A method of preparing a blank for forming a carton includes obtaining a blank, positioning the blank in a blank feeder assembly of a system for preparing blanks, moving the blank from the blank feeder assembly to a conveyor assembly of the system, and activating the conveyor assembly to move the blank along a coating applicator assembly of the system, the coating applicator assembly having a container defining a reservoir holding a volume of a coating and an applicator wheel rotatably supported at least partially in the reservoir of the coating applicator assembly. The method further includes applying a portion of the coating from the reservoir to a portion of the blank.

Disclosed herein is a method for applying a liquid metal on a surface of an object that is selected from the group consisting of a heat-emitting surface and a heat-conducting surface. The method includes applying the liquid metal onto the surface, and applying a force to the liquid metal using a tool to destroy cohesion of the liquid metal, followed by moving the tool back and forth to apply the liquid metal on the surface.

A lateral applicator kit for a pipe has a first and a second application unit that are configured to apply a primer material or other substance to the exterior and interior lateral walls of a pipe. The first unit receives primer through a first supply engagement feature, which is in fluid communication with a first material reservoir internal to the first application unit and further in fluid communication with an application receptacle configured to receive, and apply primer to, the exterior lateral surface of a pipe. The application receptacle has at least one first material applicator connected across at least one first application opening through which primer is absorbed and distributed to the pipe. The application receptacle has a tapered, flexible applicator wall for adaptably accommodating a range of pipe diameters. The second unit is similarly but inversely configured to adaptably apply primer to the interior surface of a fitting.

Rotating applicators are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes an inlet to receive a surface coating to be applied to a surface of a workpiece, a shaft having a fluid channel extending therethrough, where the fluid channel is in fluid communication with the inlet, and an applicator coupled to an end of the shaft, where the applicator has an opening in fluid communication with the fluid channel. The apparatus also includes a pump to cause the surface coating to flow from the inlet to the opening, and a motor to rotate the shaft while the applicator dispenses the surface coating from the opening.

An applicator device (1) for applying a composition to an end of a pipe. The applicator device comprises an applicator head (3), the applicator head having a cavity (9) with an opening into which the end of the pipe can be inserted. The applicator head comprises at least one brush (10) and at least one aperture (12) for delivering the composition into the cavity, each brush having bristles which extend into the cavity (9) to wipe against the end of the pipe, each aperture being closer to the opening of the cavity than to a base of the cavity. There is further provided an applicator device (1) comprising a supplementary brush for wiping the composition over an internal surface of the pipe, a container (60) of flux composition for connecting to the applicator device, and a method of applying a composition to an end of a pipe.

A method of manipulating a brush relative to a brush-arm assembly of an end-effector comprises locating a carriage in one of a first position or a second position relative to a stationary component. The method also comprises, with the carriage in one of the first position or the second position, different from the first position, relative to the stationary component, locating the brush-arm assembly of the end-effector with respect to the stationary component so that the brush-arm assembly is in contact with the stationary component. The method further comprises moving the carriage in a second direction toward the stationary component, from the first position to a third position, to load the brush onto the brush-arm assembly, or moving the carriage in a first direction away from the stationary component from the second position to the first position to unload the brush from the brush-arm assembly.

An application needle member capable of eliminating contamination while suppressing reduction in working efficiency is an application needle member capable of applying a liquid material to an object. The application needle member comprises an application needle and an application needle insertion material. The application needle includes a tip facing the object and a bottom opposite to the tip. The application needle insertion material is attached to the bottom of the application needle. The application needle insertion material is configured to be detachably attachable to a fixing member.

A device is disclosed including a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, a drive unit, a slit nozzle with a muzzle end for dispensing lacquer, and a deformation unit. The slit nozzle and the deformation unit are each connected to the frame, and an outside contact surface of the lateral wall includes several depressions, the transfer roller is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation at the frame. The drive unit is configured to drive the transfer roller in a rotation direction of the transfer roller, such that the lateral wall continuously passes through a first angular range and the second angular range, each fixed to the frame. The deformation unit is arranged to elastically deform the lateral wall resulting in a respective first deformation section of the lateral wall passing through the first angular range and a respective second deformation section of the lateral wall passing through the second angular range.

A method of delivering a glutinous substance from a cartridge to an applicator comprises receiving the cartridge inside a sleeve through an inlet of the sleeve when a pressure cap, coupled to the sleeve proximate the inlet, is in an open position. The method additionally comprises moving the pressure cap into a closed position to sealingly couple the pressure cap with a trailing end of the cartridge. The method also comprises selectively causing an automated coupler to automatically sealingly couple the applicator with a leading end of the cartridge when the cartridge is inside the sleeve and the pressure cap is in the closed position. The method further comprises applying pressure to the glutinous substance in the cartridge through a first pressure input of the pressure cap to urge the glutinous substance from the cartridge into the applicator.

A vehicle tire dressing machine comprises a longitudinal linear guide system and a lateral linear guide system. The longitudinal linear guide system is adjacent and parallel to a transport conveyor for a vehicle having a vehicle tire, and the longitudinal linear guide system has a drive motor and is adapted for reciprocal motion thereon.