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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventor:
Mark J. Brudevold, Fridley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67B 7/00 (2006.01); G01F 11/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 7/14 (2010.01); B67D 7/80 (2010.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); B67D 99/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/0225 (2013.01); B67D 99/00 (2013.01); H05B 1/0244 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling heating of hot melt adhesive within a hot melt dispensing system includes receiving input AC electric power, determining on a half cycle-by-half cycle basis which heaters in a plurality of zones will receive AC electric power during the next half cycle, and distributing the AC electric power to the heaters on a time sharing basis.