Apparatus for dispensing liquids and solids

The field of the present invention is devices that meter and dispense singular and plural component liquids and solids. A dispensing system including a housing with an interior bulkhead and four progressive cavity pumps mounted within the housing on one side of the bulkhead. The pumps are mounted wi...

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Main Authors Cline, David J, Clark, Timothy S, Gordon, Stephen P, Engle, Michael R
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 18.06.2002
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Summary:The field of the present invention is devices that meter and dispense singular and plural component liquids and solids. A dispensing system including a housing with an interior bulkhead and four progressive cavity pumps mounted within the housing on one side of the bulkhead. The pumps are mounted with the bores in vertical orientation. Gear boxes including bevel gears coupling the vertically mounted pumps with horizontally mounted motors located on the other side of the interior bulkhead. A dispensing head is located above the housing with outlet passages extending from the motors to the dispensing head defining a path to the dispensing head which is continuously upward. The dispensing head includes valves driven by a pneumatic cylinder. A solenoid controls flow of pressurized air to the pneumatic cylinder from a position adjacent the dispensing head on the boom supporting both.