US4643864A
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Process for making sealing gaskets
Assignee: Tako SpA
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Filing: 1985-01-28
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Granted: 1987-02-17
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Expires: 2005-01-28
Abstract
Abstract A thread of a fluid material for gasket manufacture is deposited onto a non-planar, non-adhesive support sheet (12) from a nozzle (22) that is displaced above the support along a path corresponding to the outline of the gasket, with subsequent curing of the fluid material. The support sheet is prepared by pressing sheet material into a tridimensional shape whereby its surface contains the non-planar outline of the gasket to be manufactured; the shaped support is positioned with respect to a nozzle carried by a manipulator (20) capable of being controlled to move the nozzle with respect to the support along three independent spatial coordinates; and the nozzle is fed with said fluid material while being displaced along said non-planar outline. Preferably, the support sheet is kept flattened by vacuum against an underlying, matching surface.
Inventors
- 👤 Gino Martini
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 18:03
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16J; F16J15/00; F16J15/02; F16J15/14; B; B29; B29C; B29C33/00; B29C33/0011; B29C41/00; B29C41/02; B29C41/12; B29D; B29D99/00; B29D99/0053; B29K; B29K2027/00; B29K2027/06; B29K2075/00; B29K2083/00; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/26; B29L2031/265; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S264/00; Y10S264/67; Y10S425/00; Y10S425/047
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A process for making sealing gaskets for use in replacement of directly deposited sealing members, comprising: (a) preparing a support sheet by pressing sheet material into a tri-dimensional shape such that the sheet surface contains the non-planar outline of the gasket to be manufactured; (b) positioning the shaped support with respect to a material-dispensing nozzle carried by a manipulator capable of being controlled to move the nozzle with respect to the support along three independent spatial coordinates; (c) moving the nozzle along said non-planar outline while feeding the nozzle with a fluid, curable material of a relatively high viscosity, the speed of the nozzle and the flow of material being controlled so that a desired gauge of the thread of material is obtained; (d) curing the fluid material deposited on the support sheet.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
A process for making sealing gaskets for use in replacement of directly deposited sealing members, comprising: (a) preparing a support sheet by pressing sheet material into a tri-dimensional shape such that the sheet surface contains the non-planar outline of the gasket to be manufactured; (b) positioning the shaped support with respect to a material-dispensing nozzle carried by a manipulator capable of being controlled to move the nozzle with respect to the support along three independent spatial coordinates; (c) moving the nozzle along said non-planar outline while feeding the nozzle with a fluid, curable material of a relatively high viscosity, the speed of the nozzle and the flow of material being controlled so that a desired gauge of the thread of material is obtained; (d) curing the fluid material deposited on the support sheet.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the support sheet is positioned with respect to the nozzle by placing it on the surface of a stand, said surface matched to the shape of the support sheet, said surface being perforated and subjected to vacuum in order to maintain the support sheet securely flattened against the stand.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said fluid material for gasket manufacture is a monocomponent polymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said fluid material for gasket manufacture is a bicomponent polymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said fluid material for gasket manufacture is an elastomer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the fluid material is one of the class of: silicones, polyurethanes, PVC.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the support material is PVC.
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