Adhesive application mechanism for a printer
View Patent ↗An adhesive application mechanism for a printer is provided. The adhesive application mechanism comprises first and second adhesive applicators, the adhesive applicators being mutually opposed and configured to apply adhesive simultaneously onto opposite faces of sheets of print media fed therebetween, wherein a media feed path is defined between the first and second adhesive applicators.
1. An adhesive application mechanism for a printer, the mechanism comprising first and second adhesive spray applicators incorporated within respective first and second printheads of the printer, the mechanism being arranged to receive pages of print media from a print media source and to feed each page between said adhesive spray applicators which are configured to spray adhesive simultaneously onto opposite faces of each page as said first and second printheads print onto said opposite faces of each page, wherein said first and second adhesive spray applicators are configured to respectively spray first and second parts of a two-part adhesive onto said opposite faces of each page.
2. The adhesive application mechanism of claim 1 , wherein said adhesive spray applicators are configured to apply adhesive, such that the pages each have aligned strips of adhesive on opposite faces.
3. The adhesive application mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the first spray adhesive applicator is loaded with the first part of the two-part adhesive, and the second spray adhesive applicator is loaded with the second part of said two-part adhesive.