Patent ID: 6041972
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B05C

Abstract:
A warming tray for holding a removable heating cartridge of a hot glue gun and preheating the heating cartridge for dispensing hot melt glue, wherein the heating cartridge includes an electrically powered heating element which is powered to melt the hot melt glue and a releasible interface for releasibly connecting to a power supply to power the heating element, said warming tray comprising:a platform having a drip pan and a heating cartridge station which extends adjacent to a drip pan for receiving the heating cartridge with a dispensing end of the heating cartridge disposed above said drip pan;a power interface member disposed at said station, spaced apart from said drip pan, for releasibly connecting to the releasible interface of the heating cartridge for powering the electrically powered heating element; anda first alignment member included with said platform and extending at said station for engaging with a second alignment member which is included with in the heating cartridge for aligning the heating cartridge at said station with said platform and said power interface member.