| 摘要 |
<p>An arrangement for mounting a sealing strip 7 on a mounting flange 6 comprises a body 12 preferably supported at the end of a robot arm. The sealing strip 7 is received by the body at A and driven through it to emerge at B. Its end may be engaged by a pivotted finger which may carry a spigot. As the strip movement continues, this finger pivots and constrains the strip to follow a curved path around a guide roller on the end of an arm. The robot arm 14 then moves the body towards the flange 6 so that the curved strip, as shown at C, engages the flange 6. Thereafter the finger is accelerated by a motor out of engagement with the strip. The robot arm then drives the body along the flange, thus laying the strip onto the flange. The first end applied may be left sticking up until the other end has been applied, when there is provided a mechanism to lay in the first end whilst compressing the strip 7 longitudinally. <IMAGE></p> |
