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US 10,369,590 B2Granted
Glue gun
AssigneeAcme United Corporation
InventorNicholas L. Seferi
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Abstract
A glue gun is adapted to receive a glue stick and to feed the glue stick forwardly a heater subassembly. A trigger is sequentially operated to advance the glue stick. The heater assembly transforms the glue stick into molten glue which is dispensed through a frontal nozzle of the glue gun. The glue gun has a temperature indicator. The glue gun is exteriorly ergonomically configured for facile usage.
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A glue gun comprising:
- a housing having a forward dispensing tip and a rear receiver and enclosing a glue stick receiving/advancing path and a heater and defining a central axis, and said housing has a top and said top defines a recess dimensioned to receive and retain a glue stick;
- a handle extending from said housing at a connecting portion at an acute angle forwardly canted to said central axis wherein a distal portion of said handle is forwardly positioned relative to said connecting portion toward said forward tip;
- a trigger manually actuatable to advance a received glue stick along said path;
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- a power cord communicating with said heater,
- so that when said glue stick is received in said rear receiver and advanced along said path and said glue stick is heated by said heater to form molten glue, said trigger is actuatable to dispense molten glue through said tip.
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A glue gun comprising:
- a housing having a forward dispensing tip and a rear receiver and enclosing a glue stick receiving/advancing path and a heater and defining a central axis, and wherein said housing mounts a pivot stand which is projectable to support said gun in an upright position;
- a handle extending from said housing at a connecting portion at an acute angle forwardly canted to said central axis wherein a distal portion of said handle is forwardly positioned relative to said connecting portion toward said forward tip;
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- a trigger manually actuatable to advance a received glue stick along said path;
- so that when a glue stick is received in said rear receiver and advanced along said path and said glue stick is heated by said heater to form molten glue, said trigger is actuatable to dispense molten glue through said tip.
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A glue gun comprising:
- a housing having a forward dispensing tip and a rear receiver and enclosing a glue stick receiving/advancing path and a heater and defining a central axis;
- a handle extending from said housing at a connecting portion at an acute angle forwardly canted to said central axis wherein a distal portion of said handle is forwardly positioned relative to said connecting portion toward said forward tip wherein said handle is positionable at a plurality of angles relative to said central axis;
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- a trigger manually actuatable to advance a received glue stick along said path;
- so that when a glue stick is received in said receiver and advanced along said path and said glue stick is heated by said heater to form molten glue, said trigger is actuatable to dispense molten glue through said tip.
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A glue gun comprising:
- a housing having a forward dispensing tip and a rear receiver and enclosing a glue stick receiving/advancing path and a heater and defining a central axis;
- a handle extending from said housing at a connecting portion at an acute angle forwardly canted to said central axis wherein a distal portion of said handle is forwardly positioned relative to said connecting portion toward said forward tip;
- a trigger manually actuatable to advance a received glue stick along said path and further comprising a rotatable dosage guide which adjusts an effective advance of a glue stick when the trigger is actuated;
- so that when a glue stick is received in said rear receiver and advanced along said path and said glue stick is heated by said heater to form molten glue, said trigger is actuatable to dispense molten glue through said tip.
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A glue gun comprising:
- a housing having a forward dispensing tip and a rear receiver which receives a glue stick and enclosing a glue stick receiving/advancing path and a heater and defining a central axis, said dispensing tip having a nozzle and said nozzle changes color to indicate that the glue stick is sufficiently heated;
- a handle extending from said housing at an angle canted to said central axis toward said forward tip;
- a trigger manually axially actuatable to sequentially advance the glue stick along said path;
- so that when said glue stick is received in said path and said glue stick is heated by said heater to form molten glue, said trigger is actuatable to dispense molten glue through said tip.
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A glue gun comprising:
- a housing having a forward dispensing tip and a rear receiver and enclosing a glue stick receiving/advancing path and a heater and defining a central axis, said housing having a top, and said top defines a recessed structure dimensioned to retain at least one glue stick;
- a handle extending from said housing at an angle canted to said central axis toward said forward tip;
- a trigger manually actuatable for pivotal movement to sequentially advance glue stick along said path;
- so that when the glue stick is received in said receiver and advanced along said path and said glue stick is heated by said heater to form molten glue, said trigger is actuatable to dispense molten glue through said tip.
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