Application nozzle

Abstract

An application nozzle for an application system for gel-like or pasty compositions. The application nozzle includes an inlet region and an outlet region for the composition, and a plane, extending in a longitudinal direction of the application nozzle. The outlet region includes a contact region for the application nozzle on a substrate standing perpendicular to the plane and an outlet opening for the composition. The contact region and the outlet opening are delineated from one another structurally as two separate sections that are kinked with respect to one another, and the contact region is at least partly slanted.

Claims

1. An application nozzle for an application system for gel-like or pasty compositions, the application nozzle comprising: an inlet region and an outlet region for the composition, a plane extending in a longitudinal direction of the application nozzle, the outlet region comprising a contact region for the application nozzle on a substrate standing perpendicular to the plane and an outlet opening for the composition, margins of the contact region lying in a first plane and margins of the outlet opening lying in a second plane, the first and second planes being angled relative to one another, the outlet opening being opened adjacent the contact region and having a width substantially the same as a width of the contact region; and an upper crown line and a lower crown line opposite the upper crown line, in a side view perpendicular to the plane, the upper crown line of the application nozzle being inclined in relation to the longitudinal direction at a first angle, and the lower crown line of the application nozzle opposite the upper crown line being inclined in relation to the longitudinal direction at a second angle, the first angle being smaller than the second angle, and the contact region and the outlet opening being delineated from one another structurally as two separate sections that are kinked with respect to one another, and the contact region being at least partly slanted.

2. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the outlet opening is disposed at a surface which is adjacent to a plane formed by the contact region.

3. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 1 wherein the outlet opening is adjacent to the contact region.

4. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the contact region of the application nozzle has a polygonal shape when viewed along a longitudinal direction.

5. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the outlet opening for the composition is polygonal.

6. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 1, wherein a slant of the at least partly slanted contact region is formed by an angular range between approximately 50 to approximately 85.

7. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 6, wherein the outlet opening for the composition is triangular.

8. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the application nozzle has at least one edge or rib.

9. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 8, wherein the edge or rib is constituted and formed such that the application nozzle has an increased bending stiffness or torsional stiffness in comparison with an application nozzle having a substantially round cross-section.

10. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the application nozzle has one of a substantially polygonal cross-section and a polygonal cross-section.

11. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the application nozzle has a cross-section or a shape which has at least one concave section.

12. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 11, wherein the application nozzle has at least one flattened side surface.

13. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 12, wherein the application nozzle has two flattened side surfaces.

14. An application device, comprising at least one application nozzle in accordance claim 1.

15. The application device in accordance with claim 14, wherein the application device is operated by a rechargeable battery.

16. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the plane is a plane of symmetry.

17. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the contact region is at least partly slanted with respect to the longitudinal direction.

18. The application nozzle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the outlet region comprises only one outlet opening.

19. An application system comprising: an application nozzle for an application system for gel-like or pasty compositions, the application nozzle having an inlet region and an outlet region for the composition and having a plane extending in a longitudinal direction of the application nozzle, the outlet region comprising a contact region for the application nozzle on a substrate standing perpendicular to the plane, margins of the contact region lying in a first plane and margins of the outlet opening lying in a second plane, the first and second planes being angled relative to one another, and an outlet opening for the composition, the outlet opening being opened adjacent the contact region and having a width substantially the same as a width of the contact region, and the nozzle including an upper crown line and a lower crown line opposite the upper crown line, in a side view perpendicular to the plane, the upper crown line of the application nozzle being inclined in relation to the longitudinal direction at a first angle, and the lower crown line of the application nozzle opposite the upper crown line being inclined in relation to the longitudinal direction at a second angle, the first angle being smaller than the second angle, and the contact region and the outlet opening being delineated from on another structurally as two separate sections that are kinked with respect to one another, and the contact region being at least partly slanted.

20. A method of applying gel-like and/or pasty compositions, the method comprising: operating an application nozzle, the application nozzle including an inlet region and an outlet region for the composition, and a plane extending in a longitudinal direction of the application nozzle, the outlet region comprising a contact region for the application nozzle on a substrate standing perpendicular to the plane and an outlet opening for the composition, margins of the contact region lying in a first plane and margins of the outlet opening lying in a second plane, the first and second planes being angled relative to one another, the outlet opening being opened adjacent the contact region and having a width substantially the same as a width of the contact region, and the nozzle including an upper crown line and a lower crown line opposite the upper crown line, in a side view perpendicular to the plane, the upper crown line of the application nozzle being inclined in relation to the longitudinal direction at a first angle, and the lower crown line of the application nozzle opposite the upper crown line being inclined in relation to the longitudinal direction at a second angle, the first angle being smaller than the second angle, and the contact region and the outlet opening being delineated from one another structurally as two separate sections that are kinked with respect to one another, and the contact region being at least partly slanted.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The invention will be explained in more detail hereinafter with reference to the drawings.

(2) FIG. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of an application nozzle in accordance with the invention;

(3) FIG. 2 is a view of the embodiment of the application nozzle shown in FIG. 1 from above;

(4) FIG. 3 is a view of the embodiment of the application nozzle shown in FIG. 1 from below;

(5) FIG. 4 is a side view of an embodiment of an application device having the application nozzle shown in FIGS. 1 and 2; and

(6) FIG. 5 is a frontal view of the embodiment of an application device in accordance with FIG. 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

(7) FIG. 1 shows a side view of an embodiment of an application nozzle 10 in accordance with the invention and FIG. 2 shows a view of the embodiment of the application nozzle shown in FIG. 1 from above. FIG. 3 shows a view of the embodiment in accordance with FIG. 1 in a view from below.

(8) The application nozzle 10 is an application nozzle 10 for an application system 100, shown e.g. in FIG. 4 or 5, of an application device 200 for applying a gel-like and/or pasty composition, wherein the composition is an adhesive, for example. It is generally conceivable that a sealant can also be applied using such a nozzle.

(9) The application nozzle 10 has an inlet region 12 and an outlet region 14 for the composition, wherein the application nozzle 10 has a plane of symmetry E extending in the longitudinal direction of the application nozzle 10 in which the longitudinal axis X of the application nozzle 10 is also disposed.

(10) The outlet region 14 of the application nozzle 10 comprises a contact region 20 for the application nozzle 10 on a substrate standing (substantially) perpendicular to the plane of symmetry E.

(11) The composition, here in particular the adhesive, is pressed through an inlet region 12 of the application nozzle 10 by the application system 100 inserted into the application device 200 and exits the nozzle in the outlet region 14.

(12) When the contact region 20 of the application nozzle 10 is placed adjacent to the substrate, the composition such as the adhesive can (only) exit the nozzle through the outlet opening 16. This has the result that a so-called (adhesive) strip arises whose geometry is defined by the geometry of the outlet opening 16. In the embodiment shown, the outlet opening 16 has a (substantially) triangular shape.

(13) It has been found that the present invention brings about large advantages above all on the application of triangular strips.

(14) The shown application nozzle 10 is consequently a triangular nozzle by which a triangular strip can be applied. This e.g. has the advantage that the height of the strip can be higher in comparison with a round strip with the same amount of adhesive and this allows higher clearances.

(15) A tilting of the application nozzle can have the result that the composition not only exits through the outlet opening 16, but also beside the outlet opening 16 in the region of the edges of the contact region 20. This e.g. results in the unwanted effect that the strip produced has a widened base. The outlet opening 16 is furthermore also de facto increased in size overall by such a tilting so that the strip also becomes higher and its geometry changes.

(16) The above-described change of the strip geometry also takes place to a similar extent and in a similar manner with other strip geometries.

(17) It is in particular required in connection with the adhesive bonding of disks such as the adhesive bonding of replacement disks in motor vehicles to achieve a strip geometry which is as even as possible. It is consequently desirable to avoid an unwanted tilting of the application nozzle 10 such as is achieved by the embodiment in accordance with the invention.

(18) The contact region 20 for placing adjacent to a substrate for applying the adhesive is at least partly slanted by the slanting 30.

(19) The contact region 20 (or a plane defined by a slant) is slanted in the longitudinal cross-section of the application nozzle 10 with respect to the longitudinal axis X, in particular such that the plane defined by the slant stands perpendicular on the plane E of the longitudinal cross-section.

(20) The slant 30 of the contact region 20 has an angle which is selected in an angular range between approximately 50 to approximately 85, in particular 60 to approximately 75, preferably 65 to 70. In the example shown, the angle is approximately 68 since this angle has proved particularly advantageous to achieve the effects in accordance with the invention in an exceptional manner.

(21) As can further be seen from FIG. 1, an upper crown line K1 and the longitudinal axis X include an angle which is smaller than the angle which is included by a lower crown line K2 and the longitudinal axis X. This also contributes to the stiffness of the application nozzle 10 being increased, but at the same time the dead volume also being reduced (as part of a replacement of the application nozzle 10).

(22) This arrangement furthermore additionally improves the user's visibility of the outlet opening.

(23) The application nozzle 10 has (at least) one (optionally flattened) edge 40 at both sides, with the edge 40 in particular being constituted and formed such that the application nozzle has an increased bending stiffness and/or torsional stiffness in comparison with an application nozzle having a substantially round cross-section.

(24) It also thereby results that the application nozzle 10 has a substantially polygonal cross-section or a polygonal cross-section with respect to its cross-section.

(25) The application nozzle 10 furthermore has a cross-section which has at least one concave section in the region of the flattened side surface 50.

(26) The flattened side surfaces 50 are in this respect constituted and formed such that they are offset inwardly in the direction of the longitudinal axis X of the application nozzle 10 with respect to the plan view (see in particular FIG. 2) of the application nozzle 10 or result in a partly concave shape of the cross-section of the application nozzle 10. It is thereby achieved that the volume in the interior of the application nozzle 10, which is flowed through or run through by the composition, is reduced in comparison with a nozzle having a substantially round cross-section.

(27) At the end of the application of the composition to a substrate, the volume of the composition remaining in the application nozzle 10 is smaller in comparison with a nozzle having a substantially round cross-section. This allows an improved utilization of the composition because the inner space of the application nozzle 10 flowed through by the composition represents a dead volume which can substantially not be used or can only be used with difficulty. There is consequently less material loss in the application nozzle 10 compared with nozzles which have different cross-sections.

(28) FIGS. 4 and 5 show an embodiment of an application device 200 operated by a rechargeable battery having the application nozzle 10 shown in FIG. 1.

(29) The application device 200 has an application system 100 which can be inserted into the application device 200 or which is a component of the application device 200.