MELT SYSTEM INCLUDING A MELT UNIT WITH A SIDE-LOADING HOPPER

A melt system (10) including at least one melt unit (20, 22) having a heated reservoir (30); a melt grid (40) configured to expose said solid adhesive to a temperature sufficient to form a molten adhesive, which is deposited into said heated reservoir; and a hopper (60, 61) disposed above said melt...

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Hauptverfasser: VARGA, Leslie, J, GANZER, Charles, P
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A melt system (10) including at least one melt unit (20, 22) having a heated reservoir (30); a melt grid (40) configured to expose said solid adhesive to a temperature sufficient to form a molten adhesive, which is deposited into said heated reservoir; and a hopper (60, 61) disposed above said melt grid and configured to hold a supply of the solid adhesive, said hopper having a lower end (62), an upper end (64) opposite said lower end, and a wall (66) that extends from said lower end to said upper end, said lower end being proximate to and open to said melt grid, said upper end and a wall defining an internal chamber (65) that holds said supply of said solid adhesive, wherein said hopper and said solid adhesive in said hopper are thermally isolated from said heated reservoir.