Adhesive applying machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR APPLYING SPACED STRIPES OF FLUID ADHESIVE TO ONE SURFACE OF SHEET-LIKE MATERIAL COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A RESERVOIR FOR ADHESIVE MATERIAL, A GROOVED DISTRIBUTOR ROLL HAVING ANNULAR RIDGES THEREBETWEEN OF UNIFORM DIAMETER AND UNIFORMLY SPACED AXIALLY, MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID ROLL ABOVE SAID RESERVOIR FOR COATING OF THE PERIPHERY OF SAID RIDGES OF SAID ROLL WITH SAID ADHESIVE MATERIAL, MEANS TO GUIDE SHEET MATERIAL SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY INTO CONTACT WITH SAID RIDGES OF SAID DISTRIBUTOR ROLL FOR APPLICATION OF STRIPES OF ADHESIVE MATERIAL THEREFROM TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID SHEET MATERIAL, A ROTATABLE PRESSURE ROLL ENGAGEABLE WITH THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID SHEET MATERIAL IN OPPOSITION TO SAID DISTRIBUTOR ROLL AND HAVING CIRCULAR CONTACT MEANS OF RESTRICTED WIDTH THEREON SPACED ACCORDING TO AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE GROOVES OF SAID DISTRIBUTOR ROLL AND OPERABLE TO PRESS SHEET MATERIAL INTO CONTACT WITH SAID DISTRIBUTOR ROLL, STRIPPING MEANS COMPRISING A SERIES OF PARALLEL STIFF WIRES POSITIONED TRANSVERSELY TO THE AXIS OF SAID DISTRIBUTOR ROLL AND RESPECTIVELY DISPOSED AT LEAST PARTIALLY WITHIN THE GROOVES OF SAID ROLL, SAID WIRES BEING ARCHED UPWARDLY UNIFORMLY AND EXTENDING FROM THE FEEDING TO THE EXIT SIDES OF SAID ROLL AND POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENTIALLY TO THE UPPERMOST PERIPHERY OF SAID ROLL RELATIVE TO BOTH SAID FEEDING AND EXIT SIDES TO INSURE SEPARATION OF COATED SHEET MATERIAL THEREFROM AND PROJECTION OF SAID MATERIAL BEYOND THE MACHINE TO FACILITATE THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE LEADING EDGE THEREOF BY AN OPERATOR, AND MEANS OPERABLE TO CONTROL THE POSITION OF ONE OF SAID ROLLS RADIALLY RELATIVE TO THE OTHER ROLL TO PROVIDE DESIRED DRIVING FRICTION FOR SHEET MATERIAL WHEN PASSING SAID ROLLS.