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US 11,684,945 B2Granted
Dispensing system
AssigneeNsw Automation Sdn. Bhd.
InventorsKiang Ngee Boo, Kiang Seng Boo, Kian Chong Tai, Chin Hui Toh
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Abstract
A dispensing system can include a material delivery assembly that includes a tubular reservoir with a tubular extension, where the tubular reservoir includes a longitudinal axis; a nozzle body, where the tubular extension fluidly couples the tubular reservoir to the nozzle body; and a rotor coupling that operatively couples to the material delivery assembly for rotation of the tubular reservoir about its longitudinal axis.
Claims20
A dispensing system comprising:
- a material delivery assembly that comprises a tubular reservoir with a tubular extension, wherein the tubular reservoir comprises a longitudinal axis, wherein the tubular extension comprises a tube that couples to the tubular reservoir, and wherein the tubular extension comprises a sleeve that receives the tube and that couples to the tube;
- a nozzle body, wherein the tubular extension fluidly couples the tubular reservoir to a material bore of the nozzle body via a coupling assembly attached to the nozzle body, and wherein the nozzle body comprises a switching rod that selectively switches between a fill orientation to receive material from the material bore and a dispense orientation to dispense the material via a nozzle of the nozzle body;
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- a motor assembly that comprises a motor, a bearing that rotatably supports the tubular extension proximate to a coupling assembly end of the tubular extension, and a rotor coupling that operatively couples the motor to the tubular extension of the material delivery assembly for rotation of the tubular extension to rotate, in unison, the tubular reservoir about the longitudinal axis.
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A method comprising:
- providing a dispensing system that comprises:
- a material delivery assembly that comprises a tubular reservoir with a tubular extension, wherein the tubular reservoir comprises a longitudinal axis, wherein the tubular extension comprises a tube that couples to the tubular reservoir, and wherein the tubular extension comprises a sleeve that receives the tube and that couples to the tube;
- a nozzle body, wherein the tubular extension fluidly couples the tubular reservoir to a material bore of the nozzle body via a coupling assembly attached to the nozzle body, and wherein the nozzle body comprises a switching rod that selectively switches between a fill orientation to receive material from the material bore and a dispense orientation to dispense the material via a nozzle of the nozzle body;
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- a motor assembly that comprises a motor, a bearing that rotatably supports the tubular extension proximate to a coupling assembly end of the tubular extension, and a rotor coupling that operatively couples the motor to the tubular extension of the material delivery assembly for rotation of the tubular extension to rotate, in unison, the tubular reservoir about its longitudinal axis;
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- actuating the motor to rotate the tubular reservoir about its longitudinal axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.