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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2020
Nordson Corporation, Westlake, OH (US);
Robert J. Woodlief, Duluth, GA (US);
David R. Jeter, Duluth, GA (US);
Brian R. Sosebee, Duluth, GA (US);
Leonard J. Lanier, Duluth, GA (US);
Enes Ramosevac, Duluth, GA (US);
Peter W. Estelle, Duluth, GA (US);
Jeffrey E. Owen, Duluth, GA (US);
James R. Beal, Duluth, GA (US);
Leslie J. Varga, Duluth, GA (US);
John Daniels, Duluth, GA (US);
Ronald M. Ramspeck, Duluth, GA (US);
John M. Riney, Duluth, GA (US);
Nordson Corporation, Westlake, OH (US);
Abstract
An adhesive dispensing device () includes a melt module () including a housing () that defines a receiving space to receive adhesive and a heater () to heat the housing to melt the adhesive, and a control module () releasably connected to the melt module. The control module includes a controller () to automatically recognize a characteristic associated with the melt module and operate the melt module using instructions stored on the controller that correspond to the characteristic of the melt module. A method of operating the adhesive dispensing device is also disclosed.