US 12,138,653 B2
Applicator air manifold
Sang H. Shin, Duluth, GA (US); Charles P. Ganzer, Cumming, GA (US); and Joel E. Saine, Duluth, GA (US)
Assigned to Nordson Corporation, Westlake, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/433,352
Filed by NORDSON CORPORATION, Westlake, OH (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/026562
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/206241, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/829,962, filed on Apr. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0048062 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B05C 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B05C 5/0279 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An applicator for dispensing a material, the applicator comprising:
a manifold;
a plurality of dispensing modules releasably attached to the manifold, wherein each of the plurality of dispensing modules is configured to selectively dispense the material;
an air manifold removably connected to each of the plurality of dispensing modules such that at least one of the dispensing modules can be removed from the applicator while at least one other of the dispensing modules remains attached to both the manifold and the air manifold, the air manifold defining an inlet configured to receive pressurized air from a pressurized air source, a plurality of passages that extend through the air manifold, and a channel extending from an input to the plurality of passages such that the plurality of passages are in fluid communication with the channel, each of the plurality of passages being in fluid communication with a respective one of the plurality of dispensing modules to direct the pressurized air from the channel to the respective one of the plurality of dispensing modules; and
a plurality of pneumatic bolts, wherein each of the plurality of pneumatic bolts is configured to:
(a) be disposed in a respective one of the plurality of passages;
(b) attach to a respective one of the plurality of dispensing modules; and
(c) direct the pressurized air from the channel of the air manifold to the respective one of the plurality of dispensing modules.