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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2016
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Grant McGuffey, Springfield, TN (US);
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A dispensing system for dispensing fluid onto a substrate includes a manifold having internal passageways for fluid flow and one or more driving gears, a drive arm mounted on the manifold, the drive arm movable between first and second positions, and having a drive motor configured to drive the one or more drive gears. The system further includes one or more pump assemblies mounted on a top surface of the manifold, each pump assembly formed as a rotary gear pump having a gear train including two gears. One of the gears is disposed in meshed relationship with a respective drive gear of the one or more drive gears. The system also includes a filter block for filtering the fluid, one or more nozzles for dispensing the fluid onto the substrate, an applicator or nozzle adapter, and one or more valve assemblies for controlling flow of the fluid to the one or more nozzles.