Abstract: A foil applicator for particle board and the like has a stack of foils positioned above the transport path for the boards and provided with a suction feeder which delivers the foils to a platform from which the foils are fed by belt feeders to the upper surface of the board. At the upstream of the stack, a further platform is provided and receives foil sheets from the stack and feeds those foil sheets to a suction belt inverter which delivers the sheets in an inverted form to the conveyor for application to the top or bottom of the board.

Abstract: A line connector connecting a first electric line which has a first contact connection portion and a second electric line which has a second contact connection portion. The line connector includes an enclosing tube which surrounds the first electric line and which has an end portion. The end portion is embedded in a plastic extrusion coat. The first and second contact connection portions are also provided in the plastic extrusion coat. The line connector also includes a sealing device which is situated on the end portion of the enclosing tube. Furthermore, the line connector includes a clamping device which is encased by the plastic extrusion coat and which radially presses a seal element of the sealing device on the enclosing tube.