Patent ID: 8047735

Claim:
Applicator tip comprising: an orifice through which adhesive forms a continuous line of liquid adhesive before being delivered for application to a surface, a body portion having an inner tube ending in the orifice for feeding the adhesive to the orifice, and one or more spikes protruding from the applicator tip and arranged in the vicinity of the orifice, each of the one or more spikes having a base area and a tip, wherein the one or more spikes maintain a distance between the orifice and the surface such that the orifice does not clog due to curing of the adhesive from mixing on the surface with any liquid that could initiate polymerization, wherein the orifice, body portion and one or more spikes of the applicator tip are manufactured as a single piece of flexible material, wherein the flexible material is silicone, and wherein the one or more spikes have a height of from 0.5 to 10 mm.