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US 2009/0266844 A1Published application
Hot melt adhesive metering system with interchangeable output assemblies
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorGrant McGuffey
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Abstract
A hot melt adhesive or other thermoplastic material metering system has different output assemblies interchangeably mounted thereon in a modular manner. In this manner, if it is desired to effectively convert a particular metering system from one type of metering system to another type of metering system, a particular output assembly can be exchanged for a different output assembly. In addition, if a particular output assembly needs to be replaced or repaired, the particular output assembly can be simply removed and a new similar output assembly can be simply installed.
Claims10
A fluid output metering system, comprising:
- an interface block assembly for receiving a supply of fluid to be outputted to a fluid output assembly;
- a drive gear manifold assembly mounted upon said interface block assembly;
- at least one metering pump assembly mounted upon said interface block for receiving fluid from said interface block assembly and for outputting a metered amount of fluid back to said interface block assembly;
- a motor drive assembly operatively connected to said drive gear manifold assembly so as to drive said at least one metering pump assembly;
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- a plurality of different types of fluid output assemblies which are individually and selectively mounted in an interchangeable manner upon said interface block assembly so as to receive metered output amounts of fluid from said interface block assembly and thereby respectively define different types of fluid output metering systems, together with said interface block assembly, said drive gear manifold assembly having said at least one metering pump assembly mounted thereon, and said motor drive assembly, as a function of which particular one of said plurality of different types of fluid output assemblies is mounted upon said interface block assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.