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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott R. Miller, Roswell, GA (US);
Laurence B. Saidman, Duluth, GA (US);
James W. Schmitkons, Lorain, OH (US);
David Zgonc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Nordson Corporation, Westlake, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/04 ; B05C 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/04 ; B05C 5/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for dispensing one or more liquid beads on a substrate utilizes a liquid dispenser with one or more liquid dispensing outlets and one or more movable electrostatic point sources. Liquid material dispensed from an outlet is attracted to, or otherwise electrostatically influenced by, the electrostatic point source(s) resulting in controlled placement of the liquid material on a substrate passing or positioned between the outlet(s) and the point source(s).