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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventor:
Mark J. Brudevold, Fridley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 (2006.01); B67D 99/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/0244 (2013.01); B67D 99/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Heating of hot melt adhesive in a hot melt dispensing system is provided by heaters distributed in a plurality of zones of the system. A controller receives input electric power and distributes that electric power to the heaters on a time sharing basis. The controller delivers power to the heaters as a function of the total current target, a temperature set point, the current draw of each of the heaters, and stored priority criteria such as heating priorities of the zones, a history of on and off periods for each heater, and distance from the temperature set point.