Method and apparatus for applying adhesive strip

摘要

A device for applying a portion of a strip of adhesive releasably carried on a liner to one surface of a member. The device comprises a platen of a firm material having an edge surface with a radius dimension of less than about 1/8 inch and a mechanism for pulling the liner along a predetermined path with a portion extending around the edge surface of the platen and with the surface of the liner opposite the strip of adhesive contacting the edge surface. The surface of a member to which the strip of adhesive is to be applied is pressed against the strip of adhesive at the radiused edge surface and movement of the liner along the path will cause relative movement between the radiused edge surface and the surface of the member while transferring the strip of adhesive to the surface of the member and affording rotation of the member and resulting local deformation of the strip of adhesive at the edge surface so that the strip of adhesive can be applied in arcuate and linear patterns.