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US 11,000,878 B2Granted
Glue gun
AssigneeStoneridge Kitchen & Bath LLC
InventorSteven P. Baylis
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Abstract
Various aspects and embodiments are directed to a precision dispenser that is hand held and constructed and arranged to receive and release a variety of glue cartridges. In various embodiments, the adhesive cartridges include precision tips that provide, for example, flat even bead with little or no spill or drip. Other precision tips can be constructed and arranged for use with the precision glue gun. In some examples, the precision tips can be tailored to the specific adhesive contained in the cartridge.
Claims19
A glue gun kit, comprising:
- a glue gun comprising:
- a molded housing comprising:
- a handle;
- a trigger;
- a drive piston having a flexible portion disposed internal to the molded housing or the handle, the drive piston operable upon actuation of the trigger to advance a drive head at an end of the drive piston;
- and
- a cartridge housing constructed and arranged to accept and release adhesive cartridges;
- and
- an adhesive cartridge further comprising:
- a body portion, comprising:
- a cylindrical section having an interior to hold an adhesive;
- and
- a mating member disposed at a distal end of the cylindrical section for removably receiving any one of a plurality of differently-shaped dispensing tips;
- one of the plurality of differently-shaped dispensing tips removably attached to the body portion at the distal end;
- and
- a piston positionable at an opposite end of the body portion from the mating member, wherein the piston is constructed and arranged to travel the interior of the cylindrical section from the opposite end to the distal end,
- wherein, responsive to actuation of the piston, the adhesive is forced through the one of the differently-shaped dispensing tips removably attached to the mating member;
- and wherein the drive piston constructed and arranged to subtend an angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees from end to end.
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