Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing a jet stream applied hot melt adhesive bead of consistent, uniform section to the interior surface of a paperboard cannister for the purpose of securing and sealing a metal or plastic and closure. Fluidized hot melt adhesive is delivered by a gear pump into a circulation loop which includes a jet nozzle supply spur. Electric solenoid valves control adhesive flow direction into the spur or circulation loop, alternatively. A variable flow restriction in the circulation loop downstream of the jet nozzle supply spur is adjusted to maintain substantially constant fluid pressure at the spur junction in either delivery mode.

Abstract: The rubber products forming a part of the structure of a tire are laid onto a rigid core by means of a volumetric extruder having an outlet orifice of small size positioned close to the surface on which the rubber is to be applied. The rubber products are built up by a meridian displacement of the orifice relative to the receiving surface with the extrusion of a controlled volume of rubber.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for the manufacture of a friction clutch plate. First and second friction components are placed on first and second jig means, a bead of adhesive elastomeric material is deposited on the first friction component and a metal carrier plate is placed on top of the bead. A bead of adhesive elastomeric material is deposited on the second friction component and the latter is placed on to the metal carrier plate with the face of the friction component on which the bead was deposited being against the metal carrier plate. The two friction components and the carrier plate are held together for a time such that the assembly is handleable. One jig means can be adapted to receive and locate a friction component on one face and a metal carrier plate on a second face, and robot means can be used for depositing the beads of adhesive elastomeric material.

Abstract: A die bonding method using an adhesive agent for fixedly mounting a semiconductor chip on a substrate of a lead frame, wherein a needle for discharging adhesive agent is moved near the substrate to apply the adhesive agent onto the substrate, and thereafter, the needle and substrate are initially moved apart at a first velocity and then at a second velocity greater than the first velocity.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method of controlling the generation of somewhat-to-highly viscous fluid fibers, droplets and combinations of the same, including hot melt adhesive and other fluids, that comprises, spraying a stream of such pressurized fluid through a fine orifice and along a predetermined direction in free flight, and simultaneously funneling a cone of pressurized air symmetrically about and against said stream, intersecting the same in its free flight below said orifice to control the nature, dimensions and pattern of the resulting fluid coating on surface disposed therebelow. Supplemental air controls are also providable for contouring and other effects.

Abstract: A form collator gluing apparatus in which a plurality of rollers each having a pin wheel are arranged in a framework, a sheet of paper guided by a guide roller is hung over the roller and transferred by a main motor, the sheet of paper is opposite a nozzle mounted on an outlet side of a gear pump which is communicated with a glue tub through a hose, and glue discharged from the gear pump is skippingly or linearly applied onto the continuous sheet of paper by a motor drive and an electronic control of a computer, or by swinging the gear pump by a mechanical means such as cam.

Abstract: This die-bonding method relates to an improvement in a method to apply high pressure air to a resin vessel under a predetermined discharge condition to discharge the resin onto a portion subject to bonding, thus to adhesively join or connect a semiconductor chip to the portion subject to bonding by the resin discharged. This method includes a process for detecting a pressure waveform applied to the resin vessel, and a process for controlling the discharge condition to compensate the difference between the pressure waveform detected and a predetermined reference pressure waveform so that a predetermined resin quantity is discharged at all times even when the quantity of resin within the resin vessel varies. There is also provided an apparatus for implementing this die-bonding method, which includes a correction circuit for performing the above compensating operation.

Abstract: A detector for a can making apparatus applying a compound to a seaming flange of a can end, the detector for detecting the presence of said compound on said seaming flange of said can end.

Abstract: The machine of franking labels includes means (5, 7) for ejecting printed labels to a dry label outlet (8), a switching flap (12) for switching labels towards a second outlet for wet labels (9), said flap being mounted to pivot on the axis of pressure wheels (7) belonging to the ejector means, and a moistening roll (23) mounted between the ejector means and the second outlet and driven at a speed greater than that of the ejector means in order to receive and wipe the labels which are deflected towards the second outlet, said labels engaging the moistening roll beneath a separator plate (10) between the outlets.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for automatic assembly of laminated panes formed of at least one rigid sheet and at least one flexible sheet. According to the method of the invention, the flexible sheet is positioned by gravity according to at least one of two coordinates in the horizontal plane determining an intermediate position for gripping and is then transferred through a path of constant length to a stacking station for the elements of the laminated pane.

Abstract: An apparatus and system is disclosed for fabricating refrigeration cabinets of the type including an outer shell and inner shell separated by an insulating medium, such as polyurethane foam. The inner and outer shells are each formed of a plurality of plates which, according to the invention, are maintained in their respective relative positions long enough to permit the insulating medium forming components to be introduced therebetween and to cure and adhere to the plates so as to thereafter maintain the plurality of plates in their predetermined relative positions as an integral cabinet without the need for prior securement.

Abstract: Apparatus for folding and sealing sheets comprises means for feeding a sheet, means for bulging a portion of the sheet, means for folding the bulged portion, and means for adhering a sheet portion face to face to a portion thereof trailing the fold. Apparatus for enhancing the security of information on a front side of a sheet comprises said apparatus for folding and sealing sheets, where a plurality of folds are provided and the front side of said sheet is concealed from view inside said folds, said folds being sealed along the lateral side edge portions thereof. Address information may be applied adjacent the trailing edge of said sheet, and the trailing edge portion is folded to expose the address information to view.

Abstract: Apparatus for applying adhesive onto flutes of single facers of corrugated media, so that the single facers may be adhered together and to a facing to form a composite web, comprises a plurality of adhesive applicator rolls, each for applying adhesive to the flutes of an associated one of the single facers. The actual speed of travel of the single facers passing across the applicator roll peripheries is sensed, and the rate of rotation of each roll is independently and accurately controlled, in accordance with the sensed speed, to apply a desired amount of adhesive onto selected areas of the flutes. The independent accurate control over applicator roll speeds enables minimum amounts of adhesive to be applied onto the flutes of the individual single spacers, as determined by their configurations and consistencies, while still ensuring proper adhesive of the single facers one to the other ad to the facing.

Abstract: A device and method for forming a moving web of laminated composite material having weakened zones therein from a moving continuous web of relatively extensible plastic film material, having identical sets of graphics printed on nominally constant length repeat length portions thereof which are subject to length variation from a constant design repeat length distance, and a moving continuous web of relatively nonextensible paper material. A method and device for forming a three-layered composite material having weakened zones therein is also described. Carton blanks and liquid tight cartons having tear away tab portions formed from such three-layered composite material are also described.

Abstract: A windowpane mounting system for mounting a windowpane on a vehicle body comprises a vehicle body conveyor for intermittently feeding the vehicle body, and a windowpane mounting robot for mounting a windowpane on the vehicle body at a windowpane mounting station. The windowpane mounting robot is arranged to be movable between a first mounting position for mounting one of the windowpanes for the windshield and the rear window and a second mounting position for mounting the other windowpane, the first mounting position being further than the second mounting position from a windowpane supply station at which the windowpane mounting robot receives the windowpanes, and is arranged to perform a mounting operation at the first mounting position in response to the feeding of the vehicle body to said windowpane mounting station by the vehicle body conveyor.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing high viscosity paste materials onto a seal edge includes a conditioning chamber which permits the build up of a back pressure to aid the exit of the paste from the outlet orifice of the chamber. An auger which dispenses the paste from a hopper to the seal edge has a unique thread pitch to also aid in the dispensing of high viscosity paste to the seal edge.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing an absorbent pad for utilization as a diaper or an adult incontinent brief, wherein a pair of continuous bands of adhesive are applied to the backing sheet of the pad, prior to assembly thereof. The nozzles eject adhesive onto a moving web comprising the backing sheet. The nozzles are shifted sideways during their extrusion of adhesive, from a first location to a second location, thus generating a pair of non-linear bands of adhesive on the backing sheet. The nozzles are again shifted from their second location to their original first location upon receipt of proper signals from a control mechanism. The elastic band is not shifted when the nozzles are, thus effectuating securement of the elastic bands only on the portions of the backing sheets where the adhesive was applied at the first location.

Abstract: The invention involves non-contact sensing of a selected location on a substrate at which material is to be deposited, and positioning of a material depositing tip a preferred distance from this location on the substrate according to such sensing and in preparation for the depositing. Preferably, the tip is advanced to a preferred spacing between it and the substrate, without overshooting the spacing and without contacting the substrate, in preparation for depositing.

Abstract: The process and the appropriate apparatus for producing rigid foam elements, in particular of polyurethane, operate with a double-belt unit, in which the rigid foam elements produced are provided with upper and lower cover sheets. A parting agent is applied on the lower cover sheet in a particular region in order to permit subsequent removal of the upper cover sheet and the ridge foam in this region, so that the lower cover sheet projects, and foams an overlapping section during subsequent use as a roofing element or the like. The invention permits a very precise cut to be made by means of the sawing apparatus at the end of the double-belt unit, taking into account the application of parting agent at the beginning and, if necessary, the movement of the sawing apparatus itself.

Abstract: The invention relates to a core or shell bundling machine for the fully automatic assembly of bundles of cores or shells in foundry work, and consists of a removal apparatus for the cores/shells, a pivot apparatus, an adhesive application system, a bundling apparatus and an immersion device.By means of the machine described in the invention, the cores/shells coming from a core and shell shooting machine are immediately combined or bundled in accordance with the cycle time of a machine of this type.

Abstract: A device for applying adhesive material to card blanks in a packeting machine, comprising a gumming roller and a pressing roller which are substantially mutually tangential and between which the blanks are led in succession to receive traces of adhesive material in predetermined zones. Should the packeting machine halt for a time exceeding a predetermined time limit, detachment means withdraw from the gumming roller that blank disposed between the two rollers in order to prevent it becoming stuck to the gumming roller.

Abstract: In a footwear side-lasting machine, the setting movement of pressure members is automated which are operative to upturn and press onto a margin of a footwear blank insole coated with an adhesive a flap of its respective upper, while monitoring the curvature of the footwear blank insole and driving, based on such monitoring, motive members for the setting movement of the pressure members.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for applying leg elastic to an elongated moving web adapted to provide a sequence of diapers wherein adhesive is continuously applied by a first air nozzle and shifted intermittently by means of a second air nozzle angularly related to the first air nozzle.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying labels to cans of a straight or substantially frustoconical design is disclosed. The apparatus uses an elongated track for supporting one edge of the can and a single belt extending longitudinally above the track and adapted to selectively engage an edge of the can to rotate and advance the can along the track. Movement of the can transverse relative to the track is restrained by retaining the can against a pair of spaced, longitudinally extending nonmagnetic guide surfaces. The can is retained against the guide surfaces through magnetic attraction of the can by a series of magnets positioned intermediate of but offset from the guide surfaces. As the can moves along the track, a suitable label is affixed to the surface of the can.

Abstract: In the making of cable with spaced conductor wires or tensile members in a non-circular jacket, the wires of member are maintained in desired angular positions within the jacket by guiding them through a core tube which is controllably rotatable within the extruder cross-head. The angular positions of the wires or members are monitored and upon their positions departing from the desired positions, the core tube is rotated in the appropriate direction to return them to the desired positions.

Abstract: Liquid foam to be applied through a slot nozzle to a surface of a fabric web or other substrate is preliminarily collected in a storage vessel where its consistency is continuously monitored and maintained substantially constant. The rate of transfer from the storage vessel to the applicator is stabilized by a feedback signal from a volume or pressure sensor in the applicator. Excess foam may be recirculated from the applicator to the source.

Abstract: In apparatus for conditioning filter tow for subsequent production of cigarette filter rod a stream of filter tow is conveyed from a source by a first drive unit which delivers the tow into a conditioning station. A second drive unit delivers the conditioned tow to a rod-forming unit. A variable speed transmission is provided to allow independent control of the first and second drive units. The transmission may be replaced by an electronic speed control arrangement.

Abstract: An apparatus and process are provided for the production of plywood. The apparatus is adapted to form plywood panels without prior patching of defects in the veneer sheets used to form the panel. The formed panel then is electro-optically scanned to identify and locate defects. The sensed defect data is stored in a control unit which in turn directs a defect removal apparatus and a patcher to appropriate locations for removing and patching the defects.

Abstract: Apparatus for solvent bonding surfaces of thermal plastic members, one to another, which includes a working solvent spray enclosure with work retaining rack means mounted within the enclosure to removably receive workpieces thereon. Mask retaining means are disposed within the enclosure for masking preselected portions of the workpieces, with the masks being arranged to provide face-to-face contact and bonding between the workpieces held within the work retaining racks. A solvent spray apparatus is disposed within the enclosure and includes a spray head with nozzles directed toward the workpieces for generating the spray mist of solvent onto the surfaces of the mask and exposed portions of the workpiece. Carriage means are provided for transporting the solvent spray apparatus along a linear path generally between opposed surfaces of workpieces held within the enclosure, with the carriage means being arranged to direct a substantially uniform spray of solvent onto the workpieces.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for assembling innerspring constructions from rows of pocketed coil springs. The apparatus includes a surface for supporting the rows and a pressure plate which compresses them slightly while holding them in straight lines. After each row is positioned between the surface and the plate, a hot melt applicator is passed thereby and deposits a selected amount of bonding material to the fabric encasing each coil spring. New rows are pushed into contact with the treated rows and each displaces them by about one coil spring diameter. A plurality of rows are maintained under compression at all times to insure they remain in alignment with adequate frictional contact therebetween. A bar having markings corresponding to each pocketed coil spring within a row is mounted to the apparatus. A beam switch or the like is provided for detecting these markings and actuating the applicator at a selected time as it passes each spring.

Abstract: An adhesive application apparatus for automatically applying a strip of adhesive material of predefined shape accurately to the periphery of either the window opening in a motor vehicle or a pane of glass sized to cover that window opening, the apparatus comprising a pressurized supply means feeding adhesive material under pressure to a nozzle 16 of a dispensing means 14, said nozzle being carried upon a rigid framework 52 in such a fashion that the nozzle can be moved in any direction relative to the surface on which the strip of adhesive material is to be placed by means of DC servo drive motors 44, 74 and 84, and the tip of the nozzle can be accurately guided around said periphery by a nozzle angle adjustment means operated by a DC servo drive motor 92, the rate at which the adhesive material is supplied to the nozzle 16 and the rates of operation of all four of the DC servo motors 44, 74, 84 and 92 all being under the full control of a computer numerical control system.

Abstract: In a thermo-cementing and folding machine, a gear pump operates to supply adhesive at a rate which is dependent upon the speed of rotation of a main drive shaft, by which workpiece feeding means of the machine is driven. The machine has also a facility for varying the rate of feed of a workpiece by the workpiece feeding means without varying the speed of rotation of the main drive shaft. The ratio of the rotational speed of the shaft to the operating rate of the pump is varied in response to variation of the workpiece feed rate. This arrangement is achieved by computer control, the gear pump being driven by a stepping motor for this purpose. In addition, at the end of each work cycle, use of a stepping motor facilitates "suck back" of adhesive, and a "fast forward" adhesive upon initiation of the next work cycle.

Abstract: A system for the high speed application of pressure sensitive labels to products includes an apertured label receiving head having both some vacuum apertures or ports and also some high pressure blower apertures or ports. Connected to the vacuum ports is a main vacuum conduit and similarly connected to the high pressure blower ports is a source of high pressure air which is applied in pulses to an input high pressure air conduit. The labels are dispensed across the faceplate of the unit and are held onto the faceplate by the vacuum applied to the vacuum apertures or ports. When it is desired to apply a label to the product, a pulse of high pressure air is applied to the unit and a shuttle valve within the faceplate or immediately adjacent thereto, is actuated by the high pressure pulse of air to slide across and close off the vacuum conduit, while high pressure air is simultaneously applied to all of the blower ports to blow the label across onto the product.

Abstract: A device for forming a moving web of laminated composite material having window portions therein from a moving continuous web of plastic film material and a moving continuous web of paper material. The device comprises cutter means for repeatingly cutting spaced apart perforated window patterns in the paper web and a wetting means for wetting the film web at spaced apart target areas having shapes substantially identical to the perforated window patterns. The device further comprises phasing means having both a coarse mode and a fine mode of operation for providing accurate registry of the perforated window patterns and the wetted target areas. A wetting synchronization means is also described which synchronizes the wetting means with the film target areas whereby the target areas and only the target areas are wetted by the wetting means. Means for removing a paper chad portion from the perforated window patterns subsequent to lamination is also described.

Abstract: The present invention is generally related to devices which place surface-mounted (leadless) electronic components on recipient materials such as printed wiring boards or ceramic substrate and is more particularly concerned with a group of devices whose combined functions result in a systematized method of identifying suitable surface-mounted component location points on recipient material, and then placing the components at these location points en masse, in groups, or one at a time, as positioning requirements dictate.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying a strip of sealing tape to seal the bottom flaps of a low profile five panel carton comprising a frame structure defining a generally horizontal carton transporting surface; a tape applying means mounted to said fame structure; a bottom trailing tape engaging wipe down means; a directing means mounted to said frame structure for directing a trailing end portion of the strip of tape onto the top surface of the main panel of the carton adjacent the vertical surface of a trailing side panel and a top trailing tape engaging wipe down means mounted to said frame structure.

Abstract: Apparatus for automating assembly of shock detectors having an indicator within an inner tube seemingly disposed within an outer tube, the indicator being adapted for indicating when a shock greater than a predetermined magnitude has been experienced, characterized by an assembly line machine for assembling shock detectors including a plurality of stations at which specific jobs are performed and an indexing table for moving a plurality of elements from station to successive station in the assembly line and including respective sub-assemblies for loading an inner tube into an assembly line rotator, a sealer for sealing a first end of the inner tube, an implacement mechanism for placing the indicator within the inner tube, an outer tube loader for loading the outer tube into the assembly line, a subcombination for combining and sealing the inner tube within the outer tube so as to form the shock detector and an unloader mechanism for unloading the shock detector from the assembly line with respective control m

Abstract: A system for sealing the edges of assembled sandwiches of two sheets and a peripheral spacer has a first and a second conveyor extending parallel to each other through respective sides of a sealing station for displacing respective successions of the sandwiches therethrough. Respective first and second stops in the sides of the station position the sandwiches of the respective sides longitudinally and transversely therein. A transverse support extends across the two sides and is displaceable longitudinally in the station. A sealing device displaceable transversely along the support is engageable with the edges of the sandwiches in the sides of the stations for sealing same. This system is operated by displacing the device on the support and the support in the station to move the sealing device first around a sandwich in the one side of the station and then around the sandwich in the other side of the station.

Abstract: Production of cigarette filter rod is controlled by monitoring the tow (12) or rod (18) to provide signals indicative of tow consumption rate and varying the composition of the rod in accordance with the signals, e.g. to maintain a constant proportion by weight in the rod of tow and a plasticizer applied to the tow by an applicator device (18). The tow feed rate or the plasticizer supply rate may be varied in accordance with the signals. The monitoring device may comprise a tow bale weight sensor (48), a rod scanning head (54), or a weight band (33,57).

Abstract: In an adhesive binder sheets received in an upper tray are driven past an adhesive applicator, through an inverting path and into a lower tray where the sheets are jogged and aligned. As the sheets are moved past the adhesive applicator, adhesive is applied to all but one sheet so that the sheets in the lower tray have adhesive between each two adjacent sheets. After a complete set of sheets are received in the lower tray, a bar applies pressure to the sheets in the area of the adhesive to form a booklet, and then the completed booklet is removed from the lower hopper. In accordance with the apparatus and method of the present invention, the first two sheets of a set of sheets are offset and then stopped during movement between the upper tray and the lower tray in order to provide sufficient time for the preceeding booklet to be finished and removed from the lower tray.

Abstract: A component-insertion table is provided with a receptacle (take-up device) for the circuit carrier, a programmable adhesive dosing feeder and a programmable component dispensing unit. The receptacle containing the circuit carrier is moved coordinately below a cover of the component-insertion table to a centrally located position for the automatic application of an adhesive with the aid of the adhesive dosing feeder, as well as into a centrally located insertion position for the manual placement of the components. The adhesive-application position and the insertion position be within a window in the cover through which the individual component insertion locations on the circuit carrier are made from above in a programmed order of succession.

Abstract: A machine for aligning and mounting a lens precursor on a support block includes apparatus for depositing a predetermined amount of adhesive on one of the precursor and the support block and then translating the other along an alignment axis to bring them into engagement with one another in precise alignment. Optionally, the precursor and support block can be rotated relative to one another while they are brought into engagement to spread the adhesive evenly on their interfacing surfaces. A novel pitch block onto which a lens precursor can be mounted and a device for removing a precursor from a pitch block are also disclosed.

Abstract: A device for controlling the glue nozzles of a machine for gluing together at least two paper webs provided with recurring form designs to produce multi-part sets of continuous forms. The control device has at least one sensing element and at least one glue nozzle which are both connected to a computer. Also connected to the computer is a displacement transducer for determining the position of the beginning of a form with respect to the respective glue nozzle. In a "read-in" mode, the sensing elements senses a specially treated read-in form, and the values obtained are stored in the computer. In a second mode, the "glue" mode, the computer activates the glue nozzles precisely when the displacement transducer provides an address for which a "glue" instruction was stored during read-in.

Abstract: A set of sheets delivered seriatim from a copier/duplicator or other source are advanced along a sheet path leading from an input station to an assembly station where a booklet is formed. As a sheet is moved along the path a line of adhesive is applied to one surface of the sheet adjacent to one side edge of the sheet. In the assembly station the sheets are jogged to align the sheets of the set and then pressure is applied to the sheets over the line of adhesive. When the entire set has been bound together into a booklet, the booklet is removed from the assembly station and delivered to an output station, such as a tote tray.

Abstract: In a system (10) for prefabricating strings of pocket facing strips and welts on a continuous basis, the assembly proceeds in parallel along opposite sides of a table (12). Along the facing strip fabrication portion (18) of the system (10), adhesive backed tape (28) from a supply reel is directed to a bonding station (84) where facing strips (108) are positioned and adhesively attached to the tape, after which the tape and attached facing strips are wound onto a takeup reel. In the welt fabrication portion (20) of the system (10), adhesive backed tape (48) from a supply reel is indexed along a feedpath to a bonding station (84') where sections of fabric (154) are positioned and adhesively secured to the tape. From there the tape (48) is indexed to an adhesive application station (172) where adhesive (174) is applied to the top surface of the tape, after which each fabric section (154) is folded over and adhesively secured to the tape at a folding/bonding station (230) prior to collection on a takeup reel.

Abstract: The present invention covers the method and apparatus to retread tire casings using a precured tread system where an envelope or flexible fluid tight member is used to cover a retread tire casing assembly and then placed in an autoclave where the autoclave is pressurized and a reduced differential pressure is provided between the envelope member and the precured tread. This invention includes the automatic pressurizing of the system and the monitoring of the system during operation as a total system and/or for individual curing stations.

Abstract: In the packaging field certain types of packages are manufactured from pre-shaped, cylindrical casings made from a heat-shrinkable laminate. The casings are formed by winding a material sheet around a mandrel and subsequent sealing together of the overlapping ends of the sheet. However, because of the stiffness of the material the leading end of the sheet protrudes tangentially from the mandrel during the winding and prevents an accurate adaptation of the material sheet to the surface of the mandrel.According to the method and arrangement of this invention this disadvantage is avoided in that the leading end of the sheet is pre-heated on the side facing the mandrel to such a degree, that the shrinking is initialled. The shrinking of one side only results in that the leading end of the material sheet is given a curved shape with a radius that coincides with the radius of the mandrel, and consequently the leading end is no longer an obstacle to the winding.

Abstract: This invention concerns an apparatus for the industrial production of electrical conducting wires treated by flocking and coated with adhesive.

Abstract: In the process for the production of a glued joint for wood, the surfaces to be glued are held tightly together. At least one injection needle is driven into the wood up to a depth at which the outlet of the needle point comes into contact with the surface. The fluid adhesive is then driven under pressure through the injection needle and evenly distributed between the surfaces. The process is particularly suited for the production of window blind frames made of wood, in which the wood edges to be glued are joined by means of pins and slots. The process makes possible the production of joints of great strength, with very low tolerances between the pins and slots.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for handling gasket-forming material. This material is usually supplied in tubular cartridge form and is dispensed to a screen with a porous pattern which shapes the material to the desired gasket-configuration. The material is spread on the screen and forced through to the other side where the gasket pattern is applied to an adjacent transfer surface of a transfer pad. This pad with the pattern on the transfer surface is moved to a mateable surface of a workpiece located on a support spaced from the screen. The gasket-forming material is then transferred to the mateable surface. The gasket-forming material is dispensed from the cartridge with the aid of a cartridge holder having an opening at one end to receive a spout of the cartridge and having a plunger at the other end with a plunger rod extending outwardly therefrom. A fluid-operated cylinder is aligned with the plunger rod and has a piston connected with the rod.