Patent ID: 9718081
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B05C,B05D

Claim:
1. A fluid dispensing system, comprising: a first supply source for supplying a first fluid to be dispensed; a second supply source for supplying a second fluid to be dispensed wherein the second fluid is different front the first fluid; an adhesive manifold; an applicator assembly positioned downstream from, mounted directly to, and disposed in fluid communication with the adhesive manifold and having at least one nozzle member; first and second pumps removably mounted directly on the adhesive manifold, such that the adhesive manifold is disposed downstream from the first and second pumps and upstream from the applicator assembly, the first and second pumps for pumping the respective first and second fluids from said respective first and second supply sources to said at least one nozzle member through the adhesive manifold; first and second output supply passageways connecting in the applicator assembly to form a third output supply passageway downstream from, and in fluid communication with, the first and second output supply passageways, to fluidically interconnect said first and second pumps to said at least one nozzle member so as to supply the first and second fluids to said at least one nozzle member; first and second plug members internally disposed completely within respective first and second output supply passageways at an edge of the applicator assembly where the adhesive manifold abuts the applicator assembly, each plug member movable to an INSTALLED state positioned completely in a respective output supply passageway or a REMOVED state removed from a respective output supply passageway; and the nozzle member is connected to the third output supply passageway through a valve assembly located in the applicator assembly downstream from said first and second plug members and the first and second output supply passageways, and upstream from said at least one nozzle member, said valve assembly includes a valve for permitting said fluid dispensing system to achieve THREE dispensing states, a FIRST state wherein said valve is OPENED, said first plug member is REMOVED from said first output supply passageway to permit the first fluid to be dispensed from said first pump and out from said at least one nozzle member, and said second plug member is INSTALLED in said second output supply passageway, a SECOND state wherein said valve is OPENED, said first plug member is INSTALLED in said first output supply passageway, and said second plug member is REMOVED from said second output supply passageway to permit the second fluid to be dispensed from said second pump and out from said at least one nozzle member, and a THIRD state wherein said valve is OPENED and said first and second plug members are REMOVED from said first and second output supply passageways, respectively, to permit both of the first and second fluids to be dispensed from said first and second pumps and out from said at least one nozzle member.