公开(公告)号：US20180230658A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-16

申请号：US15894578

申请日：2018-02-12

申请人： EPIC Solutions, Inc. ,  Mark Rite Lines Equipment Co., Inc.

发明人： Jeffrey Arnold Wilkens ,  Timothy John Marthe ,  Jonathan Robert Gonitzke ,  James Peter Spielman

IPC分类号： E01C23/22 ,  B05B1/24 ,  B05B12/14 ,  B05B12/00

CPC分类号： E01C23/22 ,  B05B1/24 ,  B05B9/002 ,  B05B9/0423 ,  B05B12/006 ,  B05B12/081 ,  B05B12/14 ,  B05B13/005 ,  B05C11/101 ,  B05C11/1042 ,  E01C23/206

摘要： Systems and methods are provided for use with a thermoplastic road marking system (e.g., paint truck). The systems and methods control an insertion or replenishment rate of unmelted thermoplastic paint feed stock into a thermoplastic melter based, at least in part, on the rate that thermoplastic melt is being applied to a marking surface. By substantially matching the replenishment rate into the thermoplastic melter with the application rate, thermal variance within the thermoplastic melter is reduced, which improves the consistency of marking lines applied to surfaces.