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Melting system including flow guide members

US11745389B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Nordson Corporation · US

Inventors

Charles P. Ganzer · Cumming, US
Robert J. Woodlief · Suwanee, US
Hubert Kufner · Lüneburg, DE
Leslie J. Varga · Cumming, US
Gerd Brockman · Lüneburg, DE
Laurence B. Saidman · Avon Lake, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 26, 2018
Grant date	Sep 5, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 17, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29K2105/0097
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A melting unit melts a solid material into a molten material. The melt unit includes a reservoir, a hopper, and a melt grid disposed between the hopper and the reservoir. The melt grid heats the solid material into the molten material such that the molten material flows from the hopper to the reservoir. The melt unit includes a plurality of guide members, where the molten material flows through plurality of flow channels defined by the melt grid and along the plurality of guide members as the molten material flows from the hopper to the reservoir.

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