US 12,390,919 B2
Flatbed applicator and related method
Patrick Johansson, Karlstad (SE)
Assigned to Moditech Scandinavia AB, Karlstad (SE)
Appl. No. 18/716,521
Filed by Moditech Scandinavia AB, Karlstad (SE)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2022, PCT No. PCT/SE2022/051218
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 5, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/121551, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 29, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2130377-1 (SE), filed on Dec. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0033186 A1, Jan. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. B25H 1/02 (2006.01); B32B 38/18 (2006.01); B32B 41/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25H 1/02 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flatbed applicator comprising:
a table comprising a tabletop displaying a substantially planar working surface;
a roller; and
a roller support structure comprising:
a carriage configured to guide the roller in a first, rolling plane being substantially parallel to the working surface; and
an actuating arrangement configured to guide the roller in a second, clamping plane being substantially orthogonal to the working surface between a first, raised configuration in which the roller is separated from the working surface and a second, clamped configuration in which the roller is actively pressed against the working surface or against an intermediate object laying on the working surface,
wherein the actuating arrangement comprises:
a pair of shuttles rotatably carrying the roller; and
for each shuttle in said pair of shuttles:
an actuating unit comprising a rotatable actuator shaft configured to linearly actuate the shuttle in said clamping plane, the actuator shaft being rotatably actuated by a stepping motor; and
a switch configured to be activated when the roller is brought into direct or indirect contact with the working surface to trigger or instruct the stepping motor to perform a predetermined number of final stepping motor steps to press the roller directly or indirectly against the working surface.