Patent ID: 6049658
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B05C,E01C,H05B,Y10S

Abstract:
A heated flowable material applicator comprising:a) a source of heated flowable material;b) a dispenser for dispensing heated flowable material from said source;c) a hose having one end in fluid flow communication with said source of heated flowable material and its other end in fluid flow communication with said dispenser for permitting the passage of heated flowable material from said source to said dispenser wherein said hose comprises:1) an elongate tubular and noncorrugated casing extending substantially the axial length of said hose;2) an elongate flexible conduit received within said casing;3) a section of axially compressible and axially expandable flexible tubing slidably received within said conduit permitting relative movement therebetween; and4) a pair of spaced apart fitting assemblies with one of said fitting assemblies operably attached to said conduit adjacent one end of said conduit and the other of said fitting assemblies operably attached to said conduit adjacent the other end of said conduit with said casing immovably fixed at or adjacent one end of said casing to one of said fitting assemblies and said casing immovably fixed at or adjacent the other end of said casing to the other of said fitting assemblies wherein hose tension is transmitted between said fitting assemblies substantially through said casing; andd) a pump for urging heated flowable material through said hose to said dispenser; ande) an elongate electric heating element carried by said hose for heating flowable material in said hose.