse to the surface of the support that receives the adhesive and protective tape thereon, said member comprising a moveable support-engaging active part arranged such that said active part keeps said application surface constantly pressed against said reference plane formed on said rigid part; and means for placing the support into relative movement with said deposition station.