ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,784, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Nordson Corp. (Westlake, Ohio).
"Air pressure control in a hot melt liquid dispensing system" was invented by Peter W. Estelle (Norcross, Ga.), Jeffrey E. Owen (Suwanee, Ga.), John Daniels (Dunwoody, Ga.), Scott B. Means (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Ronald M. Ramspeck (Sandy Springs, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for air pressure control in a hot melt liquid dispensing system are described. An example hot melt liquid dispensing system includes a pump that pumps hot melt liquid to an applicator. The hot melt liquid dispensing system also includes an air flow path that supplies...