The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Dieter B. Heerdt, Gallatin, TN (US);
Paul M. Jenkins, Hendersonville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Dieter B. Heerdt, Gallatin, TN (US);
Paul M. Jenkins, Hendersonville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 3/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hot melt adhesive sensing system and methods including detecting () multiple areas of a target, for example a hot adhesive material, by sensing changes in temperature with a corresponding number of thermal sensors, summing () an output of the thermal sensors, and evaluating () the summed output by comparing the summed output with a variable reference, the results of which may be assessed relative to a specified tolerance.