Abstract: A sealer including a platen, a support assembly moveable relative to the platen, a guide clip connected to the support assembly, and a tooling assembly having a body defining a notch therein, wherein the notch is engageable by the guide clip to align the tooling assembly relative to the support assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for adhering a flexible film to a ventilated platen without air entrapment problems are described. In the apparatus, a tool body and a tool lid are connected together by a hinge means in a clam-shell configuration. The tool body has a cavity formed such that a ventilated platen can be tightly positioned therein with a top surface of the platen exposed. A flexible film is mounted to an inner surface of the tool lid facing the tool body and pushed down onto the ventilated platen while air is being withdrawn from the ventilated platen. The adhesion process for the flexible film to the platen can be completed without any air entrapment problem existing between the film and the platen.

Abstract: A method of applying a protective strip to an edge of a wood product piece. The process uses a set of aligned rollers and a belt apparatus that includes a pair of rollers having a shoe positioned between them and a belt fitted about the rollers and the shoe. The distance from the belt to the first set of aligned rollers is substantially equal to the width of the wood product piece. The wood product piece is placed between the first set of aligned rollers and the belt apparatus and resin is applied to the edge the wood product piece. The wood products piece is then squeezed between the first set of aligned rollers and the belt apparatus. At least a subset of the rollers are driven to move the wood products piece along the belt apparatus, thereby causing the resin to be squeezed into the edge of the wood products piece. Finally, the resin is cured.

Abstract: A heat sealing assembly, for sealing thermoplastic film, comprising first and second jaws, an electrical impulse heat sealing element, electrical terminals, and an electrical and thermal insulating material between the first jaw and the heat sealing element, said heat sealing element being removably connected to said electrical terminals, at least one of said jaws being capable of transverse motion and adapted to collapse a tubular film made from said thermoplastic film and passing between said jaws, wherein said element has at each end an electrical contact male plug oriented at about 90 degrees angle from said element, said plugs being parallel to each other and having a shape which allows each to be received in correspondingly shaped sockets, said sockets being held by spring means adapted to apply force in tension to said element when said plugs are in said sockets, said plugs being adapted to fit into said sockets when said spring means are deflected toward said element, and wherein securing means for pr