US 11,938,510 B2
Nozzle, adhesive application head, adhesive application apparatus, and method of making diaper
Kiwamu Suzuki, Tokyo (JP); and Masahito Iwasaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Nordson Corporation, Westlake, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/914,391
Filed by NORDSON CORPORATION, Westlake, OH (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/024063
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/195321, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-055229 (JP), filed on Mar. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0113429 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B05C 5/02 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01)
CPC B05C 5/0275 (2013.01) [B05C 5/0241 (2013.01); A61F 13/15617 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nozzle, comprising:
a pattern shim having a plurality of tapered first convex portions protruding from an outer edge outwardly;
an adhesive shim having a plurality of tapered second convex portions protruding from an outer edge outwardly and having a shape wider than the plurality of tapered first convex portions;
a gas shim having a plurality of tapered third convex portions protruding from an outer edge outwardly and having a shape wider than the plurality of tapered first convex portions;
a head body having an adhesive inlet, an adhesive outlet, and an adhesive flow path connecting the adhesive inlet and the adhesive outlet;
a face plate having a first gas distribution groove, a second gas distribution groove communicating with the first gas distribution groove, and a third gas distribution groove communicating with the second gas distribution groove; and
a fixing means for fixing the head body, the adhesive shim, the pattern shim, the gas shim, and the face plate arranged in order of mention,
wherein the plurality of tapered first convex portions are sandwiched by the plurality of tapered second convex portions and the plurality of tapered third convex portions to form adhesive discharge ports and to form gas discharge ports provided on both sides of each of the adhesive discharge ports,
wherein an adhesive discharged from the adhesive discharge ports is configured to be applied on objects moving in a moving direction with respect to the adhesive discharge ports, and
wherein the head body has an inclined surface that is inclined so as to form an acute angle with respect to the moving direction, the adhesive shim is disposed in contact with the inclined surface, and the pattern shim, the adhesive shim, and the gas shim are superposed on the inclined surface to form the adhesive discharge ports and the gas discharge ports.