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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Alan Pindrock, Hendersonville, TN (US);
Grant McGuffey, Springfield, TN (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 11/10 (2006.01); B29B 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 11/1042 (2013.01); B29B 13/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A melter of a fluid delivery device includes a loading chamber, a hopper disposed beneath the loading chamber and connected to the loading chamber, and a positioning device disposed in the hopper extending to a first height from a bottom of the hopper. The positioning device is configured to penetrate an adhesive slug received in the hopper from the loading chamber. The positioning device may be formed as a rod having a proximal end and a distal end extending to the first height.