Patent ID: 8443859

Claim:
A bonding tool to attach an adhesive element to a bonding part comprising: a loading station module for receiving an unheated bonding part; an oven module for receiving and heating the unheated bonding part; an adhesive picking station module for attachment of the adhesive element to the heated bonding part; a part slide module for selectively and sequentially advancing the bonding part from said loading station module, into and through said oven module, and to said adhesive picking station module, said part slide module including a guide base attached to said bonding tool base, a guide rail attached to said guide base, and a reciprocating body movably attached to said guide rail; a bonding tool base to which said loading station module, said oven module, said adhesive picking station module, and said part slide module are fitted; a flap cam control and a flap base, said flap cam control being pivotably mounted on said flap base; a first transfer finger assembly for moving the unheated bare bonding part from said loading station into said oven module; and a second transfer finger assembly for moving the heated bare bonding tool from said oven module to said adhesive picking station module, said second transfer finger assembly including a hot part transfer finger attached to a reciprocating finger support having a guide pin extending there from for contacting said flap cam control, said guide rail having a long axis, said reciprocating finger support being movable in a direction transverse to said long axis of said guide rail.