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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2007
Mel Steven Lessley, Villa Hills, KY (US);
Daniel D. Bourget, Hendersonville, TN (US);
Mel Steven Lessley, Villa Hills, KY (US);
Daniel D. Bourget, Hendersonville, TN (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A new and improved hybrid hot melt adhesive or other thermoplastic material dispensing system wherein two or more different hot melt adhesive or other thermoplastic material depositions, comprising, for example, two or more different types of patterns, two or more different types of application techniques or processes, or two or more different types of cyclical operations, can effectively be simultaneously achieved at substantially two or more different locations relative to an underlying substrate. The hybrid system comprises a metering station upon which is mounted a metering head comprising a plurality of metering head dispensing modules, and a pair or remote applicator heads comprising a pair of applicator head dispensing modules.