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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:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Joseph E. Tix, Hastings, MN (US);
Daniel P. Ross, Maplewood, MN (US);
Banjamin R. Godding, St. Cloud, MN (US);
Bryce J. Gapinski, Foley, MN (US);
Nicholas K. Studt, Hudson, WI (US);
Mark T. Weinberger, Mounds View, MN (US);
Assignee:
Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 3/01 (2006.01); G01F 23/00 (2006.01); G01F 23/296 (2006.01); F17D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 3/00 (2013.01); G01F 23/00 (2013.01); G01F 23/296 (2013.01); G01F 23/2962 (2013.01); Y10T 137/6416 (2015.04);
Abstract
An adhesive melting system comprises a melter, an ultrasonic sensor, and a feed system. The melter contains and melts adhesive. The ultrasonic sensor is positioned to sense a level of adhesive in the melter. The feed system supplies unmelted adhesive to the melter as a function of the sensed level of adhesive in the melter.