Adhesive dispensing apparatus for shoe machines

Claim 1

AN ADHESIVE DISPENSING APPARATUS COMPRISING: A POT; A CHAMBER IN POT; A PROJECTION EXTENDING AWAY FROM THE CHAMBER; A NOZZLE SECURED TO THE PROJECTION; A CONDUIT EXTENDING THROUGH THE PROJECTION FROM THE CHAMBER TO THE NOZZLE; AN ORIFICE INTERSECTING THE CHAMBER; A PLUNGER SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN THE ORIFICE; POWERED MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING THE PLUNGER IN THE ORIFICE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CHAMBER; A WELL IN SAID POT FOR STORING ADHESIVE; A PASSAGE IN SAID POT INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE WELL AND THE CHAMBER THROUGH WHICH THE ADHESIVE FLOWS FROM THE WELL TO THE CHAMBER; VALVE MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE NORMALLY PERMITTING FLOW OF ADHESIVE THERETHROUGH AND OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF TH E PLUNGER TOWARD THE CHAMBER TO BLOCK THE PASSAGE; CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF SAID POWERED MEANS; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO ACTUATION OF SAID CONTROL MEANS TO CAUSE THE POWERED MEANS TO MOVE THE PLUNGER FORWARDLY TOWARD THE CHAMBER; AND MEANS OPERATIVE AT ANY TIME DURING THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE PLUNGER TO DEACTUATE SAID CONTROL MEANS TO CAUSE THE POWERED MEANS TO TERMINATE THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE PLUNGER AT THE POSITION IT HAS ASSUMED AT THE TIME OF THE DEACTUATION.