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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Duckworth, Blackburn, GB;
Assignee:
National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, New Castle, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 1/100 ;
Abstract
A feed device ( ) for feeding blocks ( ) of adhesive into a glue melt tank ( ), comprising a magazine ( ) divided into a plurality of segments ( ), each segment ( ) adapted to contain a block ( ) of hot-melt adhesive; a plate ( ) below the magazine ( ) having an aperture ( ) substantially the size of a segment ( ); an side wall ( ) surrounding the magazine ( ); drive means ( ) for moving either the magazine ( ) of the plate ( ); and indexing means ( ) to control the drive means ( ) so that each segment ( ) is brought in turn into alignment with the aperture ( ) in the plate ( ).