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US 2016/0354797 A1Published application
Adhesive dispensing assembly having a mechanism for cleaning the dispensing nozzle
AssigneePrecision Valve & Automation, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Neal Urquhart, Andrew John Nally, Max Egdorf
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Abstract
A method is provided, including operably coupling a dispensing assembly to an end effector, wherein the dispensing assembly dispenses a dispensing fluid onto a substrate from a nozzle located on the dispensing assembly, wherein, when the dispensing assembly stops dispensing a dispensing fluid from the outlet, compressed gas is directed at a tip of the nozzle to clean off a residue of the dispensing fluid left on the tip of the nozzle.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- operably coupling a dispensing assembly to an end effector;
- wherein the dispensing assembly dispenses a dispensing fluid onto a substrate from a nozzle located on the dispensing assembly;
- wherein, when the dispensing assembly stops dispensing a dispensing fluid from the outlet, compressed gas is directed at a tip of the nozzle to clean off a residue of the dispensing fluid left on the tip of the nozzle.
A method comprising:
- controlling a flow of a dispensing fluid in an adhesive dispensing assembly at a location proximate a dispensing nozzle;
- and
- cleaning the dispensing nozzle by blowing off any dispensed fluid residue from the dispensing nozzle with a blow-off mechanism;
- wherein the blow-off mechanism is operably attached to a body portion of the adhesive dispensing assembly, the blow-off mechanism including one or more openings to allow a fluid to pass through to the dispensing nozzle to remove a dispensed fluid residue from the dispensing nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.