System for application for glue and adhesives

Claim 1

A SINTERED POROUS METAL GLUE APPLICATOR COMPRISING A HOLLOW ROTATABLE SHAFT HAVING A PLURALITY OF METERING PASSAGEWAYS EXTENDING RADIALLY THERETHROUGH TO RECEIVE LIQUID GLUE FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE SHAFT AND FEED THE GLUE OUTWARDLY, THE OUTSIDE FACE OF THE SHAFT AT THE OUTER ENDS OF THE PASSAGEWAYS BEING PROVIDED WITH A RECESS, A PLUG INSERTED IN AND FILLING SAID RECESS AND PROJECTING BEYOND THE OUTSIDE FACE OF THE SHAFT, A CAP BLOCK MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID PLUG HAVING A MOUNTING FACE ON ONE SIDE ADJACENT SAID SHAFT, A GASKET CONTACTING AND LOCATED BETWEEN SAID FACE AND SAID PLUG MAKING A GLUE-TIGHT CONNECTION, SAID MEMBER ALSO HAVING AN OUTSIDE RECESS ON THE SIDE AWAY FROM THE PLUG, A POROUS METAL INSERT IN SAID OUTSIDE RECESS HAVING ITS OUTER FACE CURVED TO FORM A CYLINDRICAL ROTATION APPLICATION SURFACE AND FLOW OPENINGS IN THE PLUG GASKET AND MEMBER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID PASSAGEWAYS AND EXTENDING TO THE OUTSIDE RECESS TO FEED GLUE TO THE POROUS METAL INSERT THEREIN, THE OUTSIDE RECESS HAVING A SHALLOW DISTRIBUTING SPACE FED FROM SAID BORES AND POSITIONED BELOW THE POROUS INSERT TO DISTRIBUTE THE GLUE UNIFORMLY THROUGH THE POROUS SINTERED METAL INSERT.