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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2015
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Mel Steven Lessley, Villa Hills, KY (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A fluid application device and method of controlling the dispensing of the from the fluid delivery device are provided. The fluid application device includes a metering device configured to receive the fluid and has one or more metering pumps configured to meter the fluid flowing through each pump, a discrete fluid delivery conduit extending from each metering pump, the fluid delivery conduit configured to receive the metered fluid, and a nozzle assembly fluidically connected to the metering device. The nozzle assembly includes one or more orifices. Each metering pump is fluidically connected to at least one orifice, respectively, of the one or more orifices via a respective delivery conduit. The method includes positioning the metering device upstream from the one or more orifices and controlling a flow rate of the fluid delivered from each metering pump to at least one orifice associated with the metering pump.